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The damage to the main spillway is extreme. Look at the pictures, it's more of a semi controlled waterfall at this point. If erosion moves upstream on the spill
by throwawaydbfif 10y ago
The damage to the main spillway is extreme. Look at the pictures, it's more of a semi controlled waterfall at this point. If erosion moves upstream on the spillway, which it eventually will, once it reaches the gates they will need to stop the spillway or risk the dam itself.
Their emergency spillway is already unusable, so this means just get everyone out and wait for the dam to blow once the main spillway erodes too far back
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- npiazza83 10y agoI'm skeptical that shutting off the main spillway was due to concerns about the overall integrity of the dam. I think it was more an attempt to mitigate cost. As soon as emergency was declared and the funding hose turned on they said screw it and turned the main spillway on full blast.