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What's interesting is that you know this. Which means that others should as well. Which means that, I don't know, perhaps modelling what might happen as rains
by rebootthesystem 10y ago
What's interesting is that you know this. Which means that others should as well. Which means that, I don't know, perhaps modelling what might happen as rains returned, even conducting some tests with tankers full of water could be considered a prudent idea.
In other words, the idea that things could go bad once lots of water came back isn't a far-fetched concept. Yet we are reactionary. We don't seem to spend any time a-priory to try and get ready for such events. History is full of such fuck-ups.
- chrishacken 10y agoLike I said in my other response; it comes down to money. If we took every "what-if" into account, we'd be wasting trillions of dollars each year on hypothetical scenarios. This was the first time the spillway was EVER used in its existence; for all we knew at the time, it would have never been used.