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hooblie
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from out where the anecdotes roam
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:49pm PT
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i want to help but all i can think of is we could really use a new president about now
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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hey there say, dan mc... say, THAT is a great pic of the upper falls...
very very great shot!
thanks for sharing...
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:30pm PT
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I've been half expecting this since the first reports about the main spillway damage. The officials should have given warning yesterday. It can get a lot worse than just the emergency spillway.
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WBraun
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:31pm PT
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They just said they brought the emergency spillway down to 2 inches and they're hoping that there will be no imminent failure.
They are going to fix the hole with helicopters dropping rocks into it ......
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:32pm PT
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hey there say, rick... yeah, i was kind of wondering, too, back
then... but then, i don't know much...
but still... it didn't sound too good, even then...
say, hey there to DMT...
good eve, to you all...
*will check in later, best wishes for all
that are evacuating...
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:33pm PT
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It just seems like this emergency spillway was poorly designed if less then one day of water going over it would cause this much erosion near the base of it.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:35pm PT
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You gotta be kidding Werner. It would take fleets of heavy lifting choppers to move the amount of rip rap neccessary.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:35pm PT
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Yeah, Werner, kinda like the way they 'fixed' Chernobyl? (i know you were funnin')
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:37pm PT
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The sheriff said this. lol
That is their plan believe it or not.
Helicopters dropping rocks into the main spillway damaged hole.
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:40pm PT
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I thought they meant helicopters dropping rock into where the erosion was happening near the base of the auxiliary/emergency spillway.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:41pm PT
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They are not talking about filling the main spillway hole, they are talking about a boil that has developed below the emergency spillway.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:46pm PT
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Ok the boil hole then.
Either way helicopters bringing rocks.
Big bill and happy helicopter contractors .....
I sure hope that fukin emergency spillway doesn't break ....
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:50pm PT
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Any boulders less than 5 tons, and firmly fixed on flat or backsloping bedrock will be trundled downhill by the undercut and overflow water force. That sheriff is a quack.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:53pm PT
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The only hope is dropping the level thru the main spillway fast enough.
That's what they are trying to do at this moment.
DO NOT FEAR, EXPERTS ARE IN CHARGE < THEY KNOW WTF THEY ARE DOING
rolls eyes ......why everyone leaving town now if they know wtf they are doing, lol
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:55pm PT
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Gross materialist mental midgets think they can control Mother Nature. It's just past a full moon, she's raging full of hormones right now. Better just get out of the way and let her rage.
We're just getting the first of 8" of precip now, winds clocked at 49 where we just skied out from. It's about to get fun. Hope you folks that decided to live downstream from the dam get lucky. Because sometimes being lucky is better than being smart.
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:56pm PT
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Its not the sheriffs plan. Its the Water departments plan. And the force of the water has been reduced because now there is only 2 inches of water going over the top of the emergency spillway. There was over a foot going over it. and it is dropping even further as they use the main spillway to relieve the pressure.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:57pm PT
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This might be the troublesome area:
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:58pm PT
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Gross materialist mental midgets
LOL ... definitely is what we are ......
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 07:00pm PT
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That pic is from when over a foot of water was going over the spillway. Other sites are saying the erosion has slowed with the reduction of water going over the spillway.
I am not an expert. This is just gleaning info from multiple sites.
It still seems like a lousy design.
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