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re: patience on morganza
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:24 pm to SCOTLANDtheBRAVE
Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:24 pm to SCOTLANDtheBRAVE
You do realize that they don't just flip a switch and all the water comes rushing out at once??
The open it one gate at a time, which is a tedious and time consuming process. All the water will not come rushing out at once. It's going to take a few days to get the gates open.
The open it one gate at a time, which is a tedious and time consuming process. All the water will not come rushing out at once. It's going to take a few days to get the gates open.
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Posted on 5/13/11 at 2:27 pm to iAmBatman
absolutely . ..but the force behind each opening prevents silting for many miles. if you open the spillway only to have it's outflow side silt up, you both loose the effective power of the diversion, and you create a slow-mo flood to the south . ..you end up with backwater flooding and months and months of water to deal with.
this is not to suggest that opening morganza means we have reached nirvana, just that the corps of engineers isn't the stupidly always reactive force some suggest
this is not to suggest that opening morganza means we have reached nirvana, just that the corps of engineers isn't the stupidly always reactive force some suggest
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