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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social
@davidbaron
30 Aug 2017
Good updates on Addicks & Barker Dams:
facebook.com/GalvestonDistri…
. Addicks (but not Barker) starting to flow into auxiliary spillways @ ends.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social
@davidbaron
30 Aug 2017
Hopefully use of auxiliary spillways less scary than at Oroville (which was very steep and fast flowing). Recall:
CA - DWR
@CA_DWR
13 Feb 2017
EMERGENCY EVACUATION: Auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam predicted to fail within the next hour. Oroville residents evacuate northward.
Aug 30, 2017 · 1:29 AM UTC
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social
@davidbaron
30 Aug 2017
But part of the lesson of the
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orovil…
seemed to be that untested infrastructure might not work.
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