massive electrodes maybe but not likely anything to compare to actual flow
i wonder if they couldnt get a couple hundred flexible field tile over the berms to siphon out the water On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > O/T Physics question: > > What kind of energy would be required to cause evaporation of some of the > water? > > Would this be possible? > > On Feb 13, 2017 12:36 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> Easy to armchair quarterback but I would think they could bolt 1 inch >> plates over the hole in the main spillway, put some I beam piles under the >> plates and open it back up. At least until they take some inches off the >> reservoir. I wonder if there is a way they can set the angle on the >> turbines to waste more water there too. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 11:28 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Oroville dam >> >> As of this morning they are saying the regular spillway is supporting >> the 100K cfs without further damage. If that it true, then there is >> the ability to deal with what's happening over the next couple of weeks, >> which looks like 4-5 sequential storms. We got a 4-5 day break in >> weather this week but if it goes back to last months pattern we are in >> serious trouble throughout the west. That spillway needs to do 100K cfs >> for weeks to keep pressure off the hillside below the emergency >> spillway. Californa and the Feds were sued over in 2005 to put >> concrete down on that hillside by the Sierra Club. The worse case >> situation is that the lake goes over the emergency spillway, it erodes >> below, the spillway fails and the hill below what was the spillway just >> keeps going away. Moving water, and it would be a lot, would grand >> canyon the hill... It would be enough water to destroy most of the >> feather river and Sacramento levee system below the dam.. That would >> be really really bad... ( Inlaws in Yuba city )... >> >> On 02/13/2017 08:47 AM, Jason Wilson wrote: >> >>> 100,000cfs is correct. That spillway will support 250,000cfs, but the >>> Feather River channel will only support about 216,000cfs. It has been >>> 10 years since the Channel has been stressed to this point, last time >>> there were levee breaches. Their hope is to drawdown the reservoir 50 >>> feet below the rim to do a couple things, one is to take pressure off of >>> the presumed damaged emergency spillway. The other is to make room for >>> precip that is coming into california towards the end of the week. Of >>> course they cannot do any repairs to the facility until after the rainy >>> season is over, and the snowmelt had finished. >>> >>> >>> >>> Jason Wilson >>> Remotely Located >>> Providing High Speed Internet to out of the way places. >>> 530-651-1736 >>> 530-748-9608 Cell >>> www.remotelylocated.com <http://www.remotelylocated.com> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I heard a reporter saying that the water going over that spillway >>> was doing 100,000 cubic feet per second. I have a really hard time >>> visualizing that amount of water. Could also have been a mis-quote >>> by the reporter... >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 2/13/2017 8:11 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> So the �good news� is they�re going to drop bags of rocks >>>> from helicopters?____ >>>> >>>> __�__ >>>> >>>> I hope my good news never involves helicopters dropping rocks.____ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
