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ailsagirl

(22,893 posts) Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:41 PM Mar 2017

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This will give you a feel for how huge the Oroville Dam's damaged spillway was-- yikes (Original Post) ailsagirl Mar 2017 OP

i'm thinkin all they can do now is mopinko Mar 2017 #1

What a mess! procon Mar 2017 #2

shotcrete snooper2 Mar 2017 #3

I dunno... that stuff isn't very thick in a swimming pool. procon Mar 2017 #5

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1. i'm thinkin all they can do now is

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:58 PM

Mar 2017

start dumping truck loads of rock down that thing till it's all filled in.
might as well let the water do that for you.

(15,805 posts)

2. What a mess!

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:30 PM

Mar 2017

I have no idea how they'll rebuild it, but its going to be a big project requiring a lot of man hours.

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3. shotcrete

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:45 PM

Mar 2017

(15,805 posts)

5. I dunno... that stuff isn't very thick in a swimming pool.

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:53 PM

Mar 2017

What will withstand the force of water that broke apart all those huge, thick slabs of concrete like they were made out of glass?

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4. Unbelievable perspective. The little specks of those men show just how huge that spillway is.