Giant 'Glory Hole' sucks in rainwater as storms swell California lake

[turbinetree]

[jalan48]

1. I saw Ukiah got 3+ inches of rain yesterday.

[world wide wally]

2. Where does the water go?

[RockRaven]

3. It's just a spillway, so the water goes into the downstream river (Putah Creek)

just as it would if the water had gone through the hydro plant turbines in the dam.

Here's an article on the dam, and in one of the pics you can see the spillway outflow opening downstream of the dam (just barely, it is a small, low resolution pic)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello_Dam

[Sapient Donkey]

7. If you search for that question on youtube then you'll find that's going to underground cities

Who lives in these cities depends on who you're asking, but it usually the global elite, reptilians, Hershey (or maybe it's Nestlé), or some ancient civilization that's been there before humans existed.

I find those waaaaaaaaaay more exciting than the actual answer.

[cstanleytech]

4. This shows what it looks like during droughts

[burrowowl]

10. Thanks for video!

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Cool music, too. nt

[shadowmayor]

5. Actually

It's called a morning glory spillway.

[Garion_55]

6. uh hhuh uh hhhuuuhh uhhuhhh

[Nictuku]

8. Yes!!!!!

I live a few miles from Lake Berryessa, and we watch the water levels over the year, measuring it by how far below the top of the glory hole the water levels are. We have been in drought conditions, the last few years, although last year the rain was enough to have the water top the glory hole for a while.

We also are in the Napa Fires area, 2 years ago we were evacuated for 10 days (me, my 70 year old mother and our 2 dogs and 2 cats), so having plenty of rain is important in terms of fire danger levels.

I bought my house in 2010, before the bad droughts, and I am now worried it was a bad decision, because it seems that the fire situation gets worse with every year (Climate Change is NOT a hoax)

At any rate, seeing the water top the Glory Hole makes me very very happy. Thank you for posting this!

[Mr.Bill]

9. I live in nearby Lake County.

Home of Clear Lake, the largest natural lake in California. Since January 1st we have added over eight feet of water to the lake. That's a lot of water in a 44,000 acre lake. We are starting to have some minor flooding around the shoreline and in low-lying areas. It's going to get worse before it gets better.

[LuvNewcastle]

11. A glory hole is actually something quite different.