UPDATE: Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole spilled on Friday at high noon (really cool video)

[Brother Buzz]

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Lake Lake Berryessa is full, and everyone is waiting for the glorious moment Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole overflows, but it looks like some people tried to accelerate the moment by creating some genuine fake news. Meanwhile, it is just inches away and the next storm will surely put it over the edge.





All eyes on Lake Berryessa's 'glory hole' as reservoir approaches capacity


15 Feb 2017

For the first time in 11 years, water splashed down the funnel drain at Lake Berryessa last weekend, as people watched from Monticello Dam and a drone flew overhead to capture this historic moment.

But was the spill legitimate? Was the federal reservoir fully at capacity after years of drought?

As it turned out, the spillage had speed boat assistance. Water craft created waves pushing water the final few inches over the top of the giant, 72 feet in diameter concrete funnel nicknamed the “glory hole.”

Peter Kilkus, who puts out the Lake Berryessa News and arranged for the drone flight, defended this boat-assisted spillage.

“Yes, it counts, in its own way,” Kilkus said on Tuesday. “We created history by doing it. And it was real. It’s Lake Berryessa water and you can see it on the video going into the glory hole. It’s kind of cool to do it that way.”

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http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/all-eyes-on-lake-berryessa-s-glory-hole-as-reservoir/article_af3e57a6-dc7c-5037-bb0e-f5d482b8dfb8.html

This is what it will soon look like:




UPDATE: Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole spilled on Friday at high noon

It was raining and blowing stink at the dam on Friday, so the drone was grounded for the occasion

Here's yesterdays's cool drone video: The AC/DC Highway to Hell edition, in all its glory (It's wicked cool to actually be able to look down into the hole, something I'd never seen before)

[ret5hd]

1. Mmmmmm...gloryhole...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That second photo is just wonderful!

You can hardly blame the folks for manipulating the water to make it spill.

[Brother Buzz]

5. It is truly a spectacular sight to behold

Videos and photographs don't do it justice. I'll wait until the novelty wears off and the crowds disappear before I go up to see it because the parking is real limited at the dam; seeing it again, in its glory, is worth the trip.

When it does splash, I guarantee the Fat Cat farmers below will be putting on the mother-of-all-parties celebrating the fact they are back in business of, essentially, printing money.

[underpants]

3. Jerry Jones wants some gloryhole

[njhoneybadger]

4. Looks like a good swimming hole

for tRump.

[malaise]

6. K & R

Stay safe

[Brother Buzz]

7. UPDATE: The Glory Hole spilled on Friday at high noon

It was raining and blowing stink at the dam so the drone was grounded for the occasion

Here's today's cool drone video, the AC/DC Highway to Hell edition, in all its glory