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In Reply to: RE: Time and time again, nature proves the folly of man (nt) posted by Steve O on March 06, 2017 at 08:56:07
I wouldn't go that far. Man has overcome many natural adversities. Witness the modern civilization in extreme climes such as Canada and Egypt.
Proactive maintenance and improvements is what is lacking here.
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...Original statement was semi-obscure paraphrase of part of lyrics to BOC's "Godzilla". But it's largely true. Spillway was apparently a defective design that wasn't really tested till now. How long was Fukushima in operation...till it wasn't? Nature and Murphy are partners.
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Water always wins if the event is escalated, but rebuild can (and certainly will) be designed for a larger event. That spillway is a flat raceway with little containment. Sidewalls look like concrete parking barriers, overtopped if too many fish piss upstream. Pathetic design. Once the side flow started, the raceway was undercut and collapsed. Off we go into a new channel cut that now looks like a canyon.At this point, I look at the erosional cut and don't see this being rebuilt in its present location unless it's some suspended megastructure. The rock is gone.
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...the dam is just a big and newsworthy example. Think also about leaking faucets, water heaters, water softeners windows, doors and roofs, flooded basements, rotting wood, rusted everything etc, etc, etc. Water is the everyday manifestation of entropy.
Once the cavitation issue is addressed, and repaired properly, the spillway can look forward to a long life.
Too much is never enough
I wish I actually WAS that confident. And yes, water always wins.
This is a learning situation, unfortunately, with the downstream persons being the ultimate victims of a failed experiment.
Let's say the spillway were repair to 'better than new' and 'perfect' condition.
Now? What's the NEXT weak point?
Too much is never enough
This is yet another example of why I should be in charge of everything.
But I really don't want to be President, so it's a conundrum.
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If you even THINK the President is in charge of 'everything', you've Dreaming.
Just look at the Incredible Inertia that the Executive Departments has built up over the last 70 years or so. Since Eisenhower, would be a good 'line in the sand'.
I'll leave it at that, for now, unless I hear specific questions?
Too much is never enough
...you shouldn't be president. Everyone knows the president's primary function is to divert attention away from those really in charge.
Now if we could just get over the "contribution" thing. LOL!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahaha!
:)
Is this a great system, or WHAT?
Too much is never enough
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