Re: Problem at Flaming Gorge??

mwb@pacbell.net
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:48:18 -0700

Jerry Trottmann wrote:
>
> This may be a little off topic, if so, just ignore and let the topic die.
> On Saturday June 21 at about 6:00 pm a "coupling separated" inside Flaming
> Gorge Dam releasing about 6 inches of water onto the main power plant floor.
> This was reported by Kimberly Murphy of Associated Press. This story made
> only page 9 of the local Ft. Collins paper and there has been no mention on
> the radio or TV news. After reading the book "Cadillac Desert" and the
> account of how close the BLM came to loosing Glen Canyon in '82, I wonder if
> we are hearing the whole truth.
>
> Does any one lurking out there know how close they really came to a major
> problem with the plumbing on the Colorado?
>
> The flow on the Green dropped from 6000+cfs to 2000+cfs and then they let
> surface water (much warmer) out over the spillway.
> This incident sounds much like the '82 high water year when Glen Canyon was
> close to being reclaimed by the river.
>
> Of course; Charles Calhoun, regional director of BLM's Upper Colorado Region
> said "We don't feel we have a safety or a dam problem at all."
>
> Are there any studies of what happens if Flaming Gorge fails? Does the
> water then overflow Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam?
>
> #==Paddle Hard -- Laugh Often ========================#
> # Jerry B. Trottmann
>
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Lets hope it blows. The surge would take out Glen Canyon Dam in the
process.
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