Re: Just in case you had a hydrologically uninteresting day...

In article <11q1st5kh06ob2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
joschapern4ospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jo Schaper) wrote:

> George wrote:
>
> > "Jo Schaper" <joschapern4ospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:11q1mqrne319994@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/0A
> 4A827BA5C98DB2862570D7004F9A49?OpenDocument
> >
> >
> > Nope, I didn't miss it. I thought I would wait for you to post first.
> > Thanks for the link, Jo. I had wondered all day what could have caused the
> > reservoir to fail, and your link provided at least a preliminary
> > assessment, which is more than I've seen elsewhere. If it holds that this
> > was what cased the failure, I suspect there will be lawsuits.
> >
> > George
> >
>
> All hell was breaking loose around here today because my husband works
> for the state parks, and we have at least a passing acquaintance with
> the superintendent (not a good buddy, but a recognizable face). One of
> the employees occasionally 'canoes to work' across the Black River as it
> saves a long drive around...we were quite worried on her account, too,
> but her house is high enough and enough from the river she wasn't in
> danger.
>
> I first went to the powerplant when I was 7, and have been back a number
> of times since until 9/11, when they ceased having tours. Have lots of
> rhyolite off that mountain, and saw the leak they referred to on several
> occasions. I wonder (speculation only) if they hadn't had other problems
> in the past, but the leak served as an unintended pressure valve. Now
> that the upper reservoir was nice and tight, instead of gushing from the
> leak, the water blew out the side. I guess we wait for the engineers on
> that answer.
>
> Damn. A billion gallons of water down a 700 foot drop in 12 minutes.
> Boggles the mind. On a typical July Saturday, at the Shut-Ins, the 52
> campsites are full, plus the day use area-- somewhere around 200-400
> people, and most of them are in or near the river. It could have been
> really, really baaad...it's a mess now, but it could have been a disaster.
>
> The ironic thing is: over the years, everyone has worried themselves
> silly about the dam on the lower reservoir, which apparently weathered
> today OK. A couple of years ago, AmerenUE considered this facility near
> the end of its useful life due to silting in the lower reservoir, and
> attempted to obtain permits for a similar but larger and higher
> structure at nearby Church Mountain. For a number of reasons, it never
> got beyond the application stage, so they decided to try to fix Proffit
> Mountain. (Although named Taum Sauk, it really isn't on Taum Sauk
> Mountain, the highest point in the state.)
>
> To their credit, AmerenUE has been very proactive--at a news conference
> today they came with phone numbers for those affected to contact
> them...and so forth. The damage to the state park hasn't really been
> assessed yet, and no doubt whatever happens, they are likely going to
> get a hefty bill for the damage to park. Of course, that means all us
> customers get to foot the recovery. Johnson's Shut-Ins is one of the
> most popular parks in the system, so it will be put back in business.
> The question floating around here is: will the power plant?
>
> It is going to be interesting to watch where AmerenUE goes from here.
> Although a net wash in terms of energy production, having Taum Sauk
> online meant it could shift electric around, and compensate for high
> daytime use vs low night draws, thereby minimizing brownouts.
>
> Having that reservoir blow out was about the last thing in the world on
> anyone's mind this morning.

For some odd reason I can't access that story, but coming so soon after that
building blew up in New Jersey, it makes one wonder what is going on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4525548.stm

It seems to me that certain people have not been doing what is known as
"preventative maintenance" and I wonder if a certain companies have been
employing underskilled staff to cut costs? That is a question one could ask
about the Buncefield Oil Depot too.



Alan

http://www.veloceraptor.free-online.co.uk/enigma.html

http://veloceraptor.blogspot.com/
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