Re: Fearing dam break, U.S. lowers lake water level

SBC Yahoo wrote:
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George wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16757916/

Army engineers drop Lake Cumberland in 'emergency action' to curb risk

Updated: 7:35 p.m. ET Jan 22, 2007
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Fearing a dam break that could cause catastrophic flooding in Kentucky and Tennessee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began lowering the water level on Lake Cumberland on Monday.
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Reducing the water level could have a major ecological and economic effect as well. Roemhildt said people can expect fish kills because of a rise in water temperature, and boats at marinas could be left high and dry.

Kentucky Commerce Secretary George Ward said as many as 90 percent of the launching ramps will be unusable because they won't reach the water's surface.
What part of: "if the dam breaks you better evacuate, pronto!" don't these people understand? Oh, no, the boat ramp won't reach...Would it be better if the boat ramp and lots of people got washed all the way to the Ohio?

Ohio is in the wrong direction, water flows downhill, and this river ran south, which means if the dam breaks, the water will flow towards Tennessee. Washed all the way to nashville, perhaps.

Um...check your map, SBC Yahoo...the Cumberland river starts in eastern KY, flows south through TN, then curves north again, emptying into the Ohio River. 'Downhill' does not mean south. I live on a river in Missouri which flows northeast for 140 miles, because northeast is downhill. Never have been able to convince some of the locals that latitude does not equal altitude.
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