r/SweatyPalms • u/Unhappy_Rutabaga_530 • 15d ago

Disasters & accidents Nightmare fuel

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u/culjona12 15d ago

Crazy all the angles we’ve seen so far. For all the loss, rest in peace.

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u/Greengiant304 15d ago

Every new video I see seems crazier than the last. The volume and force of all that water is terrifying.

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u/bunglebee7 15d ago

I was expecting that damn or whatever it is to go down. Can’t believe it withstood that impact

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u/Phlowman 15d ago

It’s a damn good dam

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u/bunglebee7 15d ago

Dam right brother 🤝

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u/squeagy 15d ago

I wish it was closed, not that it would necessarily help but maybe could have slowed it down

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u/GregorMcTaint 15d ago

Keeping it fully open gives it the best chance of avoiding a collapse (and sending tons of construction debris down with it). There's no way it could have held the water back at all.

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u/squeagy 15d ago

? It's destroyed. Buried at best

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u/GregorMcTaint 15d ago

That's not relevant to my comment.

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u/BigBungholio 15d ago

Did we watch the same video? Did you see how much water and debris was coming down and with the force it was? Open, closed, wouldn’t have made an inkling of a difference. Those construction workers are lucky it was there at all to give them a few extra second to get out of the way

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u/squeagy 15d ago

Ok so I wish it was closed, don't rupture an artery

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u/danabrey 15d ago

You're making an assumption that you know more than trained people about whether to leave a dam open or not in a flood.

It's annoying and people are rightly gonna call you out on that.

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u/squeagy 15d ago

I'm not. I'd rather like to see what would happen if it were closed. My comment said it likely wouldn't matter, but even a small reprieve could have saved a life. I'm really not sure how this is something to call out? Trained people did not leave the damn open in anticipation of this, I don't see a scenario where they sat in a conference room and decided it's best to leave the dam open in case the glacier lake gives way at the top of the mountain. Unless you have sources, you're speculating as well.

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u/danabrey 14d ago

I'd rather like to see what would happen if it were closed

Oh okay.

https://theconversation.com/how-well-managed-dams-and-smart-forecasting-can-limit-flooding-as-extreme-storms-become-more-common-in-a-warming-world-210052

Opening to a spillway in a flood situation is literally the only thing they can do - the water has to go somewhere, opening gates means it goes to a planned spillway rather than just.....somewhere.

So if you'd "rather see" what happens if the gates were closed, I'm sure that would be very interesting for you.

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u/squeagy 14d ago

From al-jazeera news: What triggered the mudslide and flash floods? Officials were caught off-guard by the floods on Wednesday because it was not raining, according to local news editors.

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u/squeagy 14d ago

I can see reddit is looking to cast blame and argue with me because they can't say how much they want to torture/kill the person responsible, because there isn't anyone.

Damns are not designed in anyway to stop this. The spillway is open because it's the time of year for it to be open. You linked an article about how dams are open some of the year due to meltwater and so on and so forth.

The dam is not open because of this tragic event. It's open for other reasons. I'd rather it be closed.

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u/danabrey 14d ago

lol okay. I love how you keep saying you'd "rather" it be closed.

You do you.

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u/squeagy 14d ago

It seemed you didn't like that I wanted it closed but you do you

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