explain this

[kygorski]

The COE blows up a levee in missuouri to stop flooding in Ill. Then the COE starts releasing water from barren, and cumberland, which flow into the ohio, and thjat goes where?Does thje name memphis mean anything to them? Nashville is complaining about high water again, why? This is a head scratcher, or maybe military inteligence.

[Dave Stewart]

Could it may be that the folks upriver are getting flooded out too or don't they count? You can only hold back so much water for so long. They opened the gates here on Ky/Barkley last week because we had all we could hold....and plenty of folks uplake and upriver were being flooded and lots of property damage...water flows downhill until you stop the flow...then it backs up.

[MrSplitshot]

water flows downhill until you stop the flow...then it backs up.

Now Dave, don't go bringing physics into this...LMAO

It's about getting all of that water/pressure flushed through the system in as controlled a manner as you can...that means minimizing the damage above and below the gates...

My Grandfather retired from the COE. He helped build and manage Green River Lake Dam. They aren't perfect, but there is a method to their madness. There are also times when it doesn't matter what you do, Mother Nature is going to win....you just have to try to move chess pieces around to minimize the damage.