Cumberland The Big Rise

[mhall]

The good news is...that it will fall, just as fast as it rised...yes?
But Im sure they are sweeting it at the dam!!!......It would seem, that even with the problems down south a ways...that getting the water back down...and fast, should take priority over everything...??

The problem with that is, they can't right now due to flooding issues. From what I understand the Corp is being urged to not let out too much water right as to not elevate an already bad situation with the river level.

[demodan]

The problem with that is, they can't right now due to flooding issues. From what I understand the Corp is being urged to not let out too much water right as to not elevate an already bad situation with the river level.

I can understand that mhall....But Im still,... not quite getting what is really up with this dam project....I guess Im just a little sceptic abouit the dam project, have been from he start.
First... they are reparing it, becouse of the "unstable ground below"...which makes for an unstable dam...dangerous they say...and Im sure it is!

Second..some say it really can't be fixed 100% (I tend to agree with this assesment;...from my little minor in geology).

Third....The core says it can be fixed...with some amount of hard work and time....How much time???....How much money for the hard work (millions upon millions...10 million...maybe a billion...who know really), hell that amount of money can solve many problems in this world...But not mother nature doesn't have an bank account??

Fourth...Have they really started fixing the problem...some say "not yet; still in the assesment planning stages" (from what I heard...Im not sure..anybody)??!

fith...If it can hold what it's doing today...and what it's going to get tomarrow...then is the dam in really that bad of shape...as the core says it is???? I mean...if they can hold what it's doing now....and they can "hold off" on opening the doors wide the freek open..becouse of the situation in the South...then how bad can the dam be??.....Im just a little sceptical...something isn't quite matching up for me.
It reminds me of the "black-hole" theory...We will keep throwing money at it...and it will just **** it up..and never stop. I wonder if the core has any job openings! I Could be off base here...but not so sure. But if it is as bad as they make it out to be; and if I was at the controls; and my butt was on the line...regardless of the flooding in the south...those doors would be wide open...as far as they can be open...right!! What would be the alternative??

[mhall]

According to what I've gathered this morning there are homes and properties in compromise down stream. They are hoping by letting the down stream water calm a little for a few days and then opening her up they can hopefully not flood anybody.

This is the discussion as I understand it right now.

[Les Young]

Demodan, You've got to be kidding me. It's worth every effort the Corps can give to hold back as much as possible. It would be awful to unleash all that water on the folks that are in worse shape than we are. If the dam breaks it will be devestating, but THERE SHOULD BE WAYMORE CONCERN FOR HUMAN LIFE THAH YOU EVIDENTLY HAVE !!! You've got some serious issues.

[Redskeeter]

Demodan, You've got to be kidding me. It's worth every effort the Corps can give to hold back as much as possible. It would be awful to unleash all that water on the folks that are in worse shape than we are. If the dam breaks it will be devestating, but THERE SHOULD BE WAYMORE CONCERN FOR HUMAN LIFE THAH YOU EVIDENTLY HAVE !!! You've got some serious issues.

Les I dont think he was showing a lack of concern of human life but was merely stating that if the dam has a possibility of failure with all that water behind it that they should be letting as much water out as they can. Yes there would be some property destroyed down river but, if the dam broke with all that water behind it there would be nothing left of Celina, Burkesville, most of Nashville, and many other small communities along the way.

[smashdn]

Clarksville TN is in bad shape now too.

[demodan]

Demodan, You've got to be kidding me. It's worth every effort the Corps can give to hold back as much as possible. It would be awful to unleash all that water on the folks that are in worse shape than we are. If the dam breaks it will be devestating, but THERE SHOULD BE WAYMORE CONCERN FOR HUMAN LIFE THAH YOU EVIDENTLY HAVE !!! You've got some serious issues.

Thanks Les Young...I appricate your assessment of me. In my own deffense..I have much concern over human life..that is why my job has me in a trama unit ...where we save lives everyday; and that I've spent 12 years of my life educating and training to help others that are in a crisis??...Yea, I have no regard of human life, yea, right?... We all have issues dude...? But you making this personal is out of line for the context..Im just saying...that if the dam is in the bad shape that we are being told that it is, and they have to drop the water level for years on end... and the millions "we" are spending on this project....Yet it can hold back maybe one of the quickest rises in water level in many years on the lake...and it can be held back with more to come for days, "to help out those in need below"....Then how bad is it dam...really?? Evedently there is no cause for alarm at the dam...becouse if it was...then they wouldn't have a choice but to open all gates...for the sake of others...dig. It just doesn't add up to me...even I with my issues...and little regard for human life...I can connect the dots...oh...you can kiss my bass!

[Duayne]

From what I have read, the Dam has is leaking. The more pressure on the dam, the more errosion from the leak. The reason to keep the dam lower is to minimize the pressure, thus minimize the amount of errosion until they can fortify the leak area plus all of the like area. This dam has held this amount of water and more in the past and I do not think they are worried about it busting today. They are more concerned with what may happen in the future if it goes unchecked. I would also imagine there is a cost to the currrent structure based on the intrution for the repairs. I would hope they would have factored in this sort of short term situation in their plans.

[smokefan]

I was over there a few years ago with a friend after a weeks hard rain. It scared me bad. There was everything from 30ft logs to refrigators floatin. It wasnt bad during the day but after dark it was hairy. What took us 20 minutes during the day took use what seemed like 2 hours to get back. I also dont think it helped that they were pulling water pretty hard too...