Water Released from Dam

greblo · Post by **greblo** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:41 pm

Today the county started releasing water from the dam as a means to fill up some of the settling ponds downstream of us. This is how they re-charge the aquifer (raise the level of the underground water table). This release will continue for 24 hours.

I was told that it was a limited release (flow) that had the potential to reach the runway ramp that runs up to the hang 4 l/z, and perhaps cause a little damage to the bank. This means that it could also ravage our runway in the wash on its way to the bank.

As of 4 pm today, I'm happy to report that the river remained in its original channel, east of our wash runway (thanks to the new berm created by Ken Andrews, J Devorak, Jim Thompson, and of course the skip loader). I feel like we keep dodging bullets! We're very lucky.

JD · Post by JD » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:38 pm

YAY TEAM!!!!!!!

OSCAR · Post by **OSCAR** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:57 pm

for Joe

for Ken

for Jim

for Jay

dhmartens · Post by **dhmartens** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:14 am

Thanks Team!!!

As you can see in this historical map of the Mississippi river channel, the trend is for a massive alteration.

greblo · Post by **greblo** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:56 pm

I received a call today saying that the next release of water from the dam will be in about a month. That means that we can limit our worries to rain for the time being.

JBBenson · Post by **JBBenson** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:06 pm

Once again Joe's dedication saves the day....