Lake Lewisville dam-future collapse?

[BoostedD1]

Earthquakes, as minor as they have been, do not help. Blame frackin!

[Sgt Beavis]

I'm glad I live in Denton, but it'll suck when we have no water.

[Tremor14]

richardson checking in, i think i'll be safe.

[CexMashean]

Mom's basement checking in, I'm fucked.

[BoostedD1]

At least HPP will survive!!!!


Um... No it will?!


Nope. We're screwed.

[Tremor14]

Mom's basement checking in, I'm fucked.

hopefully she will lock you in there when the flood hits.

[BMCSean]

hopefully she will lock you in there when the flood hits.

Boosh!

[Rreemo]

Wow...I had no idea how serious this was. "Only 34 miles upstream from Dallas, the Lewisville Dam holds back 2 million acre-feet, or 2.5 billion tons, of water when the lake is full. If the dam failed, the magnitude of all that water unleashed from Lake Lewisville down the Trinity River would dwarf the worst dam disaster in American history.

That would be the Johnstown, Pa., flood of May 31, 1889, which occurred after several days of pounding rain breached the South Fork Dam. The flood killed 2,209 people and devastated the city. The Lewisville Dam holds back 125 times as much water as the South Fork Dam."

...with a MUCH larger population of people in it's path.

[Baron Von Crowder]

...with a MUCH larger population of people in it's path.

that whole area needs a big douching anyway.

[ceyko]

Seems like they are confident. Sure, trust the local government too. Everyone believes you.

Oh and if it DOES fail, they have some sort of plan.

In response to News story, Lewisville insists no ‘immediate or imminent threat of dam failure’

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/in-response-to-news-story-lewisville-insists-no-immediate-or-imminent-threat-of-dam-failure.html/

[helosailor]

can you imagine the number of skeletons and bones gonna wash out that thing???

god bless.

Probably a whole shitload of bikini tops too.

[90MarkVII]

Depending on how you look at it, it would be either a VERY bad day or a fantastic day to be on the Swiftwater Rescue team(s).

[bird_dog0347]

that whole area needs a big douching anyway.