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ossiblue ossiblue is offline
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Originally Posted by vash View Post
here is a pic from 2013 (supposedly)

think it is the same spot?

Here's a picture of the original breach in the spillway. It looks to be in the area just at the bottom of the one you posted, on the right where the
"thumbs up" icon is located.



Once more water was released, the breach opened up more and we got the erosion you see in this photo.


And here's a photo of the emergency spillway rim being breached by the water. Like water overflowing in a glass.


And here's a picture of the erosion caused by the flow over the emergency spillway. Notice the water coming over the area on the far left, which is a parking lot and not part of the emergency spillway rim.
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