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spinboy
06-22-08, 05:55 PM
I recently read an article in the newest FlyFisherman about it and think I saw a thread somewhere with a discussion about it. It sounds like an awesome fishery. I have little interest in it because I'm not able to travel that far to fish most of the time but I thought I'd mention what I was watching right now.

ON HistoryHD, there is an episode of "Mega Disasters" about poor dam quality. Much of the show has been about Wolf Creek Dam and how the Corp is working feverishly to bring it up to code to prevent a break!(With the rest about general poor dam quality and a few other examples) How accurate is this for those concerned? This show is NEW (2008). According to the show, communities all the way to Nashville would be devastated by a failure. Stating that many of them would be 100% under water, largely due to the fact that the reservoir is the "largest East of the Mississippi".

What do you guys know about this?

RoyC
06-23-08, 03:02 PM
This is old news. Army Corp warned all communities down stream of the dam that a catastrophic failure of the dam was possible, sometime last year.

RoyC

spinboy
06-23-08, 05:00 PM
May me old but still quite pertinent I'd say! I wonder if their homeowner's insurance went up????

flyfisher8
06-23-08, 06:02 PM
standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood.

conner j
06-23-08, 06:05 PM
It's a dam shame:)

Henry Wolfe
06-23-08, 09:32 PM
It's been a while, but while visiting my parents in Louisville there was an article regarding the Wolfe Creek Dam problems. If I remember felt the problems were extensive enough to have to replace the whole dam. I think, though, that they were able to repair it and it is now safe.

Rusty Fowler
06-23-08, 11:59 PM
FYI- http://www.orn.usace.army.mil/

spinboy
06-24-08, 01:08 PM
standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood.

I knew this but I'd argue that it isn't a flood because it isn't a natural disaster. If you leave in that valley are you in a "flood plane"? Or would the corp(guvmint) be held responsible?

TheEndlessEnigma
06-26-08, 04:15 PM
I knew this but I'd argue that it isn't a flood because it isn't a natural disaster. If you leave in that valley are you in a "flood plane"? Or would the corp(guvmint) be held responsible?

you know i would think there would have to be some restitution much like the katrina victims being it was kinda their fault.