Hydroelectric Dam Disaster 76 Dead

[PismoBeach]

Looked a lot like Hoover Dam.

[PappyStu]

@PismoBeach They are both high dams unlike the one here...

[squidtastic84]

seriously, pictures are for flickr. I want some vid, or some commentary. o well, i guess not everyone is Oliver Stone

[synalag]

1 - C'était un accident, pas un attentat

2 - La sécurité n'a pas de prix !

[rishab120]

i get scared in dams



[Indyaner]

Isnt this the Music von SuperMario64 when you dive under water?

[PappyStu]

@Indyaner Canned tunage from Ulead...

[aGruntNamedYayap]

This is on YouTube is a video site, NOT A SLIDESHOW SITE! Post your pictures on flickr!

[jorkao]

<super maria 64 song"!

[The096757]

$310 million to repair this dam is not a lot of money. the structure is still standing. was this a terrorist attack by chechyans? is this dam back up and running now?

[PappyStu]

@The096757 To be honest I don't know... I should running Grand Coulee but haven't heard... I did hear they had severe infrastruction issues which probably precludes restoration...

[rishab120]

@The096757 no i live there

[Piltdownpaul]

Photos for flikr and video for you tube.

[ZX2ManDave]

Its not as big as my penis.

[TheSubzerogr]

even if you pay me 100.000 dollars per second,I M NOT WORKING THERE

[pimperxc]

Just work there for 2 days And then get the hell out outta there.

[cougartracks]

Sorrow, and disbelief, how could engineers make such a monumental mistake that caused 76 deaths,mvto Pappy vnvhe Osceola.

[PappyStu]

I suspect cutting corners in design for saved rubbles... sad

[3CoolKats]

I can't believe this wasn't more widely covered in the news. It's the first I've heard of it. Wow, this was a real tragedy:( So all the people killed were at the dam itself? Was there any flooding? I'm afraid I don't have a good idea of exactly what exploded. Wow, this video made me realize how hydroelectric dam illiterate I am.

[PappyStu]

yea go figure...

yes the entire occupants/workers at the time with 11 more missing I believe...

flooded the entire power house but down river flooding I don't believe so

An entire turbine was ejected with others overspeeding... A big design failure with possible operations errors...

[TamHickey67]

Stu, you are right when you say this is a tragedy. How terrible it must be for all of their loved ones who saw mom or Dad going off to work as usual for this to happen. This was not even reported on the mainstream news channels here. So sad for all involved.

[PappyStu]

We seem to rarely hear news from Russia or China or elsewhere... We are too busy fretting over miley cyrus

[jayluketa]

That is the purpose of mainstream media in 'western" societies. Keep the population dumb and in fear. If this had happened in the states it would be pinned a terrorist attack and more of our rights will be pulled.

[PappyStu]

On the road now sorry for the late reply...

thanks for watching...

[Skandalos]

@jayluketa Yea theyre all controlled by *them*! See that black car down the street? Dont leave your house!

[fehquig]

Yikes! Could this have been avoided by taking extra safety precautions? In the video you mention something about doors suddenly closing. Wouldn't it make sense to make it impossible to close the doors without diverting pressure first? I don't pretend to know anything about hydroelectric dam design, but something like that would make some kind of sense to me. It's like putting a railing at the edge of a tall cliff...

[PappyStu]

Their coaster gates on some units fail to close off the penstocks after the event overspeeding several units even with a completely flooded power house...

If the wicket gates close immediately stopping flow instantaneously the water hammer wont be stopped by the penstock/coaster gates... its too late...

The wicket gates must be closed gradually...

[fehquig]

Makes sense...

[jtls8]

Terrible desaster!!!!!

[PappyStu]

yea its really bad

[57Riptide]

Come on Buddy

You and I both know that this beyond impossible.

A Hydro accident of this magnitude?

LOL

Please do not insult our intelligence, you have been so genuine till now.

;)

[PappyStu]

Push the bottle away and repeat after me

I will not drink to excess I will not drink to excess

he he he

They have a third or less the rebar in their concrete than here looking at the photos

Also They are much higher head design... consequently much greater water hammer in a wicket gate transient...

We are probably still suseptible to a head cover instance here worst case senario on the 6 big units...

[battlebauble]

My gut instinct says it was due to a design flaw much like Chernobyl, but I'm not one to dismiss random bad luck. It must be fortunate that the whole structure did not fail. Very scary!

[PappyStu]

Design has a big factor in this no doubt

[oneiblind30]

Holy crap.

[PappyStu]

for sure

[cooksterz]

A tragic share, but i knew nothing of it, otherwise. Sad to hear the lives lost on this one. The destruction of the turbines is amazing. The oil slick floating down the river is a sad aftermath as well.

[PappyStu]

Yea its a complete mess...

[Ranblv]

Can't even imagine the long term ongoing effects of such a disaster.

[PappyStu]

It will be years in the fixing...

[GreatGig1]

Wow! That is Terrible! Scary to think this could happen! I hear people say, "That could never happen"...then it does...

Rest in Peace to the 76...

[PappyStu]

Amen to that...

When I first saw this I was in one of the powerhouses at Grand Coulee Dam... ummmm got my attention you might say...

[OhCurt]

Up until now I had somewhat of a simplistic, maybe even cartoonish mental picture of what a dam explosion would look like.

[PappyStu]

It is very sobering... Long term impact on economic, ecological and human terms...

[MotherReiver]

Terrible tragedy - you guys in that industry put your lives on the line to give us power - and your contributions are not even understood - thank you for enlightening us :)

[PappyStu]

There are much more risky industries but after 35 years in Nuclear, Geothermal, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine and Hydro I've seen my share of bad stuff...

[DaveFromMooseJaw]

Wow did not know that cold happen like that.

[PappyStu]

Yea, its an eye opener...

[BasicModelling]

Didn't think this sort of thing could happen?? :(

[PappyStu]

It surprise me a tad as well... Mine is #7 in the world, this one is #6 largest... Our design is significantly better BUT similar accidents are vaugely possible here as well... We are built more robustly than they are as well...

[BasicModelling]

Yes, well.. it still surprised me.. but I guess that how much we do think we have tamed nature, when let loose it still wrecks havoc.. and we can't really ever tame nature 100%.. it always has a way of showing who really is the boss..

[PappyStu]

Hydrodynamic forces are VERY powerful... this one got me in the gut thinking about my fellow Dam operators and their families, Russian or not it is a real tragedy for their people and their nation...

[PappyStu]

I'm off to the dentist now... Graveyards again tonight in the Dam... Take care Compadre

[mrdavid889]

how old r u?

[PappyStu]

52... You?