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Gavins Point Dam Video 28 June 11

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Uploaded by on Jun 29, 2011

Gavins Point serves as the southern most of the six main stem dam projects on the Missouri River basin system. At the end of June 2011, the dam was releasing an historic 160,000 cubic feet per second of flood water through its spillway and power house. The large amount of water actually represents only a fraction of what the dam was designed to pass through its gates in an extreme flood event. Thankfully, there are no plans nor any conditions currently present that would require higher releases. Video by Kevin Wingert, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

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  • lol at all the people who think its going to crack or actually think theres cracks in the dam already XD

  • Thank God for the ACE. These guys have been taking a bad rap for the flooding along the Mo. River. People need to stop think of all the flooding the dams have prevented since being put in. Would we want all the water coming from north to have free course down the MO without any dams. We'd really have a mess then. Seems to me, the problem is people should have had sense enough to NOT build on a flood plain, or build fancy homes on a sandbar like Dakota Dunes. Don't blame the ACE.

  • Not enough info. Please explain to us exactly how & how often the ACE checks the integrity of this dam? How do you calculate the amount of pressure being applied to this dam? Show us daily, up close & personal, still photos taken with a long, fast lense, 800mm or larger. Only RAW image files will do, proof positive, images have NOT been tampered with. To truly dispell the rumors, less PR, more facts. WE are NOT school children. Trust is Earned, not Awarded blindly

  • It's gonna BLOW!!

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