Dangerous Dams

Low head dams kill
It's only a model.

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Sports

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• Danger
• dams
• kill
• river

[nomukaiki]

this video was very helpfull for a dam change study in Portugal. thank you

[JamesWeeks]

great to hear it. How is that going?

[creeklax]

i ran that very dam a few days ago. piece of cake, just avoid the giant hands...

[vladimir2277]

This has nothing to do with having a death wish. It has to do with having the common sense and expertise to determine whether a dam is dangerous or not. There are dangerous dams out there, and there are ones that are safer than a drop of the same height on a river. You walk around the dangerous ones, and run the safe ones. If you are unsure, then you don't run it. This video shows a simplistic view of things, and is a good safely guideline. But in the real world, everything is more complicated.

[camcamrich932]

it the water is so low why does it have enough power to drown you

[callmeshane303]

It's NOT that low head dams are dangerous, it's the design of the dam, that creates the danger.

And engineers can do really stupid things too - the over flow should be made to run over a crested "hill" and down a slope - gradually flaring into the full depth of the river or an appropriate width and depth for the flow - being the average river speed.

[HisBabiiGurl123]

Yea I'm glad you posted this I went down a dam before in a boating accident but I was in the water I could of died I'm only 13

[HisBabiiGurl123]

Yea I agree I went down a dam with nothing just my body I was lucky to survive my cuzin broke his leg and I'm only 13

[balandavis]

JanesWeeks: this is an incredible model and explains the dangers of low-head dams in an easy-to-see manner. As a person who has personally been trapped in a current under a low-head dam (and obviously and thankfully survived, I'd just like to say thanks for helping to educate people about these dangerous dams and show a possible solution.

drbucketmouth: Something tells me your no genius yourself - mainly your English and insensitivity to the fact that there are people such as myself that live

[ohiocanalgirl]

Dams are so dangerous glad you posted this

[KJ4VGT]

A quaint yet informative model of a dam. It really elucidates the dangers of Low head dams, and exibits a feasible solution for that death trap. I think it's a very nicely-constructed effigy of a dam!