- Apr 5, 2010
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Just another fine example of neglected priorities by elected officialsThey got a ton of raid due to a stalled rotating system that just kept pumping water into many watersheds in the area.
The 2nd failure appears to be a cascade failure from the first dam breaching.
I have a feeling people will be scrounging for maintenance records on these dams, especially their spillway maintenance and operation records.
We don't have evidence of anything either way. Right now the job is to get people out of the way, whatever mobile property you can out of the way, sandbag or berm crucial infrastructure items, and then clean up afterwards.
Finding evidence of maintenance failure is usually pretty easy, if that is what has happened.Michigan dam had repeated safety violations before flooding
A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by federal regulators.www.wilx.com
The quote below shows the issues with competing regulatory goals, and gives you an idea of the problems over-regulation can cause.
The company twice lowered Wixom Lake’s level without permission after the federal license was revoked, said Nick Assendelft, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, which has overseen the Edenville barrier since its federal license was withdrawn.
The department was pursuing enforcement action for the violation and resulting damage to natural resources when the dam gave way, Assendelft said. A lawsuit filed April 30 says the lengthy drawdowns in 2018 and 2019 killed “thousands, if not millions” of freshwater mussels, many listed as endangered species.
So they were told the lake overflow was not adequate, but when they lowered the lake, which acts a buffer to overflow potential, they were sued because lowering the lake could hurt freshwater mussels.
What part of “they failed to maintain the pumps” are you not hearing?
What pumps? The article mentioned lack of spillway capacity?
The article mentioned numerous problems going back 20 years. None of which have anything to do with which party is sitting in the governor’s mansion and everything to do with yet another corporation endangering lives and destroying private property in the name of profit and greed.
When will Americans stop worshipping at the feet of profiteers and bagmen and start expecting companies to act in the best interests of the community it’s profiting off of.
These are simply basic concepts for the rest of the first world.
PEOPLE FIRST.
Did I make any reference to party? the article shows contradictory directives from regulating agencies.
the rest of your post is SJW commie agitprop crap.