Warning issued. If you're downstream be prepared.

Biden will blame climate change no doubt.

🚨#BREAKING: Emergency officials have just issued a warning that the Lake Livingston Dam spillway is at risk of potential failure⁰⁰📌#Livingston | #Texas

Currently, emergency officials have declared a "potential failure watch" for Lake Livingston Dam in Livingston, Texas.… pic.twitter.com/gFhgUhGkRI

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 29, 2024

Don't worry, this will make it into a green dam.

C@LAg said:

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Ted Cruz must be on vacation for the holiday.

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And probably in his home country of Meh-he-ko, too.

It almost failed during Rita and they had to do an emergency release and drop the lake level for a year to repair it. That was due to 20'+ waves crashing into it.

Nothing more than a government agency covering their asses. Yes there is a one in a million chance of a failure, so let's issue a warning and scare the **** out of everyone

The dam will not fail but the people who built in the flood plain below Lake Livingston will be reminded that there is a reason why you do not build in a flood plain.. The Trinity River Authority has covered their collective asses.

This is really vague and kind of strange coming from the actual TRA. It reads like a news media hype piece. "THE DAM MIGHT FAIL". No info one what the issue is or the plan of action.

Rita damaged the actual rip-rap on the dam itself making the dam susceptible to erosion, making lowering the lake level necessary to repair.

"The potential does exist but there is no immediate danger…"

That sounds like a conflicting statement.

A remote potential sounds like it would be an immediate danger.

Sounds like they're not really sure.

They need to add more details about this "remote potential."

Not an expert at all but my guess is they are worried about this part of the spillway, eroding further up toward the damn dam.

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Nothing more than a government agency covering their asses.

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This. Butt covers are the only product the government is capable of manufacturing.

nortex97 said:

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Not an expert at all but my guess is they are worried about this part of the spillway, eroding further up toward the damn dam.

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That seems readily fixed with a shipment of big assed rocks.

What did the fish say when hit a wall?



DAM!

They're required to put out this kind of notice given the erosion that has occurred at the edges of the spillway.

BigRobSA said:

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"We don't know WHY Trump is doing this just that he IS doing this! If you send me to the Senate, I'll make sure that he never again controls the water levels in ANY lakes, ever again!" - Joe Biden

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I hate it when Trump screws with the integrity of dams. Bad Trump!

To be honest, aren't ALL dams at "risk of potential failure"?

combat wombat said:

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To be honest, aren't ALL dams at "risk of potential failure"?

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Particularly once there is water behind the dam, lol.

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Well dam

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2018 flooding.

Pictures of the recessed areas are the same. Also it's a boulder covered area.



https://bluebonnetnews.com/2018/10/18/aerial-photos-show-extent-of-flooding-along-trinity-river/

I've got rural property near the Trinity River less than 20 miles from Lake Livingston. The Trinity is still very swollen and carrying a lot of water from all that rain we've had between Houston and Dallas the last few months. They're going to have to keep those spill gates wide open for a while yet to come. If we can avoid heavy rains going forward and the lake level comes down, then they can slow down the spillway and get to those eroded areas and fix them. Last thing they need now would be a hurricane or tropical storm to come in and stall over the Trinity river system.

these things didnt happen under trumps watch

not surprising brandon wants to punish a red state

... for example, we need this rascal to stay away from east Texas.

SpreadsheetAg said:

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What did the fish say when hit a wall?



DAM!

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Dad jokes FTW!

Can we redirect some that water to Central Texas, please?

MemphisAg1 said:

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I've got rural property near the Trinity River less than 20 miles from Lake Livingston. The Trinity is still very swollen and carrying a lot of water from all that rain we've had between Houston and Dallas the last few months. They're going to have to keep those spill gates wide open for a while yet to come. If we can avoid heavy rains going forward and the lake level comes down, then they can slow down the spillway and get to those eroded areas and fix them. Last thing they need now would be a hurricane or tropical storm to come in and stall over the Trinity river system.

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right there with you

The Guadalupe river has had 3 dam failures over recent years.

Lake wood in 2016
Lake Dunlap in 2019
Lake placid in 2021

nortex97 said:

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Not an expert at all but my guess is they are worried about this part of the spillway, eroding further up toward the damn dam.

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Not an engineer, but I do work at a Dam and that's where I see something that could be an issue. Not being able to use the 2 gates in the tents may be part of the issue. We have a gate opening sequence that we have learned over the years from experience that gets the most water out while doing the least amount of damage below the dam. Being able to send more water down the middle may have helped it from curling around those wing walls.

Probably not a huge issue, just a little more work to do once the gates an all closed. As long as water isn't going over the top they should be good.

That lake could use a good flushing out!