That would be absolutely horrific!
I think folks are feeling out of the woods where my sense from what I have learned its basically best to look at this as a subway system - so interconnected.
If we look at the first onslot in Jan in took several weeks for the implications to be experienced throughout the subway system
Move forward to Ist Feb onslaught. It took several weeks for the impact of all that to mess up the entire subway line.
Then I think its called a flood control agency. Flood Control!
Its just like a place crash. Its never one event .
They know what they are doing - but when a part of the system breaks down (Spillway) then stuff starts.
If we look at what happened, there were days and days that wwent by and then it was another spillway being opened.
More days pass - then another is opened. Repeat x2. But each time they kept having to open more , in a swamped system, there is a place where options get less and less.
Think about it - for decades they have been able to announce flood warnings for years - ahead of time.
They have all the models- how many of us have know about inflow outflow etc all those charts for subway station in the system. Its all calculated - they know.
A lot of it is going to depend exactly on how the snowmelt happens and at what speed.
I think this is far from over Its kinda like aa forest fire - depends on a whole bunch of things as it relates to final outcomes. which only time can tell.
For a subway line to be having troubles, while being stressed out with more passengers than ever, and the Olympics coming to town (!) requiring the system to handle more passengers (snowmelt) - somewhat daunting.
This whole subway line has been stressed for months. Its old. The whole dam system is gonna have to be handling more passssengers solely cause the ground (which often sucks some of the passengers away!) is over it. and saturated
So now the entire system has another whole problem. Instead of being absorbed by masses of land its just gonna become a problem for the entire subway line. . Just the pics recently posted - when that stuff starts to melt -----------
It takes weeks to see how the whole subway line stacks up. I think last weeks weather , as far as the subway line goes - the world won't know for another week (but they do - that is why they still have a multitude of spillways still spewing) .
They are trying to get all the stations along the route , hopefully , capable , of handling the crowds (snowmelt) when the Olympics come to town!
I think the resistance to open them all over the state is cause they knew what was gonna happen and it did.
There is no reason to believe that they do not have that same awareness for the next month.
But really, if we sadly think about it, what can they do - clear out 874,000 people. To where?
jmo
[FONT="]Some reservoirs are already at emergency heights and the massive snow pack continues to build. This could have dangerous repercussions for flooding in the spring.
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