by Bob Walsh
The College Lake Dam near Lynchburg, VA. has been overtopped due to heavy recent rain and is at imminent risk of failure. If the dam goes it could dump 17 feet of water into parts of Lynchburg in less than ten minutes.
There has not yet been any sign of any actual structural failure, but overtopping is not good for any dam. About six inches of rain fell in just a few hours, overwhelming the capacity of the reservoir. A couple of hundred homes in the immediate flood plane have been evacuated so if it does go the loss of life should be minimal, if any, though the property damage will be significant.
1 comment:
Looks like a good time to leave town for a couple of days.
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