Comments on: Atmospheric rivers endanger the West https://writersontherange.org/atmospheric-rivers-endanger-the-west/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: David Marston https://writersontherange.org/atmospheric-rivers-endanger-the-west/#comment-241 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:28:28 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=5254#comment-241 In reply to Stephen Schmidt.

Yes, 1983 was a big year. Plywood around the top of the dam. In 1983, Powell started the water year nearly full and managers let water go late. However, 1984 was an even bigger water year and a bigger spring runoff — which could have been disastrous.

]]> By: Stephen Schmidt https://writersontherange.org/atmospheric-rivers-endanger-the-west/#comment-240 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:46:16 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=5254#comment-240 As I recall, the big flood year when the dam almost overtopped was 1983, not 1984. I was on the last oar trip before they shut the river down for three days (a Hatch motor trip left after us the same day and passed us quickly – flow was about 70,000 cfs). They started releasing more that evening ending up about 95,000 cfs.

]]> By: Atmospheric Rivers Endanger the West — Writers on the Range – Coyote Gulch https://writersontherange.org/atmospheric-rivers-endanger-the-west/#comment-237 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:21:01 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=5254#comment-237 […] the link to read the article on the Writers on the Range website (David […]

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