Burst, broke, breached, blowed up, dee-stroyed... All I want to know, Alistair, is if there is any more room on your butt for me to ride, too. If you have to throw any of these other nit-pickers off, I can wait until next Frydae. Back to making pizza. Mike
On 11/04/2011 02:12 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > gee Dave, where I be without you :) > > thanks for clearing that up, I thought that a squadron of Lancasters had come in to do the job. > > alistair > > > On 2011-11-04, at 10:57 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > >> The report does not say "burst." It speaks of "breaching." In other places in the report, it mentions the dam being "removed." I believe this is a purposeful removal of an obsolete dam. The rafter who was interviewed had been hired (by whom not stated) to assess silt in the river in relation to the breaching. >> >> mcneely >> >> ---- Alistair Bell<albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >>> on the Columbia river system >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LxMHmw3Z-U&feature=player_embedded >>> >>> Seattle TImes article >>> >>> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016678515_apwadamremoval1stldwritethru.html >>> >>> >>> alistair >> >> -- >> David McNeely |
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