11-18-2010, 03:19 PM
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Location: Planet Mercury,
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Originally Posted by Steve Cassani
"On the plus side, there are no more security stops..."
What had been going on? I glossed over mention of searches, but your comment has me asking what the practice had been.
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They (Homeland Security) would stop every vehicle going across the dam and search any that were closed in like Suburbans, Tahoes, pickups with a bed cover. No trailers, no large trucks... They were afraid someone would blow up the dam. Might be a bit difficult to do as the thing is so massive that apparently all of the concrete is not yet cured after more than 70 years. It would probably require a 100 megaton nuke to do so and there is nothing to stop someone doing that from the bridge...
In other news, if the water drops only 6 more feet there will not be enough pressure to spin the turbines and produce electricity. A testament to unbridled development and population growth in the west.. 
There is still a turn off to tour the dam though...
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