To add to @eric3579's comment, the work was fairly carefully planned to occur over Summer, and after the water level had been reduced, to minimise the chances that they would get caught out like that. The hydro plant should be able to release more water than required for the duration of the second phase of works.

Their first phase was designed to leave the main spillway usable over winter, so this second phase could commence afterwards. The emergency spillway was designed never to be used, it was more like a fuse to allow evacuation if the dam fails. The revised design, taking into account the fact that the emergency spillway was required, appears to have strengthened it enough to be used as a backup instead.

The repairs would have been a heck of a lot cheaper if they had been conducted a decade ago, although I do wonder if all the flaws would have been obvious at the time.

Let's call them what they are.

Concentration camps.

The first stages of Ethnic Cleansing.

I'd like to point to the following article via Slate.com

"As one of the few journalists permitted to tour the government’s new internment camp, about 40 miles from the southern border, the New York Times correspondent tried to be scrupulously fair. Forcing civilians to live behind barbed wire and armed guards was surely inhumane, and there was little shelter from the blazing summer heat. But on the other hand, the barracks were “clean as a whistle.” Detainees lazed in the grass, played chess, and swam in a makeshift pool. There were even workshops for arts and crafts, where good work could earn an “extra allotment of bread.” True, there had been some clashes in the camp’s first days—and officials, the reporter noted, had not allowed him to visit the disciplinary cells. But all in all, the correspondent noted in his July 1933 article, life at Dachau, the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, had “settled into the organized routine of any penal institution.” "

Yes... he did it. If there were any doubts left, this should remove them. Trump officially put the United States on the same path as Nazi Germany.

What are you going to do about it?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

-Niemöller

"In the summer of 1935, C.J. "Johnny" Baker and H. Muir staked the original 21 "Giant" claims for Bear Exploration Company. The claims were on Great Slave Lake's Back Bay and along what is now the historic Ingraham Trail.

By 1937, Yellowknife Gold Mines Ltd. acquired Burwash's assets. From these, the subsidiary Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines Ltd was created. The company fell on hard times and by 1940, operations eventually came to a standstill. Frobisher Explorations took over the site in 1943. However, the advent of World War II halted the operation once again. Gold was not a priority in times of war, and there was a shortage of men to work the site.

Soon after the war ended, Giant Mine officially opened, and production moved into full swing. The first gold brick was poured on June 3, 1948.

From May to December 1948, the mine produced 8,152 ounces of gold from 49,985 tonnes of ore. With the nearby Con Mine also operating, Yellowknife was experiencing the rapid growth associated with a booming mining industry.

Those original claims would lead to the production of seven million ounces of gold and one of the longest continuous gold mining operations in Canadian mining history; however, they also led to a legacy of contamination."

http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100027388/1100100027390

NEVAR!

I started coming here from link from Blue's News and finally signed up in the summer of 2006, so coming up on 12 years ago.

V'Sift fo' life, y0.

I give you the rare upvote / *ban .
While this looks beautiful and fun, it's a clear self link.
I wish I could have gone out with them when I was there, but that was summer, and I think they can only go off road like this in winter.

Nice way to cool of these dogs in summer.

Many of my childhood summers were spent in Santa Cruz, and digging up sand crabs (mole crabs) was a daily routine for me. Just look for the bubbles in the wet sand.

These toys didn't work well in Houston in the summer, this is a *quality explanation of the *science involved

Good lord. What an idiot. That beautiful car shouldn't even know it's cold outside. It's not his driving skills, it's the moronic soccer mom/dad who thinks that the snow setting on their SUV means they can drive like they do in summer that's the problem.

Laura Lace covers A. Vivaldi - Summer on guitar has been added as a related post - related requested by ChaosEngine on that post.

Yeah, wildfires up here in BC at the top left sucked this year.

Well, they always suck, but we approached neutron star sucking this past summer.

Funny you should ask.....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/16/n-y-judge-could-rule-soon-next-month-trump-request-dismiss-sex-assault-lawsuit/768082001/

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/17/16483946/summer-zervos-donald-trump-defamation-lawsuit-subpoena

But this Trump [abuse] dates [back] decades - [and] what makes this truly bad is that beauty pageant, family, and business inside[r]s all knew about this and kept quiet. What's even worse is he didn't keep quiet, and instead bragged for decades about abusing his position to abuse women, including repeatedly and intentionally barging in on naked under age girls to ogle them, and instead of being shunned he is now president.

my Niece does this and I got a chance to see here perform this summer; it's pretty amazing and a bit surreal; I think it's a bigger deal in the more southern states although there was a Team from California and her Team was based out of Ohio

Totally my summer jam. Keeping me cool in the 105 Cali heat