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Water flowing down a dam spillway
2011 - This is how the spillway is designed to work.
Feb 7 - residents visiting the spillway noticed water shooting upwards from the spillway whilst an ongoing flood release of 50,000 cubic feet per second was occurring.
After closing the spillway to investigate, a crator was discovered. High inflows to Lake Oroville forced dam operators to continue using the damaged spillway, causing additional damage.
Human for scale - this thing is enormous! The spillway hole had grown to 300 feet (91 m) wide, 500 feet (152 m) long and 45 feet (14 m) deep.
Feb 11 - the emergency spillway (also known as auxiliary spillway) began carrying water for the first time since the dam's construction in 1968.
Feb 11 - The flow topped out at 12,600 cu ft/s and the water flowed directly onto the earthen hillside below the emergency spillway, as per design. However, headward erosion of the emergency spillway threatened to undermine and collapse the concrete weir.
Feb 12 - an evacuation was ordered for those in low-lying areas along the Feather River Basin in Butte, Yuba and Sutter counties, due to possible failure of the emergency spillway. The flow over the main spillway was increased to 100,000 cu ft/s to try to slow erosion of the emergency spillway.
The water from the emergency spillway continued to flow heavily making its way downhill.
The amount of erosion caused the worry that the emergency spillway wall could fail and release ~30 feet of water.
Feb 13 - The damage caused by the emergency spillway overflow was made clear the next day as the dam level dropped.
Feb 17 - After more heavy rain the main spillway was getting worse with the majority of outflow making its own path to the right of the spillway.
Oroville Dam spillway damage from recent California storms
Feb 18 - worse again - main spillway exit barely used.
Feb 18 - Emergency spillway repairs continue.
Feb 20 @ night - main spillway
Feb 28 - we can finally see the damage caused over the past few weeks
Feb 28 - epic destruction.
Oroville Dam spillway damage, Feb 28
Feb 28 - Top down
Feb 28 - more humans for scale.
(edit: Mar 1 update here: https://imgur.com/gallery/6IyCi)
(edit 2: Mar 2 update here: https://imgur.com/gallery/YgatJ)
Firemonsterlols
Damn water you scary!
Crossark
Get some geologists in there to study the low-level rocks there while they can; they'll never have an easier time of it.
QUlTWHlNlNG
That's a dam good post.
ekhfarharris
you made me spill my drink, unlike the spillway
captchatypingrobot
"You can ask me all your dam question, and take all of your dam pictures"
QUlTWHlNlNG
Where can I get some dam bait?
vulturedoors
Holy shitfuck. I hadn't realized the extent of the damage from the emergency spillway. Oroville is the tallest dam in the US, btw.
Fwords
BOC: "History shows again and again, how nature points out the folly of men!" -Godzilla
tmc4065
Wasn't the guys' who designed the dam fault
UrAvgItalian
Couldn't get the measurements right, where are the bananas?
KarmaCatastrophe
There's a banana in every image, but the dam is so big you can't see them. What it needs is a school bus for scale.
nvmbed
I was confused at first but apparently one human equals at least twelve bananas
drdavessardogs
Should have used a Jose!
Rovylern
I thought it was a Juan?
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Rovylern
I sit corrected. You are an awesome person.
Theforgottenartoffuckey
Making me concerned moist
370zSteve
icameforthedownvotes
The more I learn about the U.S. The more its organisational structure reminds me of Eastern Europe. Not to be disrespectful, just observing.
Jupman
Na most of stuff was built in the 50s and no obe wants to build new ones.
icameforthedownvotes
Source: I have lived in both places
HerrBisch
You know, by saying "not to be disrespectful", you were kind of disrespectful towards Eastern Europe...
icameforthedownvotes
...if anything, I was disrespectful towards the U.S.
Cheomesh
Difference being Eastern Europe tries in spite of lack of good materials/educated labor. We don't have an excuse here.
ZRod
But but... The right & Trump says our military is small & weak & underfunded because Obama was a wuss! Surely they wouldn't lie!
icameforthedownvotes
why so humble? I expected this to get downvoted to somewhere else?
HelgaBliegle
peanutsonthemilk
Be water, my friend
capnmal
mstalltree
After years of drought, californians are grateful for the rain this season.
KiillZEmAwll
No, if anything they're bitching about too much rain. As a general rule, anyways
BilldeTurlock
Not exactly
pyr666
who let things get this way? string them up by their innards.
Cheomesh
Probably first place to start are those who MBC'd about tax increases to pay for those things.
DoesThisKeyboardWork
As a civil engineer ... it's my professional opinion that this no bueno
PunchViolenceInTheFace
*takes notes*
arudarou
Thousand of dollars well spent in Engineering school, right here.
DamnIshouldreallybestudyingrightnow
Indeed, this is Oroville. Bueno is a river in Chile.
animatic
Right?
StormSaxon
Yay Civils!
youtah
lol, half of my friends ended up being civil engineers
OzmaAsimov
Well, thank goodness they're not uncivil engineers.
CommanderWilliamTRiker
very astute
inkedupsailor
misspeach8
This was the first "natural disaster" I ever experienced. The mass panic in town was unlike anything. It felt like an apocalypse movie.
ZRod
I read stories about Trump voters saying they felt like refugees. Not a 1:1 comparison but sad that only direct action brings any empathy.
TheOneGalen
Interesting.Do you just mean a run on grocery stores, or rioting in the streets?
misspeach8
People were just panicking. It's a weird sight to see all of my neighbors out at the same time frantically packing their cars to leave. 1/3
misspeach8
The grocery store I was at when the evac alert was sent out closed within 30min and everyone was rushing and talking about the dam. 2/3
misspeach8
A friend of mines house was broken into the night of the day the evac alert was sent out. Family and friends were blowing up my phone. 3/3
TheOneGalen
Wow. Thanks.
KiillZEmAwll
See, our state could've been putting money into important things like this, but noooo. Jerry Brown wants his train...
IndefiniteReckoner
If, in the middle of the drought over the last few years, anyone had suggested worrying about historic flooding... laughter would follow.
vinylspear
Ah yes, I remember Governor Moon Beam Ronstadt. I left that state and I don't miss the politics.
KiillZEmAwll
I can't wait until I leave this craptacular state
vinylspear
There is life outside of California.
whosthatgirlitsvern
Welp, we all heard about this, but I for one had no idea what it actually looked like. Thanks @OP!
CreepyPhlox
I was thinking the same thing. +1 from me! Also, the forces of nature never cease to amaze me, water especially.
wardenwolf
So, the emergency spillway problem could have been avoided had they just armored the first bit of it with concrete. Nice work Cali.
twofishtails
Not just that, over the years to save money they cut the findings for dam inspections and even removed emergency warning equipment. 1/3
twofishtails
Only the old retired guys even remembered strict protocols were in place to handle disasters, including sirens and evacuate procedures 2/3
twofishtails
These were completely eliminated to save money. In Feb 2017, sheriff admitted zero contingency plans existed. Dam was just ignored.
wardenwolf
They spent all their money pandering to illegal immigrants and other failed government programs. What do you expect?
LaudemSolis
What's going on dad?
Ippeppe
This needs more +1
pennyeater
Thank god for drones. Amazing footage, making a story about how some concrete washed away look more like a grand canyon documentary
Thedragonbitch
Dam that sucks
andaction
Yeah, but water you gonna do?
strcmdman
I knew but not to this detail. Gullies gullies everywheres!
TheMosca
♫ Makin' my way downhill, bustin' rocks, on my way to your hometowwwnn....♫
YouThinkThatsBad
I didn't but would much rather see hear about these things than the 24/7 trump coverage.
ILikeCarsAndTrucks
Thanks for that OP. I'm living in Texas and Oroville is basically my hometown. Nice to see videos. Ty
Kehy
You know, it looks like a new canyon formation. A bit like the Scablands in Eastern WA, which were formed pretty similarly.
helpidontknowmyname
too bad it can't be allowed to go with the flow, and just try to use the new channel it has cut as the new spillway.
liliantbn
You mean formed from a dam spilling?
Kehy
Yeah, except the dam was about 2-3 miles tall in the Ice Ages, and the lake was half of Montana. Spilled a few times
liliantbn
Ok so that was a natural formation? If you have pictures of the place it would be nice if you do a post. And you can add the explanation of/
liliantbn
2/ how it came to be. Would be interesting. If you post please send me a link.
foxspirit90
I know it's broken and ill maintained but the engineering behind it all is impressive.
andaction
True but I remember similar problems with the levee system in New Orleans where overflow eroded the base structures. Design problems.
helpidontknowmyname
Engineers learned a hell of a lot out of this catastrophe, guaranteed.
ObnoxiousComma
I didn't.
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ScaryScarab
Lol @ California
Merescat
And they say it took "millions" of years to make the Grand Canyon - sheesh
BujuArena
Mostly because the water forming the Grand Canyon was frozen.
scotjam
That sounds interesting but for God's sake, start using SI units! Measuring water in pounds?!?
Nordalin
Hush now, let them revel in paganism while we directly convert cubic meter of water into kilogram.
RoxannePaypascissors
Water will find a way
andaction
*spillway
Misfortune
"Feb 28 - more humans for scale."
Fuck that's a big dam.
pancreas
I liked "The water from the emergency spillway continued to flow heavily making its way downhill." as opposed to...uphill...
SlickerThanNick
tallest earthen dam in the US (world maybe?)
PedanticGonkDroid
Imagine walking around in there. It'd be kind of frightening knowing that if water started coming down, all you can do is accept your fate.
eroso
Damn ents.
ComicallyLongUsername
GigaBoom2
Contrary to common belief, it is called the emergency spillway because using it causes an emergency, not the other way around.
pragmatao
Spillway emergency spillway.
CacaFueg0
Nbc nightly news messed up & said "officials have opened the emergency spillway". Its like saying they opened the top of a bucket haha
tooomanysteves
Literally LOL'd
QuiteADapperAsshole
So it doesn't mitigate problems, just notify us of them? It's a red flag, not a bandaid?
KarmaCatastrophe
It's like how when your car's crumple zones crumple, that's a red flag that your car may have a problem. Then the airbag applies a band-aid.
SlickerThanNick
i'd like to know where you got that definition from please.
StormSaxon
Where is tarnation did you hear this?
Anonawesome
Heard a dumbass reporter ask if they'll start "testing" the emergency spillway in the future. THE WHOLE POINT IS NOT TO USE IT!
fistermatic5000
This kinda was the test. They found out the hard way.
Attacker732
I mean, it seems prudent to test the emergency measure before the day it's needed.
carrington
Look at the image again and then tell me how you propose to do that?
Attacker732
It's something that would have needed to be done long before this point, or right after repairs are made & the emergency passes.
cuzitsthere
Yeah! Every few years, we'll dump a couple million gallons of water into the lake to see what happens!
Thorbane
Kinda hard to test something that literally requires the lake to overflow when you're in a drought.
4449434b2042555454
(1) Are you serious? The emergency spillway is just a wall thats a bit lower than the rest of the dam. It can't be tested without filling
UpvoteGenerator
Up a cup.
4449434b2042555454
(2) the lake to the brim, which is dangerous. The emergency spillway is just a way to make an imminent catastrophic failure a little less
UpvoteGenerator
Messy while getting it in the butt.
4449434b2042555454
(3) serious.
soso456
The whole point is to have a working emergency spillway....
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
"Why call it that,boss?" "Because if water is spilling its way over this wall,there's an emergency, and we're screwed" -Architects, probably
ImADouchebag
Doomsday spillway.
BobbyBobbston
Yeah how about we just DON'T build that one and just hope for the best? Cause, you know, "Doomsday" sounds at least as bad as "Monday"
Attacker732
What if Doomsday falls on a Monday?
BobbyBobbston
Then the earth falls on a Monday. We are going the fuck down, faster than you would believe.
hereforcake
Then we don't have to work the rest of the week.
TheAlliterator
Just an FYI architects don't usually design dams, that's typically a civil engineer
imadethisaccounttotellyouthis
As an architect, I draft up damns all the time. Most of my designs are damns, infact. I havent designed a dam yet.
Gaidenninjacat
He did say probably.
TheAlliterator
Didn't mean to offend just inform :D
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Well ok, but the gist of the joke was understood :D
TheAlliterator
I'm being pedantic, I know :p
v
liliantbn
Since my son is an engineer, I'm with you. I hate it when architects take the credit when engineers are the ones doing the work.
notpaultx
Civil Engineer here, i cant stress enough THANK YOU. Running joke with my friends is to call me an architect any chance they get
Goatdangles
LIAR!!! Civil engineers don't have friends
TheAlliterator
As an architect I totally get where you're coming from. Many people aren't aware of the different roles & expertise of architects/engineers
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
When I think of both jobs, I just think of all the math I never used and imagine people that get paid lots more than me :p
TheAlliterator
We should totally do a joint post about the architect/ engineer divide and their different responsibilities
notpaultx
I am sorry that I barely saw this and 100% want in on this. Would you want to cover more of the architecture part and coordinate posting?
dysiode
That would be spectacular
Astaroth95
I was thinking it doesn't seem to work very well as a backup, I guess I now know why...
HouseOfEvil
Yeah. I was wondering why the Emergency Spillway path wasn't protected at all from erosion.
Isorikk
It's intended for when heavy rains are outflowing the main spillway, not for complete load while the main spillway ceases to function.
wenoc
It's not really a backup. It's just the direction they decided was least catastrophic.
FogOfWar122
No.... emergency spillways are meant to be backups, in this case the backup was just poorly designed for reasons I'm not sure of, I would...
wenoc
No. A backup can be used at will. This is just the lowest point in the wall. The only way to "use" it is to let the water level get up there
FogOfWar122
Well yes they can use it whenever they need to, what I was trying to address is the claim someone made the the backup is just made where...
FogOfWar122
Assume that it was due to the damn being designed during a time when the importance of avoiding erosion at the base of the damn wasn't as...
FogOfWar122
We'll understood
nastastical
Damn
BuckeyeRandy
Hot damn
BillHaleyandHisBANNEDComments2
and this is how you wipe out fucking Isengard
ErinFromTheOffice
DetectiveSherlockHolmes
ILikeSciFi
joc101
Dam*
notbannedyet
Wheres the dam bathroom?
richardpleasums
Right there with the dam bait
SchwiftyRick
Stay with the damn dam tour please
D1RTYPENGU1N
http://img.pandawhale.com/104946-dayum-dayum-dayum-gif-Imgur-da-ROVb.gif
Superchief86
God dam.
SaveTheMuggles
1999 championship game?
wellwellwelllookwhoscomecrawlingback
Not anymore
jakethetao
Internal screaming
PizzaSlutForever
What's with the Dam pictures?
GhostofCain
Spillway. Spillway. Spillway. Spillway. Spillway. I like it.
slightskew
*Dam
shakedownblues
MightyThanos
"Damn, double damn, and an extra slice of damn for the weekend" - 'Peter', A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
ErinFromTheOffice
flawlesssoul
bolharr2250
*Dam
richardpleasums
Sigh.....
nastastical
Damn dam damn
iklsr
Daaayuum! Ghetto grocery bags. Daaaam.
slickdickricktherockskippingchampionoftheworld
kraftmatic
BaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaBATMAN
dannybobby
https://www.google.com/search?q=beavis+god+damn&prmd=visn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihqa3cibfSAhUn_4MKHXKAANwQ_AUICCgC&biw=360&bi
Billythekid06
Your going to hell.
Igotsawdustinmybeer
*you're
Billythekid06
My bad thx
richardpleasums
Yeah...Oh yeah, you gone learn today, Trey
dreamweaver35
Water. Water finds it it's own way. Or water makes its own way. Water is a rebel. Be like water
thatguyrich
If you put water in a cup it becomes the cup
thatguyrich
If you put water in a cup it becomes the cup
landofahz
"You must be shapeless, formless, like water. . . Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water, my friend"
Bendeco
I'm in California and have seen tons of coverage on this. You broke it down better than anyone I've seen. Way to go. The name is ???? too
artemisclydefrog
100% agree -- tried to follow this closely as a Californian but couldn't make heads or tails of the structural problems until now
BlowOnItAndStickItIn
News reports said there was a UAV flying around preventing helicopters from dumping rocks to try to help the emergency spillway.
tgrahamcrackers
My dad works in Oroville. He was supposed to go back to work the day they started evacuating. It's been wild.
Goatdangles
Cool story
LinusReds
So yeah... let's spend 20something billion dollars on a useless wall, while infrastructure like this crumbles.
Boniggy
Well lets not forget about the millions being spent to keep CA a sanctuary state. Dump the illegals and fix infrastructure.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
They knew about it 12 years ago. Great State of California, huh?
TakWriterOfWorlds
Great idea!
valen00
If only there was a source of cheap labour to help us build things..... trololololo
ToasterDent
I hope we start up the civilian construction corps again, put people to work making stuff, rather than sitting around.
whiskeypinata
I mean the state of California is spending 200billion on a pointless high speed rail project instead of oroville. Plus the Dam isn't 1/2
whiskeypinata
Federal it's state maintained so you can't really go after federal allocation of funds about this
PunchViolenceInTheFace
Oh God the boondoggle, gift to the cronies, money pit regular speed train...as a Californian.. Fuck that train and Jerry Brown.
whiskeypinata
Yeah seems like it was a little lucky that we moved when we did. I just keep looking out there and think "sucks to live there"
PunchViolenceInTheFace
Not so much that it sucks to live here, just sucks to pay high taxes and have it get burned in a dumpster.
whiskeypinata
Yeah I hear that
Endocrom
Good news: California gets it's own Grand Canyon
Endocrom
Bad news: People's homes were there.
Hybris51129
Other news: Californian environmentalists couldn't care less and are rejoicing at natures latest victory over man.
FLEDAN
I was evacuated from this mess, way to put that time line together +1
vulpixxy
I live fairly close to oroville so I agree, this was well put together and a good way to get it out there
CubingCatsandCoffee
I wasn't affected by this but the rain was crazy! I've never seen anything like it up here. Interesting to see something so close on imgur
UpvotesForAllUBeeches
I was in traffic with you! For 3 damn hours
FLEDAN
That was the worst
misspeach8
My usual 40min drive from live oak to Chico took 3 hours... I feel your pain dude
sensiblemender
Was crazy stuff, my gf lives by the dam and had to come stay with me.
916guitarded
I was out of work 2 days due to the evacuation.
RoketSurgery
Same yo. And then my company refused to compensate us for the days that we had to miss..
newworldtraveller
Hello neighbor! Glad you're okay
BetterLateThanPregnant1984
Yay northern Californians!
utterlybetwixt
Yay! I grew up in Yuba City. :)
misspeach8
Hi neighbor! I grew up in Rocklin :D
misspeach8
We da bomb!
noobwrench383
Theres dozens of us!
BetterLateThanPregnant1984
DOZENS!
CubingCatsandCoffee
DOZENS!
battyforbatman
Go northern California family
teh0khardic
Residents of Butte evacuated due to uncontrollable discharge
nothungrygames
Heehehehe
DracidWasTaken
the worst part is, someone told them this would happen what, 30 years ago?
aratharel
There are dozens of us! Dozens! ...Specifically 200,000!
thegr8rambino
U fled Dan lol
FLEDAN
Ha!
ArklemKilo
Serious question, I read that the Governor of Cali. used the money to keep this up to standard on other projects around Cali. Any truth
noobwrench383
No. A southern CA commision made the call to mot repair it, the only governmental failure is not overriding a private commision.
allyourcatsarebelongtous
Considering we haven't received any aide quite yet? No.
dovebair
Nope, there was a sinkhole under the spillway. When the pressure of the water push over it, the sinkhole caved in. Nothing can prevent those
dane0
I seem to remember the main point of oversight was to leave the emergency spillway as essentially just a hillside instead of reinforcing it?
Yougetthatthingisentya
Basically this sadly. We were told in 2006 it needed work done on it but diverted the money because why worry about a food in a drought
newworldtraveller
The state also under extensive budget crises, state worker furloughs, including teachers, were not uncommon.
GeeeButtersnaps
I don't know if it's true but if you think about it california had seen almost no rain and was in a drought I don't know much about 1/
Sheex
It's not true. The funding is intentionally allocated into the general fund so it can be poached for politician's pet projects.
Sheex
It's the same for infrastructure maintenance and education. It's a gigantic scam where the bureaucrats tax into the general fund and then
Sheex
have no obligation to spend on those projects because it's the general fund. It's fundamentally corrupt at every level.
GeeeButtersnaps
California's governor but assuming he did and he was acting in good faith and competently if the state needed money for something 2/
GeeeButtersnaps
A dam would have seemed like a safe bet for where they could afford to borrow some money, I dont think anyone expected that kind of rain 3/3
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ArklemKilo
to this? If so then the Cali. government completely failed it's citizens.
Sheex
California's government completely failing its citizens?! A shocking revelation that has been newly brought to light!
isunktheship
Mind listing the article? Public works projects go to the lowest bidders.. but with CA standards, a failure here would fail anywhere else.
mikeindiakiloecho
They do that here in Cali.
Basketballdogsandskinnybigboobs
They need the Arrow.
Zahnradfee
Could you explain to me please?
The1GoodTomato
I mean I would say probably without knowing for sure but that sounds like every single state government. Nobody wants to raise taxes
eetsumkaus
California's is not traditionally one of those. That being said, the governor's been keeping a tight grip on finances...
newworldtraveller
Not to mention that California only receives about .65 back per dollar sent in federal taxes while other states receive $2-3 per dollar sent
The1GoodTomato
To afford needed infrastructure spending. Raising taxes is political suicide.
Moobbles
Not in Ireland. Our political system doesn't give a damn about it's populace. Pun not intended.
The1GoodTomato
So the government's of stage typically will rain designated spending on certain projects to try and use elsewhere.
rolobloips
There was a crack in the spillway under the water. I don't think more money could have prevented that. Would be cheaper to prevent though.
Sheex
You have no idea what you're talking about, then. Maintenance funding comes from the general fund, and is constantly poached.
Sheex
I've attended presentations from the director of CALTRANS about how the bureaucrats constantly take maintenance funds for pet projects.
BellerophonM
They could've used the secondary spillway in shorter bursts, perform maintenance over time before cracking. It was known it was vulnerable.
jon666
I doubt shorter bursts was an option.
Moriska03
My extended family lives in this area, it's been known for years that repairs/main. were needed but never done.
o0BlackMomba0o
No one saw this rain coming. As a Californian, if he had been spending taxes to fix dams in the middle of a six year drought while the..cont
o0BlackMomba0o
state was burning to the ground, I would have been pissed. The money that went to immigrants was separate from infrastructure spending.
o0BlackMomba0o
We are not just handing money to Mexicans, they are simply using hospitals and stuff which technically is funded under infrastructure budget
killerdecoy7
They were told years ago it would be 200mil to get it repaired and up to standard, but didn't do so, but spend 25bil a yr on illegals
CacaFueg0
Yeah! Theres a pic of inspectors looking at the water shoot out from the seams of the concrete in 2013. Couldve fixed it when water was low
newworldtraveller
Care to elaborate with data? Articles? Or are you just going to spout off about shit you know nothing about from conservative rhetoric?
killerdecoy7
http://www.fairus.org/news/illegal-immigration-costs-california-taxpayers-more-than-25-billion-a-year-finds-fair
killerdecoy7
But you know I get down voted for truth anyways. And the $ spent on illegals is easily Google too
newworldtraveller
Poor you. Your "truth" is biased and those sources are from conservative think tanks and studies used to push their agenda. Are you from CA
killerdecoy7
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/us/oroville-dam-warnings-ignored/
kittehmittenz
Hey, me too! I'm impressed by the turn out of people from here. There's dozens of us!
Rimmers0a0smeghead
I see what you did there
JesseGore87
Hey me too! Well, Chico..
TinkerThinker42
Chico State!
HelgaBliegle
Water is strong af
MissDashLisa
The strongest of all...... if given enough time
TheUnsolicitedDuckPic
Moving water
SerialChillinSpree
yup
xWonko
cut water in half, you have two smaller water that can reform to one bigger water. water win every time
helpidontknowmyname
Universal solvent. Check.
FogOfWar122
Water don't give a shit
Jonataurus
I am like 70℅ water ^^
WilliamKeith
coolspoon
The most destructive force on the planet.
EarlQuortington
Water is dam strong! heh.
pragmatao
But exactly how strong are fucks?
Jonataurus
Fucking strong. Duh!
Femto505
as strong as tree fifty
1stLtObvious
It is the best Type, after all.
WilliamKeith
BaBaDuuk
Be like water
Weissicles
It's heavy as fuck.
AllTheCoolKidsPeeTheirPants
Heavy*
Ayyylmeow
Crazy how nature do dat
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sorenant
Hail Hydrate
Taloncompany91
Ghaa haha that's a timely one! RIP Agent Garrett. Also, Hail Hydra!!! ✊
redfactor4
Water can flow, or it can crash. Truly a legend ahead of his time
SupposeThiswillhavetodo
Rip the legend
thatguyrich
Most corrosive force on earth
MrWobblyHead
It's shaped the world; eroded mountains, carved canyons, creating flood basins, sculpted mesas. Even a trickle can do a lot given the time
ShellPhish
Da Vinci once used water to carve out a set of steps. Tried finding source but I can only remember it from seeing his codex at an exhibit
KarmaCatastrophe
And it did it all following the path of least resistance!
Hubb
Exactly what I was going to say, hydraulic action is the most powerful thing on earth, considering how often it occurs and changes the world
Sauroctonus
Well, tectonic action is stronger, it can RAISE mountains, but hydraulic is a close second.
Hubb
Sure of course, it moves entire continents but Im talking about the simple action of rain falling every day and tides. Its unstoppable power
liliantbn
What about fire? Lava. Krakatoa island blown off the map by a volcano.
XenomorphZZ
That technically falls under tectonics.
somedudedude
That is also hydralic, kindof. but it is a different medium, it is powered by Magma instead of Water
Sauroctonus
I think it'd be called magmatic, while magma is a liquid, it's much denser.