giant intake vortex - denison dam lake texoma - 150605
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here039s a very unique view of an intake vortex created as water enters the denison dam spillway on lake texomathe vortex is approximately 8 feet in diameter and capable of sucking in a full-sized boat so please heed all safety buoys and caution signslearn more at http:wwwfacebookcomusacetulsaabout denison dam amp lake texomaauthorization: flood control act approved june 28 1938 project document hd 541 75th congress 3d session flood control and power public law 868 76th congress 3d session approved october 17 1940 improving navigation regulating flow of red river controlling floods and other beneficial uses public law 454 78th congress 2d session approved september 30 1944 impoundment designated as lake texoma public law 273 83rd congress 1st session approved august 14 1953 denison water supply storage public law 164 84th congress 1st session approved july 15 1955 construction of willis site bridge public law 146 85th congress 1st session approved august 14 1957 project document hd 541 75th congress 3d session sherman water supply public law 282 91st congress 1st session approved july 19 1970 water supply dam on big mineral arm public law 662 99th congress 2d session approved november 17 1986 added recreation as a project purpose and authorized reallocation of additional storage for water supplylocation: on the red river at river mile 7259 5 miles northwest of denison in grayson county texasstatus: completedpurpose: flood control water supply hydroelectric power regulation of red river flows improvement of navigation and recreationhistory of construction: construction began in august 1939 and was completed in february 1944 the project was first available to operate for full flood control without any restrictions in january 1944 the first hydroelectric turbine was placed on line in march 1945 and the second in september 1949 construction of a highway bridge across lake texoma at the willis ferry site started april 24 1958 and was completed october 30 1960 the 5426-foot-long bridge replaces a former crossing south of woodville oklahoma on oklahoma state highway 99 and texas state highway 91 the roadway surface is about 37 feet above the top of the power pooltype of structure: the structure is a rolled earth-filled embankment with a rock-protected upstream slope the main embankment is 15200 feet long the maximum height of the structures is 165 feet above the streambed a rolled earthfill dike 5870 feet long and 15 feet high is located in the vicinity of platter oklahoma the cumberland levee is 23480 feet long with a crest elevation of 6470 highway 75a crosses the top of the damspillway amp outlet works: the uncontrolled spillway is a concrete gravity chute-type structure 2000 feet long located in a saddle on the right bank spillway capacity at maximum pool elevation 6664 is 1050000 cubic feet per second the outlet works consist of three 20-foot-diameter concrete conduits through the embankment equipped with six 9- by 19-foot vertical lift gates and one emergency gate capacity of the outlet works is 67500 cfs at the top of the flood control pool and 60120 cfs at the top of the power pool limiting channel capacity below denison dam is about 60000 cfshydrologic data: the estimated peak discharge for the may through june 1908 flood was 470000 cfs the volume was 8517000 acre-feet which is equivalent to 473 inches of runoff the peak inflow for the may 1990 flood was 300000 cfs with a volume of 5087000 acre-feet the peak inflow for the may through june 1987 flood was 315000 cfs with a volume of 2879000 acre-feet the total volume of inflow for the 1957 flood was 8364000 acre-feet

hippos come to rescue wildebeest from crocodile
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timing is everything when visiting kruger 72-year-old pensioner mervyn van wyk and his wife tokkie understand just how lucky they were to be in the right place at the right timekruger accommodation specials here: http:bitlyvacationdealslatestsightingscom was so excited to hear how this incredible sighting played out mervyn explains: it was a fabulous friday morning and at approximately 09:30 we were driving close to transport dam near skukuza support our channel by becoming a patron:http:bitlylatestsightingspatreonas we approached the dam we noted that blue wildebeest zebras and impalas were happily grazing on the opposite side of the dam i turned the car into position so that my wife had a clear view as she wanted to take a few pictureswe happened to notice that one unlucky wildebeest was grabbed by a crocodile on his right rear hoof this began a game of tug of war that lasted for around 8 minutes the wildebeest would try dragging itself out of the water whilst the croc w

3d projection mapping in the city centre of amsterdam for hampm
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on 22 23 ampamp 24 november 2010 hampampm brought their flagship store in amsterdam to live with a 3d projection mapping on the historic building for over 3 minutes guests and a gathered crowd enjoyed a surreal fairytale of light and magical effects a red ribbon wrapped around the building untangles and transformed the building into a colorful dollhouse where nothing is what it seems

maithon dam view on 2018 by unique videos
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the maithon dam hindi: is located at maithon 48 km from dhanbad in the state of jharkhand it is 15712 ft 4789 m long and 165 ft 50 m highthis dam was specially designed for flood control and generates 60000 kw of electric power there is an underground power station the first of its kind in the whole of south east asia the dam is constructed on the barakar river the lake is spread over 65 square kilometres 25 sq midvc is the first-ever multipurpose river valley project of independent india which came into being on july 7 1948 by an act of constituent assembly act no xiv of 1948 dvc has its command area of approx 24235 km spreading across the damodar basin the upper valley consists of two entire districts dhanbad and bokaro and eight districts partly in the state of jharkhand the lower valley on the other hand consists of five districts partly burdwan hooghly bankura howrah and purulia in the state of west bengaldvc was set up with the in

baby monkey fighting with a kitten
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inspired by the cult movie: baby monkey riding on a pighttp:wwwadamreliefcomthe cat is called quotalley-catquot and the monkey is called quotdarwinquotdarwin was discarded by his mother and has taken one of the managers of the nile river camp in bujagali uganda as his surrogate fatherthey are both under a year oldwant a chance to meet them both here039s how:http:wwwmaxbilbowcomarchives808

world record basketball shot 1265m 415 ft - how ridiculous
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gordon dam is 1265m tall we went to the top and put a basketball hoop at the bottom the rest is history and a new world record-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------for licensingmediabusiness enquires contact us at managementhowridiculousorg_________________________________________________________________backing track is quotheart amp soulquot by built by titan used with permission check them out here: https:wwwyoutubecomuserbuiltbytitan a big thanks to the sunday night program for helping us to make this shot a reality it039s been a dream of ours to make a shot off gordon dam since 2010 this shot breaks our previous guinness world record for the greatest height from which a basketball is shot which was 91m off the euromast in the netherlands in 2013 watch that shot here: https:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=so_x2kl9if4 next stop: the burj al arab helicopter pad or the burj khalifa we039d love to hang with you on these cool things:- facebook: http:bitlyhrfacey- twitter: http:bitlyhrtweets- instagram: http:bitlyhrinstagram- vine: bitlyhrvineat how ridiculous we are passionate about seeing children released from poverty in jesus039 name by partnering with compassion we039d be stoked if you would consider sponsoring a child here: http:bitlycompassionchildsponsorship - thanks for joining us in the fight against child povertyend-card video music is quotset alightquot by sun city used with permission check them out here: https:soundcloudcomlistentosuncityread this far comment where you want us to go and try and break this recordfor online use you may embed this youtube video only no other embedded players are permissible copyright 2015 how ridiculous

heron swallows massive catfish whole
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goliath heron catches massive catfish and swallows it whole after a couple of attempts see part 2 for the after the swallow footagethis was filmed at dusk on a canon powershot sx60 hs with no tripod and fully zoomed while hiding amongst some reeds after he walked off with the fish i emerged from the reeds and walked slowly around the lake to the other side to capture the swallow the entire event was almost 20 minutes from catch until swallow the goliath heron ardea goliath is the world039s largest heron nearly double the size of the purple heron they are 140-150cm in height and weigh roughly 430kg the sexes are alike it is generally an uncommon resident feeds mostly on large fish but also reptiles frogs and small mammals once prey is spotted it lunges with bill open and stabs the fish it usually requires 2 to 3 large meals per daythis footage was captured at an inlake dam called waterlily lake it is one of several lakes on a residential and golf estate called pecanwood estate

i disagree with me thoughts from lake powell
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in which hank kayaks around a lake that was bought with the destruction of fragile and irreplaceable ecosystems and also men039s lives also like a lot of money and he likes itlake powell is the reservoir created by glen canyon dam a reservoir is a lake formed by a dam and right there in the name you can see it039s main purposeto reserve it was part of the colorado river storage project the goal of which was to store water from the flood times to be used during the dry times and it039s worked it has allowed a lot of people to live and far in arid parts of the south west us it039s also a very pretty and very cool lake that a lot of people enjoy recreationally but the fights against dams on the colorado river were a huge part of the early environmental movement in the 1960s and the reaction against technology that that movement created set up a dichotomy that i don039t lovei am a big fan of the environment but i often think that a bias toward quotnaturalnessquot what

lagravem tigravenh vi ngi giuacutep vic phn 2
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watch lagravem tigravenh vi ngi giuacutep vic phn 2 2024 runtime: 06:00 categories: amateur creampie gai dam giup hai japanese lam maid nguoi phan tinh viec voi cosplay hornyhill hornyhillse

todd - rundgren - tin foil hat feat donald fagen official video
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todd rundgren - white knighthttps:itunesapplecomusalbumwhite-knightid1220241274 veteran producer pioneering performer and legendary songwriter todd rundgren returns with a brand new album featuring a stellar line-up of all-star guest performers white knight showcases rundgren039s incredibly diverse range of styles from soulful art rock to ambient synth pop and includes performances from rundgren039s equally diverse musical companions such as trent reznor donald fagen of steely dan joe walsh of the eagles daryl hall dam funk joe satriani robyn and more rundgren launches a major us tour april-june with dates in new york st louis cleveland and elsewheretrack list:1 come 2 i got your back feat kk watson with dam funk3 chance for us feat daryl hall with bobby strickland4 fiction 5 beginning of the end feat john boutte6 tin foil hat feat donald fagen7 look at me feat michael holman8 lets do this with moe berg9 sleep with joe walsh10 that

dambusters - building the bouncing bomb
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cambridge engineer dr hugh hunt tries to recreate barnes wallis039s famous second world war bouncing bomb to blow up a specially constructed dam in canadacopyright windfall films ltd amp dambusters canada productions ltd all rights reservedfull documentary was originally shown on channel 4in 1939 visionary aircraft designer barnes wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy german dams the raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the dambusters story into british legend the science behind the bouncing bomb is highly complex and many of barnes wallis039 vital working calculations have been lost now cambridge engineer dr hugh hunt is going to attempt to solve the scientific puzzle of exactly how wallis did it starting from scratch he will rediscover the brilliance of wallis039s achievement when he tries to hit a dam with a bouncing bombit is the first time this has been attempted since the war hugh will be assisted by d

world039s largest ship elevator opens at three gorges dam in central china
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the world039s largest ship elevator at the three gorges dam opened in yichang city central china039s hubei province on sunday with a prospect to increase the shipping capacity past the dam by six million tons a year the elevator the existing largest lifting structure on a navigation route with the highest technical difficulty of the world features large engineering scope high lifting height and large weight lifting operation the largest weight to be handled by the elevator is freighter of 3000 dwtdeadweight ton and the maximum vertical lifting height is 113 metersthe main components of the structure are four 169-meter high reinforced concrete towers the chamber a self-support orthotropic plate structure that is 120 meters long and 18 meters wide works as a gigantic basin weighting around 15500 tons the elevator carries the ships upwards or downwards to pass the dam a special safety mechanism or a brake pad is fixed four short screw sections connected to the ship chamber w

chopped down tree fail
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chopped down tree fail lol tree coulee dam cutting sawing washington pine fail chopped down tree fail fails failblog funny wtf stupid chainsaw cut

resident uses aquadam to protect home from floodwaters
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rosharon texas - of the thousands of homes evacuated and damaged by flooding in brazoria county one familys home is high and dry on west fm 1462 in rosharonrandy wagner decided to take a chance on something called an aqua dam a product he discovered onlinerosharon and many parts of brazoria county were filled with military vehicles and airboats to facilitate mandatory evacuations when the brazos river began to overflowyour family being relocated and you know its heartbreaking to know that that could happen said wagnerwagner was determined to find a way to save his home after brazos river authority warned residents of the approaching floods that hadnt been seen in decadesto not know what that level was going to stop at i needed to prepare for something that no one has seen said wagnerdraftthe aquadam surrounds randy wagner039s home as floodwaters continue to rise photo: providedhe drove to louisiana and purchased an aquadam learned how to install it and

spectacular time lapse dam quotremovalquot video
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october 28 2011 the white salmon river in washington state is flowing again as the nearly 100-year-old condit dam was disabled with explosives wednesday the reservoir draining took about 2 hours further demolition is scheduled in 2012 the event is a significant milestone for river restoration and dam removal nationwide