Vandals destroy dam, release 49 million gallons of water into Bay

KRON 4 ^ | 5/23/2015 | Mario Sevilla

[al baby]

No worries one of few pet peeves the news folk are the worst offenders and any big rig crash the say jack knives gahhhhhhh

[infool7]

Are those pidgins on the dam, did the Eco-Nazis use mind control gas/spray to make the pidgins sabotage the rubber duck dam?

[smokingfrog]

Maybe the dam was suffering from poop decay.

It was 30 years old and they were planning to replace it anyway.

[infool7]

very informative, thanks

[infool7]

You’re welcome, I like your suggestions, that’d take the wind outta their sails.

[SunkenCiv]

They should walk the plank, arrrr.

[infool7]

Aye, shiver me timbers mateee. It isn’t even national talk like a pirate day. ARrrrrr

[tumblindice]

Or release the beavers.

[SunkenCiv]

The vandals should be easy to spot, and can’t be far off — it’s difficult to make a decent getaway with their heads up their asses.

[kitchen]

Me either.

[infool7]

That’s got a ring to it.

Cry foul and let slip the beavers of havoc.

or something like that.

[piasa]

That picture calls for a sandworm like the one in Dune.

[rey]

I understand that Fremont has a rather high crime rate. terrorist would want to make a bigger splash.

[norton]

California's drought is real, the response to it is real politics. The only beneficiaries I can think of are 'Frisco bay & the Eco-fascist movement, the rest of us are sucking dirt.

I'm still betting that the recent oil pipe leak will turn out to be man made, sabotage similar to this dam breach.

About that dam: My grandfather worked building the aqueduct to L.A. and my father worked on those rubber dams as early as the 'fifties. The aqueduct is now being restricted and my lawn is dead.
The dams were tough and used just as stated in the article, they held river water for diversion into percolating basins which, in theory at least, added to ground water levels.
(Which process was necessary because the L.A. river channel had been paved over as flood control, and still flows tons of water into the Pacific, drought or no drought.)

[Jane Long]

Thanks for posting the dam pictures.

[Morgana]

“either some stupid punk is going to post a video of he and his buddies slicing open the damn..or some terrorist group will take credit for it.”

Blacque Jacque Shellacque?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq6h4mtnaM8

[Rodamala]

At 3:48 in that one video you can see a fish swim up over the dam. That cutie counting the fish needs to know. How can I get in touch with her? ;)

[MeshugeMikey]

Blacque Jacque Shellacque? in reverse, yep

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahaha Youre welcome..

It struck after looking at it a few times...that the thing looks a bit like the worlds longest dophin..from the perspective of tha photograph,