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       Dam Hazard Zones - Hazard Creep Explained
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: June 21, 2018, 2:33 pm
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       The affects of long term lapses in Proper Dam Maintenance &
       Remediation has to be what's known as Hazard Creep. While many
       of us living directly adjacent to the Embankments see the water
       daily, those living below the water level, even miles away, are
       still under the same threat of flooding & devastation should a
       major breach occur.
       Hazard Creep places hundreds to thousands of Erie Canal
       Neighbors at risk, some who may have never recognized the
       "hills" leading up to the Erie Canal near their neighborhoods
       are actually overgrown, non-maintained Dams. These dams are
       rated unsafe at the moment, this Erie Canal Corp project is
       working to reverse that rating and restore these outboard slopes
       back to their original, safe state, like new.
       The video included explains Hazard Creep very well, take a look.
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CcVSVhAYvA
       If a breach occurs the facts are this.. within minutes of a
       major breach in ANY Embankment there will be around 3000 gallons
       of water escaping per minute. More than 100 million gallons of
       water total could flood downstream BEFORE the Canal Corporation
       can close the closest flood gates to reduce the amount of water
       lost. This is far worse than any precipitation type flooding
       shown during natural disasters, this is a wall of water that
       will change our neighborhoods forever.
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