They are not releasing water from Livingston dam to keep homes north of the dam from flooding. By law the dam is required to release the same amount of water it receives downstream to the Gulf. Lake Livingston dam was not built for flood control
There's that, and the fact that if they allow the dam to fill and overtop, that's a failure of the dam, which means...instead of flooding and some people displaced, you'll have a full blown catastrophe with billions in damage and potential lives lost.
the dam was built for water to serve houstons needs .there is no water bypass . just the gates . they have to release the same amount of water as comes in or it would overflow the dam
Lake Livingston was built with no flood control or flood-storage capabilities, and because of this, all water entering the lake, whether it be from rainfall or inflow, must exit the lake as increased intake occurs.
Operations of the spillway mirrors river flow, so within a relatively short period of time, increase of river flow, discharge is increased, and vice versa.
@@wulfeman9948 Houston is about 50 miles or so away, I am talking about the people who actually live just below the dam like Camilla. It is an extremely poor area.
My sister lives in Holiday Lakes Estates off of FM 2665 and the area she lives has been cut off because of the high water going over the ONLY bridge to the area of the subdivision. When Harvey hit they came out and told everyone they had to leave but they did not tell anyone that I know this morning or afternoon when they decided to shut down the bridge.
I was at Lone Star Inn in Livingston last night. By 9:30pm the water was at our doors, by 11 pm it was up to our knees in our rooms. The water rushed down toward Hwy 59 like river rapids. We were evacuated by the fire department after we called, they were literally stuck a block away at LaQuinta because of traffic and there was no way to tell where the road was. The telephone poles with boxes were under water. It was definitely a disaster at Lone Star Inn on 59. The rooms had complete renovations in all rooms a few weeks ago. All brand new beds. Now mud up to an inch and a half in the rooms.
F looding in Livingston is at historic levels. US 59 is completely closed, all the roads in and out have water on them and the business area is under water this morning.
Why don’t they start releasing excess water a week ahead of big storms? Meteorology has improved to be pretty accurate on anticipated rainfall a week out. Go ahead and open some flood gates early. Worst case it doesn’t end up raining as much as they thought and the lake is a few feet low.
Its not that simple unfortunately, there is more that goes into it. However, 10 inches across the water shed area and more upstream on the Trinity....this was going to happen no matter what you did, that's a lot of water.
Lake Livingston was built with no flood control or flood-storage capabilities, and because of this, all water entering the lake, whether it be from rainfall or inflow, must exit the lake as increased intake occurs.
Lake Livingston was built with no flood control or flood-storage capabilities, and because of this, all water entering the lake, whether it be from rainfall or inflow, must exit the lake as increased intake occurs. Operations of the spillway mirrors river flow, so within a relatively short period of time, increase of river flow, discharge is increased, and vice versa.
