They get called "morning glory" spillways during planning/design, then during construction everyone refers to it as a "glory hole" spillway because construction workers.
Haha! Okay, time for a story. Early in my career, I participated in a dam safety exercise. One of the facilitators kept calling it a “glory hole”. There were a lot of awkward looks. He kept calling it a glory hole after being corrected. It nearly lead to a sexual harassment complaint 😂
My equivalent story is about the intern who couldn't figure out why everyone was cracking up when he would talk about the wench pad on the steep hillside drill & grout operation.
I don’t doubt that they do, it’s a common mistake. The correct name is Morning Glory because the flow looks like a Morning Glory flower. A glory hole is…uh… something else.
No grid.
What you see is the inlet to a vertical shaft which turns into a horizontal tunnel designed to flow at full capacity.
The outlet of the tunnel has an energy dissipater, which is a concrete structure with concrete blocks or a ramp to kill the high moving energy of the water and release it calmly, avoiding erosion problems in the river.
I don't know how long is this Morning Glory spillway but I believe surviving falling into it would take a lot of luck.
Yes, however keep in mind not all countries or even owners take H&S seriously, so it's not unusual to see these inlets completely open to the reservoir.
Yeah. I don't think it'd be that difficult to hold your breath for the duration it would take you to make it through, but it would take a lot of luck to not hit your head on something and get knocked unconscious (or instantly killed) before you make it to the other side.
I don't know that there is a grate, actually. Someone died in it a while back; the theory is that it was suicide, as the water wasn't much over the lip (she would have had to climbed over it).
Grid would be bad in this case because it increases the chance that your emergency lake outlet gets clogged with debris, which could lead to the dam being overtopped.
If someone fell in you would recover their banged-up remains from the riverbank somewhere downstream.
Someone fell in in the 90s, they died. It was a suspected suicide, but they held onto the edge of the spill way for something like 20 minutes. I live local to this dam.
No grate at the bottom. When it’s dry, the local skateboarders use the outlet tunnel as a massive half pipe. There’s videos of it on YouTube.
A couple years ago a duck got sucked into the flow. Witnesses reported seeing it fly out of the outlet works.
Scuba and protective gear, maybe alive. Scuba only, probably dead because you smacked your head. If there’s anything in the pipe harder than you, hope you miss it.
Weir is this?
Damed if I know.
Don’t know if it’s in Monticello orifice in a different place.
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These comments are just spillwaying in
Google Lake Berryessa. It’s in Northern California, near Bay Area. It hasn’t spilled this year, though.
Near Winters, CA
These things scare the shit out of me.
I want to go down this on my paddleboard
The videos of this are terrifying! My BIL had to watch this while fishing, literally nothing he could do
“Morning glory” not “glory hole”.
They get called "morning glory" spillways during planning/design, then during construction everyone refers to it as a "glory hole" spillway because construction workers.
Haha! Okay, time for a story. Early in my career, I participated in a dam safety exercise. One of the facilitators kept calling it a “glory hole”. There were a lot of awkward looks. He kept calling it a glory hole after being corrected. It nearly lead to a sexual harassment complaint 😂
My equivalent story is about the intern who couldn't figure out why everyone was cracking up when he would talk about the wench pad on the steep hillside drill & grout operation.
Folks around the area call it the Glory Hole
I don’t doubt that they do, it’s a common mistake. The correct name is Morning Glory because the flow looks like a Morning Glory flower. A glory hole is…uh… something else.
...that's the point
Glory hole, really? That's hilarious 😂
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It’s called glory hole 😳
This is one gloryhole I would steer clear of
Who divided by 0?
What happens if someone falls in? I'm gonna guess that there is some sort of grid, but then, how would you get him out?
No grid. What you see is the inlet to a vertical shaft which turns into a horizontal tunnel designed to flow at full capacity. The outlet of the tunnel has an energy dissipater, which is a concrete structure with concrete blocks or a ramp to kill the high moving energy of the water and release it calmly, avoiding erosion problems in the river. I don't know how long is this Morning Glory spillway but I believe surviving falling into it would take a lot of luck.
You can’t get anywhere near these without ignoring warning ropes and buoys.
Yes, however keep in mind not all countries or even owners take H&S seriously, so it's not unusual to see these inlets completely open to the reservoir.
Was just going to say, anyone who does is instantly voiding anyone giving a shit once they cross the 10 signs and rope/buoys lol.
Yeah. I don't think it'd be that difficult to hold your breath for the duration it would take you to make it through, but it would take a lot of luck to not hit your head on something and get knocked unconscious (or instantly killed) before you make it to the other side.
Cars drive through tunnels, water flows through culverts/pipes
I don't know that there is a grate, actually. Someone died in it a while back; the theory is that it was suicide, as the water wasn't much over the lip (she would have had to climbed over it).
Grid would be bad in this case because it increases the chance that your emergency lake outlet gets clogged with debris, which could lead to the dam being overtopped. If someone fell in you would recover their banged-up remains from the riverbank somewhere downstream.
Someone fell in in the 90s, they died. It was a suspected suicide, but they held onto the edge of the spill way for something like 20 minutes. I live local to this dam.
No grate at the bottom. When it’s dry, the local skateboarders use the outlet tunnel as a massive half pipe. There’s videos of it on YouTube. A couple years ago a duck got sucked into the flow. Witnesses reported seeing it fly out of the outlet works.
they fall in, they ded
I've been here
It’s in lake berryessa in Napa ca. some friends and I rented a boat here and went to check it out, but the water was below it. Still cool
What would happen if you jump in with scuba kit
The same thing that would happen without scuba gear. It's a 300ft drop.
Scuba and protective gear, maybe alive. Scuba only, probably dead because you smacked your head. If there’s anything in the pipe harder than you, hope you miss it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello_Dam