Sharing Search Results Related to Wolf Creek Dam
The folks living downstream of Wolf Creek Dam continue to be on my mind. I'm apparently not the only one thinking of those folks and that particular situation - the blog has a lot of visitors lately from people looking for information on this topic.
I spent a little time searching around for "new" news related to that situation and I have a few sites to share this morning.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Nashville District - has a website for information. Their site tells us that "News Media Coverage of the Wolf Creek Dam Seepage Rehabilitation Project will be posted on their site once the articles appear in print." If that link above doesn't take you to that site - try a websearch using "news articles about Wolf Creek Dam" as the keywords and it should find the site for you.
There were a few "newer" news articles on the subject there on that particular U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site and one in particular caught my attention with it's title - "Those below dam to get warning radios." It's an article from the Lexington Herald-Leader and dated February 9th.
Apparently - according to the article - the Kentucky Department of Homeland Security plans to buy weather radios for approximately 1500 - 2000 folks living in areas that could be flooded if the worst were to happen with that dam.
The fact that they are buying weather radios and giving them to the folks down there is cause for concern to my way of thinking. If someone came knocking on my door and handed me a weather radio - "just in case I might need it" - I'd be getting pretty worried.
On another level - it's a bit mind-boggling that they are starting something like that - aren't they worried about starting a precedent? Pretty soon everyone will be wanting a weather radio so they too are more prepared for any disasters that may be looming on the horizon. Don't get me wrong - believe me - I want those folks below Wolf Creek Dam to have those radios! I want those folks to be safe!
On the otherhand - we should all be safe - right? It's just amazing to me that they are doing this and I am just imagining the ramifications that precedent could start. I already bought myself a weather radio - no one needs to give me one. I'm just thinking of a lot of other folks who might benefit from having weather radios too - like the folks in our southern states this morning with the tornado warnings and watches going on while they slept.
The Lexington Herald-Leader also has a new story today - that one is titled: "Repairing dam has extra challenge." If you use the link for their site above and do a quick search for articles on Wolf Creek Dam - you'll find several articles including the two I'm mentioning here on the blog.
The Kentucky Commerce Cabinet also has a website with information related to Wolf Creek Dam. What caught my eye at that site was that they offer an email address if you have any questions. I felt that information was worthy of passing along to folks this morning. I think they may get lots of questions via emails once folks know that resource is available.
If you do visit the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet site - you might want to scroll down and check out the article they have titled "CVB trying to offset negative publicity." I gather from that article they are a bit worried what this news about Wolf Creek Dam will do to the tourism industry.
I also came across a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News Release dated January 24, 2007 that might be of interest to some folks. It talks about the planned public meetings and also mentions about plans for the dam's rehabilitation going back to August of 2005 when certain funds were approved and how the anticipated completion date is 2013. I just happened to find this news release interesting information and maybe some other folks might want to read it too. You'll need the ability to access PDF files to view this news release.
Lastly, I happened to come across a site with Emergency Operations Guidelines from the city of Mt. Juliet in Wilson County, Tennessee. This is dated back to March 15, 2006 but it was pretty interesting reading - and related to Wolf Creek Dam - in the event of a failure. If you visit the article - scroll down a few pages and you'll get to information worth reading. Again, this is in PDF format.
Somewhere in these searches this morning I happened to read that there are folks who feel the fishing may be pretty good in Wolf Creek Dam once the water level has been dropped. I would have thought they'd be more likely to be dying off rather than growing in size - what do I know. Maybe our friend at Susquehanna River Sentinal has some thoughts on that aspect of this subject.
As always - if the links above fail for some odd reason - an Internet search using the titles of the articles I've mentioned should find them for you.
'Til next time, Pam
I spent a little time searching around for "new" news related to that situation and I have a few sites to share this morning.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Nashville District - has a website for information. Their site tells us that "News Media Coverage of the Wolf Creek Dam Seepage Rehabilitation Project will be posted on their site once the articles appear in print." If that link above doesn't take you to that site - try a websearch using "news articles about Wolf Creek Dam" as the keywords and it should find the site for you.
There were a few "newer" news articles on the subject there on that particular U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site and one in particular caught my attention with it's title - "Those below dam to get warning radios." It's an article from the Lexington Herald-Leader and dated February 9th.
Apparently - according to the article - the Kentucky Department of Homeland Security plans to buy weather radios for approximately 1500 - 2000 folks living in areas that could be flooded if the worst were to happen with that dam.
The fact that they are buying weather radios and giving them to the folks down there is cause for concern to my way of thinking. If someone came knocking on my door and handed me a weather radio - "just in case I might need it" - I'd be getting pretty worried.
On another level - it's a bit mind-boggling that they are starting something like that - aren't they worried about starting a precedent? Pretty soon everyone will be wanting a weather radio so they too are more prepared for any disasters that may be looming on the horizon. Don't get me wrong - believe me - I want those folks below Wolf Creek Dam to have those radios! I want those folks to be safe!
On the otherhand - we should all be safe - right? It's just amazing to me that they are doing this and I am just imagining the ramifications that precedent could start. I already bought myself a weather radio - no one needs to give me one. I'm just thinking of a lot of other folks who might benefit from having weather radios too - like the folks in our southern states this morning with the tornado warnings and watches going on while they slept.
The Lexington Herald-Leader also has a new story today - that one is titled: "Repairing dam has extra challenge." If you use the link for their site above and do a quick search for articles on Wolf Creek Dam - you'll find several articles including the two I'm mentioning here on the blog.
The Kentucky Commerce Cabinet also has a website with information related to Wolf Creek Dam. What caught my eye at that site was that they offer an email address if you have any questions. I felt that information was worthy of passing along to folks this morning. I think they may get lots of questions via emails once folks know that resource is available.
If you do visit the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet site - you might want to scroll down and check out the article they have titled "CVB trying to offset negative publicity." I gather from that article they are a bit worried what this news about Wolf Creek Dam will do to the tourism industry.
I also came across a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News Release dated January 24, 2007 that might be of interest to some folks. It talks about the planned public meetings and also mentions about plans for the dam's rehabilitation going back to August of 2005 when certain funds were approved and how the anticipated completion date is 2013. I just happened to find this news release interesting information and maybe some other folks might want to read it too. You'll need the ability to access PDF files to view this news release.
Lastly, I happened to come across a site with Emergency Operations Guidelines from the city of Mt. Juliet in Wilson County, Tennessee. This is dated back to March 15, 2006 but it was pretty interesting reading - and related to Wolf Creek Dam - in the event of a failure. If you visit the article - scroll down a few pages and you'll get to information worth reading. Again, this is in PDF format.
Somewhere in these searches this morning I happened to read that there are folks who feel the fishing may be pretty good in Wolf Creek Dam once the water level has been dropped. I would have thought they'd be more likely to be dying off rather than growing in size - what do I know. Maybe our friend at Susquehanna River Sentinal has some thoughts on that aspect of this subject.
As always - if the links above fail for some odd reason - an Internet search using the titles of the articles I've mentioned should find them for you.
'Til next time, Pam
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