COL Anthony Wright got a plum job when he landed the District Engineer's job in Seattle, WA. What he didn't realize was the challenges that would face him. First there was the flood last winter that had the Corps releasing too much water from the Mud Mountain Dam that flooded portions of the City of Pacific via the White River.
Now for the past few months he's had a bulls eye tattooed on his back for the Howard Hanson Dam which was damaged last winter and the potential now for it to A) not hold back enough water in order to prevent flooding on the Green River, or B) Risk a total and catastrophic collapse of the dam. A 1 in 3 chance of significant flooding is not good odds.
Let's hope Wright is right about what to do or they will be writing about him in the past tense come the post flood finger pointing.
Interestingly enough all the flood control people are now being called emergency managers--at least in the Seattle Times story on the potential for flooding. I hope that they see that as a compliment!
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