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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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 Mon Jul 17, 06 1:35 pm |
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You could proabably complete a msters thesis on water level fluctuations on the Columbia but it basically boils down to several factors..
1. Snowpack amounts
2. Local precipitation
3. Current and predicted reservoir levels
4. Predicted water usage based on water rights
5. Power needs
6. Water spillage requirements for ESA fish
7. large scale climate patterns
Evaporation ain't be one of the factors in determining to hold back or release water. In short, the damn wants to spill as much water as they can because it makes them money. They have to hold water back for a variety of different user groups. None of which wear wetsuits.
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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| Mon Jul 17, 06 1:36 pm |
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[/quote] So... did you go kiting?[/quote]
No, it was a kite free day. It's a wife thing and I have found that if your constantly dissing your significant other to go kiting then when you actually get "permission" to go kiting, there is no god damned wind anywhere. 
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Mon Jul 17, 06 1:39 pm |
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| pdxmonkeyboy wrote: | | Quote: | | So... did you go kiting? |
No, it was a kite free day. It's a wife thing and I have found that if your constantly dissing your significant other to go kiting then when you actually get "permission" to go kiting, there is no god damned wind anywhere.
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Ahhh, I see. |
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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tstansbury
Since 06 Jun 2006
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| Tue Jul 18, 06 8:25 am |
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| It was so low so they could get a body out of the dechutes |
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J.P.
Since 10 Mar 2005
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| Tue Jul 18, 06 8:30 am |
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| Quote: | | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Columbia Basin Water Management Division [/url] |
It's nice to see some one's informed on the issue. |
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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| Tue Jul 18, 06 9:18 am |
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| Yeah, a broken link speaks volumes as to why the river level fluctuates. |
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robkov
Since 03 Jul 2006
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| Wed Jul 19, 06 8:16 am |
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| J.P. wrote: | | Quote: | | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Columbia Basin Water Management Division [/url] |
It's nice to see some one's informed on the issue. |
You got it right, they lowered the Descutes level to recover that body and it lowered the Columbia's level. And when they recovered the body they put things back to how they had been. |
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