World's Largest Drain Hole


	World's Largest Drain Hole

hitchhiker08

8-1-2008 1:48 AM

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drain hole, storm water, dam, drain, lake berryessa, california, usa

hitchhiker08 says:

As you can see there's only one - talk about a-holes and we exceed the limit!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/49cde576-30f4-48f3-96c8-b994bd120218/A162A108-67E5-4FFC-8A66-9531F44575AF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html" href="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html" style="font-size: 11px;">fogonazos.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/54167930-BD37-4D14-A2DA-10B858DEC46A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><DIV>Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam’s is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/CD39C424-1B75-43EC-9BA3-BA1033B9182A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html">The distance from the funnel to the exit point - which is situated in the south side of the canyon - is about 700 feet.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/172C6980-2823-4624-ADC1-35FB82311EBE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/539F074B-6624-42E5-B964-696EFD849467" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><DIV>According to <A target="_blank" href="http://www.daviswiki.org/Morning_Glory_Spillway"><SPAN>Davis Wiki</SPAN></A>, "for obvious reasons, swimming near the glory hole is both prohibited and stupid. There are buoys strung across the lake to discourage boaters and swimmers from approaching the glory hole and the dam. Furthermore, the glory hole is well fenced off from the land.".</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/24FE4231-6DDD-45A9-9C1F-EFDE37E3B470" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><DIV>"During the drier months, when Lake Berryessa's water level is well below the rim of the glory hole, skateboarders and bikers sometimes use the spillway's horizontal exit as a half-pipe”.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fogonazos.blogspot.com/img/ADEA5001-6451-4D8C-9B98-C1CD27CEC578" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html"><DIV>Finally, you can take a look at the hole on <A target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=38.512781,-122.103692&spn=0.003224,0.006094&om=1"><SPAN>Google Maps</SPAN></A>:</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A162A108-67E5-4FFC-8A66-9531F44575AF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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