Hoover Dam Explosion

[Artos]

I'm not familiar with hydro dams...anyone know what kind of / what would cause equipment to explode??

https://mobile.twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1549446000129064960

Looks minor compared to the size of the dam, but got me to thinking about what sort of impact it would create for folks down river if for whatever reason water stopped flowing...I read a while back the lake is at an all time low already.

[BrianL]

Looks like a transformer

[Gumbo Man]

Yea they’re already going through enough hardships with out this. Thanks for sharing.

[Hunting4fun]

I'm not familiar with hydro dams...anyone know what kind of / what would cause equipment to explode??

https://mobile.twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1549446000129064960

Looks minor compared to the size of the dam, but got me to thinking about what sort of impact it would create for folks down river if for whatever reason water stopped flowing...I read a while back the lake is at an all time low already.

I just finished a video this morning that touches on that. It's pretty interesting. There is also another video from a channel called Practical engineering that was put out today that talks about Lake mead and what the contingency plans are for it.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntIC4hyQ94"]Power Generators May Need To Go Offline - YouTube[/ame]

[S-3 Ranch]

The Colorado is crazy low , the lakes below could probably absorb any water from mead , California and Arizona power outage?

[Artos]

Nice catch Brian...

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-no-injuries-reported-after-explosion-at-hoover-dam?utm_campaign=64474