The Day They Opened the Spillways
In the summer of 1983, record snowmelt from the Colorado Rockies forced engineers at Glen Canyon Dam to open the spillways for the first time...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 29.
In the summer of 1983, record snowmelt from the Colorado Rockies forced engineers at Glen Canyon Dam to open the spillways for the first time since the reservoir had filled. Over thirty thousand cubic feet of water per second roared through tunnels carved into Arizona sandstone. Rangers standing on the dam felt the concrete shudder beneath their boots. Mist climbed hundreds of feet into the desert sky.…
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