Cool Dam Pics! - No Really!

Shawn Madison · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 11:10 am Post subject: Cool Dam Pics! - No Really!

TVA is spilling water over Norris Dam due to excess water in the lake of about 2ft over normal. They rarely do this and when they do it is usually just one gate. This time they opened all three flood gates. I have seen this only one other time in the past 20yrs.

Also, they keep a TVA patrol boat close by on the lake in-case someone has boat trouble or tries to get close to the dam. I have one picture of a tree going over it.

Here is one of the pics-the rest are in my media gallery under: Norris Dam OverFlow Photos

Richie Martin · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 11:35 am Post subject:

yep, that's a damn

franknbeans · Soul Rider Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 272 City: Ft. Worth

those are some nice damn photos.

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject:

Must of been those dam beavers.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

..all I can say is dam

Percy Priest has been ok, no dam activity, water is only 1/2 foot or something over summer pool.

looks like the best acid drop in spot ever!..

Chales · Guest

Damn, if I wasn't damned to have seen Hoover Dam before, I'd say that's the best damn dam I've goddamned seen.

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject:

That one on the branch on it looks like it would be fun to ride down on a skateboard deck or something. Or an intertube...

ohsix · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 3:36 pm Post subject:

mr. c.- the picture caption says it's a tree. i dont think even steve o. would try to drop in on that with a wakeskate.

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 3:41 pm Post subject:

Kind of off topic but last year me and my cousin used to take swimmers clothing articels(pants, shoes, shirts etc) and throw them down the dam into the rapids. Laughing

Bogger · Outlaw Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 134 City: Augusta, Ga

when i grow up i want to be a dam tourguide for dam fieldtrips

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 4:55 pm Post subject:

Well whatever it is, I think i would try it. Maybe its the angle of the picture, but it doesnt look too steep for me. I wasnt saying a wakeskate, i would want something more like skateboard deck.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject:

By the way:that drop is 285ft high!

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

wow.......a dam

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject:

Well that changes everything, it looks maybe 30 - 50 feet to me cuz i have nothing to compare it to. In that case, i dont think i would hazard that fall.

Brian B. · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 5:06 pm Post subject:

Damn thats one big dam fall from 285 damn feet

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

ive always wanted to like tube down a river and then just like fall off one of those things. i mean, not one thats like a billion ft. high, but maybe like a lil crappy 20ft. one would be great

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 5:44 pm Post subject:

Thats what i was talking about when i said i wanted to go over it on the skateboard deck.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

just hope that u land on it correctly, because if not, and it shoots straight up - u won't be having kids lol

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 5:54 pm Post subject:

It wouldnt shoot up, the worst that could happen would probably be the board sliding out from under me and then me riding all the way down on my bum. And i possibly could hit my head, but its no biggy.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

if u had to slide down on your bum... u'd get one BIG wedgie haha

Mister C · Posted: Apr 23, 2003 6:02 pm Post subject:

The sacrifices and risks of fun. It would be well worth it anyway.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

those dams are nothing compared to hoover dam. i was up over there when i was on a houseboat trip to mead. and i was kinda think about riding through the overflow at hoover like mr. c said but it was empty. the transitions looked really nice for skating and what not.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

mr.c - yeah, as long as u have a video camera its worth it

graphik · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 727 City: miller lake

friend died in one three years ago. It was a small dam, and he got caught under the intakes, and the pressure wouldn't let him move. THe rescue people came and took them way too long to get int there cause the river was so strong. Finally a cop went in and when he touched the kid he was to tug on the rope and they would get pulled out. He tugged the rope and then it broke. Both bodies were removed several weeks later after they plugged the river further down. You may have seen it on the news.

be careful.

DaveBrowning · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 11:36 am Post subject:

How did the cop get pulled in or whatever? That last post was kinda confusing.

wakeriderof87 · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 11:52 am Post subject:

i'm srry to hear about your friend graphik, so he was on like the lake side right

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

i'm still trying to figure how your going to go off it on a skateboard deck, last time i checked those things dont float

ohsix · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject:

Nathan Newman · Addict Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 711 City: Baylor

yeah, there's about a 25 foot dam in my hometown, and we go down it all the time in kayaks, got some video footage, pretty damn sweet!!!

earlcombearl · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject:

In the intellectual words of Beavis, That's really not a lot of water!

earlcombearl · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 6:12 pm Post subject:

On a serious note, if you get caught in the undertoe or whatever under the damn, your best bet at making it out alive is to ball yourself up and hope to get spit out.

Mister C · Posted: Apr 24, 2003 10:03 pm Post subject:

But the water in the dam looks like its hugging onto the concrete wall like a waterslide. That would make it possible to ride the skateboard deck all the way down. I dunno what i would do once i got to the bottom, but by that time the adrenaline would be pumping so i wouldnt really care.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

ya its got this area where water comes out if the level is to high but i dont think thats happened in a while i found a couple pics on google if you wanna search for them.

Face-Plant · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 703 City: Riverview

alright Mr. C, i see what your saying now that would be pretty cool if you could figure out a way to do it without dying.

graphik · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 727 City: miller lake

yeah that's what happened to the guy in my earlier post. Well sorta. Anyway it was a small dam, and a group was sliding down the thing on their feet. My buddy fell in and got caught in one of the grates under water. It sucked him in. The cop went into rescue him as part of the rescue team, which was planned. More or less to get the body as the water was so strong they couldn't do anything until they blocked the river. The safety rope the cop was tied to broke and he too was lost trying to save the boy. They literally stopped the river after about a week and retreived the bodies. It was a huge deal in our smaller city. Sorrry my last post was confusing.