It was the district's first-ever media day to help us learn about its mission and South Florida projects such as strengthening the Herbert Hoover Dike. I thought it was important to explain to readers where their money went. Basically, it went into a hole in the ground, or to be more accurate, many holes in the ground. It's what we do in Florida. We pour money into sand replenishment projects on the beach, only to watch millions of dollars wash away in the next nor'easter or hurricane.
We pour money into stormwater runoff projects and wetlands drainage, only to create pollution and flooding problems elsewhere, which — you guessed it — require more money to fix. The Corps staff assembled were extremely informative, forthcoming and thorough. We had complete access to all of them to ask any question.
Staff and Florida commander Col. Andrew Kelly could not have been better hosts. I'm going to oversimplify here, but basically the Herbert Hoover Dike is an earthen dike miles in circumference that encircles the square-mile lake. It was built after two hurricanes in and killed over 2, residents of the communities on the lake's shore when terrible flooding occurred.
By , a dike was built and by it was completed in the form we see it today. But like any earthen mound surrounded by water, it started leaking.
Piping began, which means small amounts of water began seeping through the dike at its base. The Herbert Hoover Dike was listed as a high priority for repairs, Kelly said. It was determined that a concrete cut-off wall would be built deep down inside the dike at its base, some feet below the top of the dike. It would need to reach at least from Port Mayaca in the east around the southern shore to Moore Haven in the west, or more than 65 miles.
The completion date for the cut-off wall is estimated at Props to the Army Corps. I'll be the first to admit, Corps staff and specialist are experts in their fields. Army Corps of Engineers installed A worker directs a "hydro-mill" into position while installing a partial cutoff wall in the Herbert Hoover Dike. The cutoff wall was installed in With Lake Okeechobee in the background, crews work to replace a water control structure, or "culvert" in Herbert Hoover Dike along Highway 27 near Clewiston.
The culvert replacements ongoing require significant preparation of the site, to include installation of a temporary cofferdam to hold back water while crews work on the earthen structure. The mud flies as machine functioning as a "vertical chain saw" mixes soil with slurry to form a partial cutoff wall in the Herbert Hoover Dike surround Lake Okeechobee in south Florida.
A finished culvert constructed in the Herbert Hoover Dike along the east side of the dam near Port Mayaca. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replace 26 such structures as part of its rehabilitation of the mile dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee in south Florida.
Army Corps of Engineers tells us based on the current forecast and the lake level, they don't anticipate any releases from the lake to the estuaries before or during Isaias.
However, heavy rains in the basins could raise the levels in the C and C canals, which will require the operators to open S and S for flood protection along the canals. Army Corps of Engineers. Army Corps tells us they are keeping a watchful eye on the dam, to ensure the safety for all nearby residents at this time. We anticipate no problems with HHD or any of the active construction sites along. Tropical Storm WATCH: An announcement that tropical storm conditions sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph are possible within the specified coastal area within 48 hours.
Hurricane WATCH: An announcement that hurricane conditions sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are possible somewhere within the specified coastal area. A hurricane watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical-storm-force winds.
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