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Lake Berryessa Glory Hole

madsen203 said:
200' is a huge drop. Golden Gate Bridge's highest point above water (from the path way where people jump from) is 220' which kills most on impact. This ain't no water slide.

Scary!!
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You'd also be launched from the outlet into rocks, so there's that.
 
At least one barfer has gone to the outlet during dry season, it definitely didn't look like a ride I want to try.
 
Stopped by there today.
 

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I see the geese are still hanging out.
 
When is the next rain? Looks like it still has a couple feet to go!
 
I think there's a good chance it'll spill over even without much more rain. It takes a while for all the water to get there.
 
Junkie said:
I think there's a good chance it'll spill over even without much more rain. It takes a while for all the water to get there.
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I do believe my good Chap is referring to runoff... :teeth
 
Abacinator said:
You'd also be launched from the outlet into rocks, so there's that.
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Now I want to see the other end. I was speculating that one could be shot out 60 feet up the side of the dam wall, but being shot directly into rocks sounds better.
 
ctwo said:
Now I want to see the other end. I was speculating that one could be shot out 60 feet up the side of the dam wall, but being shot directly into rocks sounds better.
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Theres a video on YouTube of some kids who canoed to the outlet and skated inside of it. Gives you an idea of the transition from vertical to horizontal. Someone in a container (barrel?) could probably do it. Not in one? :dunno
 
Junkie said:
I think there's a good chance it'll spill over even without much more rain. It takes a while for all the water to get there.
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http://www.scwamonitoring.com/floodmap/LBWS_Level_3Day.htm

Using the above site, I will speculate that the amount of saturated soils runoff from past storms isnt sufficient to push it over the top when considering the constant release of water from the gates. They may even increase the release this time of year to prevent flooding from uncontrolled spillage down the glory hole if it rains more.

From watching that site for the last couple of months, it appears that a 1 foot rise in lake level correlates with a 1 inch increase in rainfall, at whatever release rate has been chosen by the water district.

We've received about 4 inches of rain in Sonoma during the last storm, I'm sure they received more up there. In fact, if the correlation is correct, Berryessa watershed probably got about 6 or 7.
 
Yep, that’s the sit I linked to in the first post.
I think we’ll see it overflow in 2018.
 
ctwo said:
Now I want to see the other end. I was speculating that one could be shot out 60 feet up the side of the dam wall, but being shot directly into rocks sounds better.
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before hitting those rocks, you'll be peeled like a potato by the concrete walls.

boney said:
Theres a video on YouTube of some kids who canoed to the outlet and skated inside of it. Gives you an idea of the transition from vertical to horizontal. Someone in a container (barrel?) could probably do it. Not in one? :dunno
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not in something, like zero chance of surviving. it's not like you'd be in a waterslide, unless that waterslide were a continuous tube completely filled with water. even if it isn't completely filled, it'll be close enough to drown you before even reaching the end... is my guess
 
auntiebling said:
before hitting those rocks, you'll be peeled like a potato by the concrete walls.
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I'm not sure the Reynold's number is low enough for that. :nerd

I'd guess you'd have every bone in your body broken by the turbulent flow, and your body would go into Putah Creek in little fleshy chunks.

EDIT: just calculated the Reynold's number, and the flow in the pipe is turbulent. You probably wouldn't spend much time rubbing on the wall. You'd spend those last seconds of your life being smashed and pulled like silly putty.
 
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CoorsLight said:
I'm not sure the Reynold's number is low enough for that. :nerd

I'd guess you'd have every bone in your body broken by the turbulent flow, and your body would go into Putah Creek in little fleshy chunks.

EDIT: just calculated the Reynold's number, and the flow in the pipe is turbulent. You probably wouldn't spend much time rubbing on the wall. You'd spend those last seconds of your life being smashed and pulled like silly putty.
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dork
i don't even remember what a reynolds number is.
 
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