When children reach adolescence, a cascade of hormones are released, causing mood swings, impulsive behavior and an unbelievable amount of eye rolling.
On February 12, only about a day and half after flow over the emergency spillway began, an evacuation order was issued for downstream residents, displacing nearly 200,000 people to higher ground.
On one hand, the service spillway was in bad shape, and there was the possibility of the erosion progressing upstream toward the headworks which could result in an uncontrolled release of the reservoir.
The lapping waves of the open portion gradually undermine and cause it to break off in large masses like icebergs, which gives rise to a precipitous front like the discharging wall of a glacier entering the sea.