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[Tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> > Some compensation in some huge springs, four creeks and our private 
> > lake forty feet above the valley floor---don't know any Uuf da that 
> > can stand water-free hot deserts.
>
>
> How did your lake dam handle that flood? I am gathering info on how to 
> build a dam that will withstand the reason my stream is called 
> Hurricane Creek.
>
> Lots of water here in Phoenix desert. And I have the water bills to 
> prove it.

tvoivozhd---no damage with water boiling a foot or more high across a 
grass-covered earthen dam. I credit my cattail bed as being partially 
responsible.  Did you ever copy my old post on how to build a dam from 
scratch (key the ends), with a small silt-catchment dam above it?  Think 
that is the best advice I can come up with.  If you kept it, repost it, 
doubt if I have it, and couldn't find it if I did---the tight 
organization that ruled most of my life has dissolved into chaos.