Napa County’s enormous ‘victory hole’ in Lake Berryessa can be seen for the first time since 2019.
When the water level of the lake increases on 440 feet, this 72 -meter circular drainage prevents floods by allowing excessive water to flow 200 feet into Putah Creek.
This winter heavy rains, in February already at a high point of the lake increases the water level is currently happening.
This process, called ‘spread’, makes it look like there is a giant hole in the lake. The water running into the mouth of this big pipe is like a glory of the glory of a morning when it takes its official name: The Morning Glory Dolillway.
But the locals were nicknamed ‘Glory Hole’ in the 1960s.
Spreading the Glory hole experience, spreading is a rare treatment. Most of the time, the water level of Lake Berryessa remains below 440 feet, and this Huling concrete pipe goes out on the surface of the lakes.
According to Solano District Water Agency, this release, which was built between 1953 and 1957, was used only 25 times in its history of about 70 years.
When high water levels cause the victory hole to take action, tourists flock to a deviation on the highway 128 and can safely monitor the spread here.
‘The spread’ likens the mouth of the drainage to the glory of the morning. His official name – The Morning Glory Dolillway – This is where he took it, but the locals nicknamed it ‘Glory Hole’.
When high water levels cause the victory hole to take action, tourists flock to a deviation on the motorway 128 and can safely monitor the spreading here
Solano District Water Agency General Manager Chris Lee, ‘Absolutely worth seeing,’ he said. La Times.
“ I was lucky enough to see a few times … Not so common, ” he added.
During the first two days of February, an atmospheric river rained severely in California and triggered widespread landslides, sent the water level of Lake ‘Bible’ on the 440 feet.
By 4 February, the glory was experiencing a hole spread. On the same day, another ‘life -threatening’ storm moved to the state and raised the water level of the lake further.
This expansion activity has now lasted more than 40 days. On Tuesday, the water level of Lake Berryessa was still over six inch of the full level level.
But Lee said San Francisco Chronicle It will probably fall under this sign and stop flowing into the evacuation next week.
However, there is a slight chance for more rainfall in Lake Berryessa in the coming days, which means that the water level can rise again, depending on how much it rains before flowing into the lake.
“If we get a significant flow, we could see that it was going beyond next week,” he said.
This expansion activity has now lasted more than 40 days. On Tuesday, the water level of Lake Berryessa was still over the full -level level.
The glory hole is designed to create a laminar flow when the water goes to a hole in smooth layers. This prevents him from creating a jacuzzi
According to Lee, most of the water flowing from Lake Berryessa is used to irrigate farms, but this lake also provides drinking water for about 500,000 people.
Spreading activities can sometimes take for months. For example, in 2017, water began to fall into the magnificent hole in February and continued until May.
The construction of this drainage pipe and the Putah Creek to create Lake Berryessa were completed in 1957.
The glory hole sits about 200 feet away from the dam and is designed to create a laminary flow when the water goes to a hole in smooth layers.
This prevents them from creating a jacuzzi that can absorb boats or swimmers below.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t. In 1997, Davis was absorbed and killed by a 41 -year -old woman from California.
Authorities, witnesses reported that the woman swimming towards spills. He then overlooked and grasped the edge of the hole for about 20 minutes and then dived into his death.
The only known death that occurred in the glory this morning. A series of floats surround the hole to keep the boatmen and swimmers away from a safe distance.
