"The area below the slab includes a passageway to a boat ramp, a machine shop and water and power facilities ...."
And even if a rock the size of the one that may fall hit the base of the dam itself, it's unlikely it would compromise the dam's integrity; the massive concrete structure is 300 feet wide at its base.
I'm fairly sure the ghost of Edward Abbey is sitting atop the damn rock smoking his bowl and musing on the mere mortals below patching up some of mother nature's finest handiwork.
Given that the giant rock is an inanimate object, so it has no sense of balance and no means to correct its position for the sake of concern for balance that does not exist, the rock has NEVER teetered yet.
Teetering is something that living breathing creatures do.
This particular giant rock, may or may not continue to slump down some path as gravity, which also does not give a damn about the rock's balance or any one else's, dictates. This rock may or may not fall. It may or may not knock out the dam. But it has not and will not ever teeter.
SO much for the human need to anthropromorphize EVERYTHING. That is exactly how modern society ended up with Disney cartoons with dancing tea pots and candlesticks, and the Greeks and the Romans ended up with dozens of gods that supposedly ran things behind the scenes, before it was pared down to one god for the sake of consolidating control as administered by political interests.
Well O/T threads generally have little to do with recovery from the one true cult.
If you prefer, we could perchance propose a duty to God and country award for the mormon rock-tippler scout troop which would require them to rappel over the side and be brave enough to hang on and ride falling stones all the way to the river bottom.
The posthumous award would entitle the youth to a free ticket to the CK.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2015 02:51PM by Shummy.