Friday, May 28, 2010

Attabad: freeboard report 28th May

The media in Pakistan are reporting that the freeboard is now 2 feet (61 cm).  Assuming that this was taken at the normal measuring time (i.e. 3 pm local time) the freeboard graph looks like this:


Jean Schneider, who is on site and flew over the spillway today, reports that overtopping should begin overnight.

2 comments:

  1. David, do you have an estimate of the lake extension (area)? And type of rocks are filling the spillway?

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  2. Would some one educate me on the size of the debris that broke off the mountain and fell into the Hunza river blocking it?

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