TV has been a wasteland since the History and Science channel sold out to reality shows
But, the internet has some great podcasts
Practical Engineering with Brady is excellent
Oroville spillway collapse became a very tense drama when the emergency spillway also collapsed
and the entire dam almost came down from the erosion tearing apart the earth dam
Lots of hard decisions made over a few sleepless days as experts from around the world tried
save the dam, some of those decisions were mistakes they got away with
They should have just kept the spillway open in spite of collapse because the emergency spillway
was not built on solid rock so it gave way as soon as it overflowed but hindsight is always perfect
Engineering mistakes in the design caused both spillways to fail
Brady is great at explaining in a way non engineers can understand.
He is engineerings' Neil Degrasse Tyson bringing engineering to the masses
But, the internet has some great podcasts
Practical Engineering with Brady is excellent
Oroville spillway collapse became a very tense drama when the emergency spillway also collapsed
and the entire dam almost came down from the erosion tearing apart the earth dam
Lots of hard decisions made over a few sleepless days as experts from around the world tried
save the dam, some of those decisions were mistakes they got away with
They should have just kept the spillway open in spite of collapse because the emergency spillway
was not built on solid rock so it gave way as soon as it overflowed but hindsight is always perfect
Engineering mistakes in the design caused both spillways to fail
Brady is great at explaining in a way non engineers can understand.
He is engineerings' Neil Degrasse Tyson bringing engineering to the masses
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