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Georgia Has Failing Dams And, If Some Give Out, It Could Be Catastrophic

On Second Thought
On Second Thought
Episode • Nov 25, 2019 • 14m
Here’s a strange fact about Georgia: the state has no naturally occurring large lakes – just some small pockets that fill up when it rains. What it does have is a wealth of creeks, streams and dams. It turns out some of those dams are failing and that their failures could bring dire – even catastrophic – consequences. That’s according to data the Associated Press just released and that GPB’s Grant Blankenship has been analyzing.