This week the Denver Water board made the bizarre decision to close the Dillon Dam road, an important route in Summit county which runs atop the dam at Lake Dillon. This was done in response to security analyses showing the dam to be vulnerable to terrorist attack.
Locals are understandably upset. I agree with the Summit Daily when they call it 'creative paranoia.' I'm sure there's some risk, but I doubt the dam is any more of a target than any of hundreds of water storage facilities around the country. I'd much rather see the country shrug off these vague threats and carry on as before. So much for a stiff upper lip.
One downside of the closure is a very real emergency response problem. The county is suing to re-open the road.
Walter, did the Denver Water board get this threatening info from Homeland Security? Is Homeland Security overseeing this closure? And if so, then maybe they can close the route to Aspen because a damn cheeseburger there costs $8 dollars-and that truly is threatening.
Walter, I can't read the comments when I click the link.
*shaking head* Amazingly bad communication on the part of DWB. I'm going to use this for the crisis communications class I'm taking. Thanks for putting the links in one place. Don't fret, you'll get a link on my reference page.