First He Got Shot, Then He Was Arrested

I'm guessing that is not how he planned his day. Suspected robber in Harvey arrested; had been shot by homeowner

A man who police say was shot while trying to rob a home in Harvey, ND has now also been arrested.

Harvey Police say on Thursday, Jan. 23, Jacob Gable was arrested by the Wells County Sheriff’s Department and the Harvey Police Department.

Harvey, North Dakota is about 75 miles northeast of Bismarck. It is about 110 miles by car.

The charges include attempted burglary, terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, ingesting a controlled substance, and criminal mischief.

Penalties include getting shot. I'm not sure what the penalties for all the charges might be.

Oh, and self-defense is a human right.

Only a .gov Bureaucracy Would Wait a Decade

Problems came to light 10 years ago. In the intervening years we have seen dams collapse in Michigan and come close in California. Corps weighs options for Garrison Dam spillway after 2011 flood showed weakness

The agency opened the spillway gates for the first time in the dam’s history on June 1, 2011, sending a cascade of water down the concrete chute. [SNIP]

Using the spillway helped the Corps manage the flood, but the spillway faced challenges as water rushed down its slope. Among them, at least two of 29 manholes positioned within the chute came loose.

This could cause the spillway to suffer the same type of failure that the spillway at Oroville Dam in California experienced.

Now I understand that it takes time to do engineering analysis, but it shouldn't take 11 years to do a study on what needs to be done to keep people downstream from this dam safe.