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* TooDumbToLive: The agents beneath Headgate Rock Dam should have fled instead of arguing about whether the dam would ''really'' fail.
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* TooDumbToLive: The agents beneath Headgate Rock Dam should have fled instead of arguing about whether the dam would ''really'' fail. One man with a hard hat waits too long and is swept away by the water when the dam breaches.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: A worker tries to unjam the fifth spillway gate at Parker Dam by hammering it.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The reservoir held up by Davis Dam is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mohave Lake Mohave]]"; "Lake Mojave" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mojave something completely different]].
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** The reservoir held up by Davis Dam is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mohave Lake Mohave]]"; "Lake Mojave" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mojave something completelydifferent]].different]].
** The "Morales Dam" does not exist; the dam that Mexico uses to get water from the Colorado is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelos_Dam Morelos]]".
** The reservoir held up by Davis Dam is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mohave Lake Mohave]]"; "Lake Mojave" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mojave something completely
** The "Morales Dam" does not exist; the dam that Mexico uses to get water from the Colorado is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelos_Dam Morelos]]".
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* WesternTerrorists: The bomber is considered to be one by the FBI, as his profile does not match that of conventional terrorists.
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* MotiveMisidentification: After excluding Islamic terrorism, the investigators at first think that the bomber may have had a vendetta against boaters or the like, until the Colorado River Aqueduct is bombed.
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* ClosedCircle: As the water in the Grand Canyon retreats, David and the others find themselves trapped on a ledge high over the river.
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* MediaScrum: Large crowds of reporters accompany the governor of Nevada at Hoover Dam as he makes a press statement on the situation and the attempt to raise the dam with sandbags.
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* DeskJockey: The Commissioner Roland is completely out of depth at the Hoover Dam crisis, being more used to politics and money than at crisis management.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When the governor of Nevada asks the commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation what Grant should have done, if not enlarging Hoover Dam with sandbags.
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* FBIAgent: Susan Williams is a FBI agent sent to investigate the bombing at Davis Dam.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock:
** The sandbag dike on top of Hoover Dam needs to be finished before the floodwaters from Lake Powell reach it.
** And Davis Dam must be repaired after the explosion before it fails or waters that are being dumped from Hoover Dam overtop it.
** The sandbag dike on top of Hoover Dam needs to be finished before the floodwaters from Lake Powell reach it.
** And Davis Dam must be repaired after the explosion before it fails or waters that are being dumped from Hoover Dam overtop it.
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* InsideJob: The bomber disguised himself as a member of the Bureau of Reclamation when targeting Davis Dam, making Grant suspect it may be an insider at the Bureau.
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** Grant's and Fred's reaction to the phone call informing them of the bombing at Davis Dam involves dropping the cutlery.
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* CompanyTown: Boulder City, Nevada was formerly a company town erected by the builders of Hoover Dam, a history referenced in the story.
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** When David, Afram and Judy can no longer hold on their raft, it and the other passengers are swept off the cliff where it had stranded and down the Colorado river towards Granite Narrows where the flood has probably formed a large waterfall. It is never explicitly said what happened to them afterwards.
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** When David, Afram and Judy can no longer hold on their raft, it and the other passengers are swept off the cliff where it had stranded and down the Colorado river towards Granite Narrows where the flood has probably formed a large waterfall. It Keller and the others try to control the raft for some moments more before he is never explicitly said what happened to them afterwards.thrown off in a waterfall. The text ends with a mention of how he falls into the water and loses his senses.
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* UncertainDoom: As the Crawfords travel down teh draining Lake Powell, they encounter a capsized boat with an empty life jacket. There is nobody to be seen and Julie is sure the boat's passengers are dead.
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** As the Crawfords travel down teh draining Lake Powell, they encounter a capsized boat with an empty life jacket. There is nobody to be seen and Julie is sure the boat's passengers aredead.dead.
** When David, Afram and Judy can no longer hold on their raft, it and the other passengers are swept off the cliff where it had stranded and down the Colorado river towards Granite Narrows where the flood has probably formed a large waterfall. It is never explicitly said what happened to them afterwards.
** As the Crawfords travel down teh draining Lake Powell, they encounter a capsized boat with an empty life jacket. There is nobody to be seen and Julie is sure the boat's passengers are
** When David, Afram and Judy can no longer hold on their raft, it and the other passengers are swept off the cliff where it had stranded and down the Colorado river towards Granite Narrows where the flood has probably formed a large waterfall. It is never explicitly said what happened to them afterwards.
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* MacGyvering: "Hoover-Two" is a makeshift dam made out of sandbags on top of Hoover Dam, to hold back more water and prevent Davis and Parker dams downstream from overtopping.
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* DeathCourse: Upon hearing of the evacuation order, Sid and Ryan realize that they'll have to go back through the rising water to escape the Grand Canyon.
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** When Lake Powell drops and marinas are closed, the Crawfords have to sail around Antelope Island to get to one of the last working marinas, right past the failing Glen Canyon Dam.
** Upon hearing of the evacuation order, Sid and Ryan realize that they'll have to go back through the rising water to escape the Grand
** When Lake Powell drops and marinas are closed, the Crawfords have to sail around Antelope Island to get to one of the last working marinas, right past the failing Glen Canyon Dam.
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* DemolitionsExpert: They are called in to blow up the spillways at Hoover Dam so that water can be drained at lower water levels.
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* RightOnQueue: Greg and the others are stuck for over 45 minutes in a long line of boats waiting to be refueled at Dangling Rope Marina in Lake Powell.
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* AntagonisticGovernor: The governor of Nevada is a jerk at first and prevents Hoover Dam from opening its spillways, increasing the danger from the incoming flood.
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* BreakTheHaughty: When the jerk governor of Nevada is informed that Hoover Dam will overtop, he becomes a lot more concerned and conciliatory.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Greg cuts the rope of the Mastercraft boat when the dropping water levels in Lake Powell cause the rope it was attached to to become too tight and loosening it difficult.
* DeathCourse: Upon hearing of the evacuation order, Sid and Ryan realize that they'll have to go back through the rising water to escape the Grand Canyon.
* DramaticPause: InUniverse, when Grant asks the people handling the crisis at Hoover Dam whether Lake Mead should hold all the incoming water. Nobody dares to answer positively.
* DeathCourse: Upon hearing of the evacuation order, Sid and Ryan realize that they'll have to go back through the rising water to escape the Grand Canyon.
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* NoPartyGiven: While not directly relevant, the political affiliation of the governor of Nevada is never stated.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The governor of Nevada delays the opening of the spillways at Hoover Dam when he's informed that people have to be evacuated in preparation from the towns beneath the dam.
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* OhCrap: The flight attendant gasps when she sees the leak in Glen Canyon Dam.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The chief of security at Glen Canyon Dam has an outburst when he is told that a security guard let the bomber in without confirming that the supposed elevator maintenance guy was in fact an elevator maintenance guy.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The chief of security at Glen Canyon Dam has an outburst when he is told that a security guard let the bomber in without confirming that the supposed elevator maintenance guy was in fact an elevator maintenance guy.
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* BigDamPlot: The bomber is aiming at bringing down Glen Canyon Dam.
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* CoolPlane: Grant does admire how luxurious the Bureau's Gulfstream jet is, with wide windows and blinds, polished wood grain hand rests, a leather seat and wide room inside the plane.
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* FantasticFragility: While the Glen Canyon Dam could not be brought down by crashing an aircraft into it or a torpedo, a hole and the erosion from the water leaking through said hole could.
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* WheresTheKaboom: For an instant, the bomber thinks that the bombing has gone wrong when the explosion does not immediately manifest.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The reservoir held up by Davis Dam is named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mohave Lake Mohave]]"; "Lake Mojave" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mojave something completely different]].
* ChekhovsGun: The spillways at Hoover Dam are described in detail, as well as the flood of 1983 when they were put in use. [[spoiler:Fred wonders whether he'll see them in use again; sure enough, they are later used to drain the lake when the floodwaters from Lake Powell reach the dam]].
* ChekhovsGun: The spillways at Hoover Dam are described in detail, as well as the flood of 1983 when they were put in use. [[spoiler:Fred wonders whether he'll see them in use again; sure enough, they are later used to drain the lake when the floodwaters from Lake Powell reach the dam]].
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* HeatWave: The heat at Lake Powell is giving characters who are recreating there discomfort.
* HeyWait: The bomber is surprised by a security guard while he's arranging the bomb at Glen Canyon Dam, but the guard is merely asking if everything is OK, not having realized what the bomber is actually aiming for.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The bomber knows that blowing up Glen Canyon Dam will result in causalities, but knows it is an unavoidable consequence of restoring the river.
* TheInfiltration: The bomber dresses himself and his truck as that of an elevator maintenance company to bypass security at Glen Canyon Dam.
* TheNameless: The bomber is usually not referred to by name in the book.
* HeyWait: The bomber is surprised by a security guard while he's arranging the bomb at Glen Canyon Dam, but the guard is merely asking if everything is OK, not having realized what the bomber is actually aiming for.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The bomber knows that blowing up Glen Canyon Dam will result in causalities, but knows it is an unavoidable consequence of restoring the river.
* TheInfiltration: The bomber dresses himself and his truck as that of an elevator maintenance company to bypass security at Glen Canyon Dam.
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* GaiasVengeance: The motivation of the bomber is to bring back the natural flow of the Colorado River by blowing up the dams that are holding it back.
* GoalInLife: Grant's goal of life is to build dams.
* HateSink: Howard. Being a lawyer in an engineer and manager setting such as the Bureau of Reclamation, rumour has it that he was installed there by politicians in order to sabotage the Bureau's operation. He's also described as having a terrible relationship to other characters, to the point that Grant wishes that he'll be eaten by a bear during his vacation in Yellowstone National Park.
* GoalInLife: Grant's goal of life is to build dams.
* HateSink: Howard. Being a lawyer in an engineer and manager setting such as the Bureau of Reclamation, rumour has it that he was installed there by politicians in order to sabotage the Bureau's operation. He's also described as having a terrible relationship to other characters, to the point that Grant wishes that he'll be eaten by a bear during his vacation in Yellowstone National Park.
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''Wet Desert: Tracking Down a Terrorist on the Colorado River'', by Gary Hansen, is a book published in 2007 that deals with a plot by an eco-terrorist to bring down the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam Glen Canyon Dam]] in the United States, and by the effort by a manager of the Bureau of Reclamation to prevent a catastrophe.
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* TheAntagonist: Much of the plot resolves about both identifying and stopping the bomb and the flood caused by the first bombing.
* ArtisticLicense: As stated in the disclaimer:
-->"Although many of the places referenced in the book are real, some characteristics have been changed to fit the story."
* EndOfAnAge: Upon having a proposal for a dam on the Snake River rejected by the bureau, Grant realized that the era of dam building in the United States was over and no new dam projects would be built.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first chapter opens up with the controlled demolition of a dam in Colorado, foreshadowing the bombing and destruction of the Glen Canyon Dam during the course of the story.
* ThePlace: Each chapter is named after the setting in which it takes place.
* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: The book includes a disclaimer:
-->"This is a work of fiction. Although many of the places referenced in the book are real, some characteristics have been changed to fit the story. Some real and historical characters and events have been included to enhance the story. However, the characters and events in this book are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental."
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* TheAntagonist: Much of the plot resolves about both identifying and stopping the bomb and the flood caused by the first bombing.
* ArtisticLicense: As stated in the disclaimer:
-->"Although many of the places referenced in the book are real, some characteristics have been changed to fit the story."
* EndOfAnAge: Upon having a proposal for a dam on the Snake River rejected by the bureau, Grant realized that the era of dam building in the United States was over and no new dam projects would be built.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first chapter opens up with the controlled demolition of a dam in Colorado, foreshadowing the bombing and destruction of the Glen Canyon Dam during the course of the story.
* ThePlace: Each chapter is named after the setting in which it takes place.
* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: The book includes a disclaimer:
-->"This is a work of fiction. Although many of the places referenced in the book are real, some characteristics have been changed to fit the story. Some real and historical characters and events have been included to enhance the story. However, the characters and events in this book are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental."
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