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Water being released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., on June 1, 2011. At Grand Coulee Dam, gigantic cascades of water are being released to make room for spring snowmelt that is expected to fill the reservoir.
Friday, Jun. 03, 2011

Open quoteIt's all just sitting there, sitting there, sitting there. Everyone knows it's going to come down.Close quote

  • RANDY JULANDER,
  • a supervisor with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, as states across the West brace for major flooding in the coming weeks once a record mountain snowpack starts melting
Photo: Nicholas K. Geranios / AP Photo | Source: AP