locally released norepinephrine binds to alpha 1 receptors in arterioles to restrict blood flow and generally to increase blood pressure.
Friday (9/9). Spillway gates will be opened at 10 a.m. Monday (9/12) to release 1,000 cubic feet per second through the spillway, which runs from the lake to the Lackawaxen River. The release rate will be increased gradually to 2,000 cubic feet per second, and held at that level.
Among many alterations to the area, Frick's group had the dam lowered and the reservoir's water level raised, while maintenance of the dam was generally ignored, factors which almost certainly contributed to the dam's collapse on 31 May 1899 -- the infamous Johnstown flood.