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Dramatic Photos Show Damage To Oroville Dam Spillway, Officials Say Dam Is Still Fine (NorCal Alert)
sf1st.com ^
| Feb. 9, 2017
| Caleb Pershan
Posted on 02/09/2017 3:59:32 PM PST by Texas Eagle
If you have family and friends in this area please tell them to monitor the situation. So far, no Emergency Broadcast System alerts or anything.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; dam; damage; lakeoroville; oroville; orovilledam; reservoir; spillway; weather
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To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:00:54 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Baghdad Bob says the dam is fine...
To: Professional
Nothing to see here. Move along.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:07:00 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
I see too much drought coming over that dam.
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:12:29 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
The dam may be fine ... today.
But once it fills and starts overflowing, could be a problem.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:13:24 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:15:10 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
If the authorities tell you everything is okay, pack your bags and run.
This is actually the spill way. However, with the amount of water going over it, the hole is getting bigger. This hole will in time work its way back to the dam. When that occurs, the dam will go.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:15:15 PM PST
by
CIB-173RDABN
(US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
To: DuncanWaring
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:16:26 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Tough we have to build the bullet train no money or the dam
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:19:25 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: Texas Eagle
It’s just so hard to keep Californians happy. First they complain about not enough snow. Then, too much snow. Not enough water, and then, too much. Too hot. Too cold. Now wind. Then, the Santanas begin and it is too much.
They are never “just right.”
To: Texas Eagle
Looks like the spillway’s about 150’ wide.
I wonder how practical it would be to pack the hole full of quick-set cement and bolt a lot of steel plates over it.
Then, seal the edges of the plates with some sort of asphalt, and put an aererator pipe upstream of it to minimize the cavitation/erosion of the water flowing over it.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:25:23 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Texas Eagle
Update: The Dept. of Water Resources will be holding a meeting tonight (Thurs. 2/9/17) at 6 pm at the Yuba County Government Bldg on the Marysville side of the 10th St. Bridge (the old Montgomery Ward building) so if you know anybody who lives in this area, give them a head's up.
So far the info has been very conflicting. The spillway has washed away, the spillway has not washed away, etc.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:30:15 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: CIB-173RDABN
As Sacramento is downstream from this dam, if you see Jerry Brown running for the airport, you’ll know the dam is about to fail.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:37:36 PM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Texas Eagle
No problem, they’ll be able to rebuild it in no less that 15 years with Chinese concrete.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:43:34 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: Texas Eagle
Apparently they have three ways to shed water from the lake....one is that spillway which is gate controlled....( the one eroding...)..another is a small hydroelectric power plant..the other is another emergency spillway...that isn't controlled.
At least that is what...I heard.
Winki..states just the one spillway....
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:44:40 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
To: Texas Eagle
Sierras are getting pounded with rain, and lots of flooding in low areas.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:47:28 PM PST
by
Read Write Repeat
(FIRE THE 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS)
To: Texas Eagle
Captain Obvious:
That thing’s seriously compromised.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:47:56 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
To: Osage Orange
the other is another emergency spillway...that isn't controlled. At least that is what...I heard. That's what I'm trying to get to the bottom of.
From what I've been hearing, the emergency spillway is basically over the top of the dam.
Which wouldn't be so disconcerting if it wasn't an earthen dam.
I'll be at the meeting tonight. Hopefully we'll get some straight answers.
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posted on
02/09/2017 4:48:53 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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