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Emergency: California’s Oroville Dam Spillway Near Failure, Evacuations Ordered
Breitbart ^ | Feb 12, 2017 | Joel B. Pollak1

Posted on 02/12/2017 4:26:47 PM PST by janetjanet998

Edited on 02/12/2017 9:33:58 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The California Department of Water Resources issued a sudden evacuation order shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday for residents near the Oroville Dam in northern California, warning that the dam’s emergency spillway would fail in the next 60 minutes.

The Oroville Dam is the highest in the nation.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: butte; california; dam; dwr; evacuation; lakeoroville; liveoroville; moonbeamcanyon; moonbeammadness; oroville; orovilledam; orovillelive; runaway; spillway; sutter; water; yuba
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To: maggief

post 1631

there seems to be alot more water going down what is left of the good portion then even this morning in Reed timers video

the release has been constant

the water force must have moved something that changed the direction of some of the flow?


1,661 posted on 02/20/2017 5:02:41 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

Could be clearing MS gates clogged with debris??

Yesterday crews were clearing 2, 3 and 6 of 8 gates.


1,662 posted on 02/20/2017 5:10:01 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Since you first posted a link to this guy I’ve been watching him.

Every news reporter in the country could learn from watching him. He’s telling the story. Reporting whats he’s learned and he’s interested in it.

He is terrific!


1,663 posted on 02/20/2017 5:18:57 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: maggief

Oroville dam:

02/20/2017 –5:00pm 849.32 2799240 Out: 60357 In: 86113


1,664 posted on 02/20/2017 5:19:00 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Speaking as someone involved in agriculture; will be interesting to hear the impact on California agriculture.
Hard to see that it wont be a big impact for some.

However the rainy season should be ending soon. Having lived there; that is my recollection it ends in mid March normally.


1,665 posted on 02/20/2017 5:23:53 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: maggief

That’s a big difference isn’t it?

My ignorance is showing here, but the piece you posted upthread states all the feeder lakes are full too. Are any of those going into Oroville, I wonder..


1,666 posted on 02/20/2017 5:24:48 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Exactly. Agriculture is big business up and down the state. The melting of spring snow will impact the streams, dams, rivers and levees.


1,667 posted on 02/20/2017 5:28:12 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: Replace all textbooks in the Humanities K-Post-Grad!)
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To: SE Mom

Those feeder lakes all go into Oroville, and they’re “filled to the brink”.

Almanor, which holds 1/3 of Oroville capacity, has no data posted for the last 10 days.

Oroville - Level +.29 last hour

DATE/TIME SURFACE | STORAGE | OUT | IN |

02/20/2017 –6:00am 849.43 2800712 59685 45518
02/20/2017 –7:00am 849.43 2800712 — — —
02/20/2017 –8:00am 849.16 2797099 59862 37864
02/20/2017 –9:00am 849.13 2796698 59823 42809
02/20/2017 –10:00am 849.02 2795228 59669 47705
02/20/2017 –11:00am 848.95 2794292 59592 37774
02/20/2017 –12:00pm 848.97 2794558 59899 57081
02/20/2017 –1:00pm 848.94 2794158 59889 58023
02/20/2017 –2:00pm 848.98 2794692 59915 59663
02/20/2017 –3:00pm 848.99 2794826 59941 63464
02/20/2017 –4:00pm 849.03 2795362 59993 65183
02/20/2017 –5:00pm 849.32 2799240 60357 86113


1,668 posted on 02/20/2017 5:34:15 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief
02/20/2017 –5:00pm 849.32 2799240 Out: 60357 In: 86113

They've built up a cushion of space in the reservoir. They can sustain many hours of inflows in excess of outflows. I think that they're paying particularly close attention to this lake level now.

1,669 posted on 02/20/2017 5:35:07 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: maggief

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/quakes0.html

4.1

2017/02/20 16:57:52 38.796N 122.734W 0.9 3 km ( 2 mi) NE of The Geysers, CA


1,670 posted on 02/20/2017 5:38:50 PM PST by maggief
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To: SE Mom
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake

15 km from Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 6:57 PM

(near The Geysers)


1,671 posted on 02/20/2017 5:42:43 PM PST by maggief
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To: Ray76

These are not bubbles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqEU2X6yBPk


1,672 posted on 02/20/2017 5:47:41 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: The Westerner

California I believe; has the bigest ag economy in the nation


1,673 posted on 02/20/2017 5:48:42 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

With rainy season and snow melt this issue will go on for months.


1,674 posted on 02/20/2017 5:57:19 PM PST by maggief
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To: meyer

The lake level is now the very same as it was when they turned off the flow before and pushed the water over the emergency spillway.
...Hope they’re not gonna tickle my ‘irony bone’!


1,675 posted on 02/20/2017 5:59:59 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: maggief

TID opens spillway at Don Pedro Feb 20, 2017 The Turlock Irrigation District opened the spillway at Don Pedro Reservoir on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. (Turlock Irrigation District)

Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article133930889.html#storylink=cpy

1,676 posted on 02/20/2017 6:02:43 PM PST by maggief
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To: mrsmith
I don't think the ES will be overtopped.

Close to disaster.


1,677 posted on 02/20/2017 6:05:42 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: maggief

Oroville live with stats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o5IJdqRg1Q


1,678 posted on 02/20/2017 6:08:22 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Oroville dam:

02/20/2017 –6:00pm 849.38 2800043 Outflow: 60447 Inflow: 88814


1,679 posted on 02/20/2017 6:19:17 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Excuse me maggie while I use a reply to you to post a general comment.

Everyone should realize that the Outflow is measured by the gate opening settings and flow meters to determine the approximate amount of outflow. The Inflow is much less precise. I understand that it is determined from lake level and Outflow being compared. The lake size at a given lake elevation is know and the acre feet can be calculated for each tenth of a foot the lake goes up and down. Therefore, the two thing that they need to control are adjusted based upon what they see mathematically coming into the lake.

The two things they need to control are lake level to control risk versus capacity and the impact of their outlet waters downstream with whatever the rivers empty into the bay. Tide levels in the bay play a roll. Rain and river gauges play and role and storms that aren’t even flowing into the Oroville drainage play a role.

They have decided they will shoot for a certain capacity and are holding that target lake level as best they can without too severe flooding downstream. I think we are seeing Shasta cut its flow more severely as they have more headroom.


1,680 posted on 02/20/2017 6:55:56 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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