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To: KC Burke
My worry is that if Orville Dam fails we could have a huge wall of water going down the Feather River watershed. Not only will Oroville and Gridley be wiped out, but it could wipe out Marysville and Yuba City downstream and could literally overwhelm the Sutter and Yolo Bypasses, which are already heavily underwater anyway--in short, the long Interstate 5 and 80 viaducts are under threat. And it would threaten Knights Landing, West Sacramento, Woodland, Davis and even Dixon.
427 posted on 02/12/2017 9:13:39 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

I’m sure Jerry Brown has the school buses lined up ready to take everyone to safety.

< /eyes-rolling >


431 posted on 02/12/2017 9:22:48 PM PST by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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To: RayChuang88

I have a little place on a big lake. It is about 2 million acre/feet not 3.5 million acre/feet.

It has big flood gates on its 1931 damn.

When they have to be opened they look like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XpoBkNdPhA

That one flood gate and flume on that big lake looks like it was thought that global warming was going to never let the lake fill to full and be threatened.


437 posted on 02/12/2017 9:44:21 PM PST by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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To: RayChuang88

If I had to guess, I would guess we make it through tonight and then a false sense of security begins until the next two days pass and the new rain runoff begins. Then...


438 posted on 02/12/2017 9:50:35 PM PST by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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