https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJM6d7vJpJg
Is a video about the water coming out of gate 8 despite the DWR announcement that no main spillway usage is planned. We are at 5 feet shy of the emergency spillway level.
This “Watch Group” may worth following for those interested.
The Webcams are down again supposedly.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=ORO&end=2019-06-24
spilling is planned for 6/24
Abundant snowpack still in the mountains so lakes across the state are maintaining higher than usual levels.
Secondly, the gates leak - so a wet main spillway is not unusual.
There are no storms forcast (probably won’t see significant precipitation now until October), so there should be no concern.
Thanks for the update.
Not the place I’d want to celebrate the 4th ...
https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2019/June-2019/Lake-Oroville-Operations-Update-June-14
4th of July Celebration in Oroville
Oroville is always a great place to celebrate Fourth of July. The event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Oroville and will be held at California State Park’s Thermalito North Forebay recreation area, as well as at the nearby Feather River Recreation and Park District’s Nelson Sports Complex. Activities will start at the Sports Complex 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the fireworks display will start 30 minutes after sunset.
DWR has partnered with CALFIRE/Butte County and State Parks to prepare for the event including conducting a Vegetation Management Project to remove dry grass from an area in the North Forebay. The controlled burn conducted on June 10 around the location of the fireworks launch area will prevent the possibility of the fireworks starting a wildfire.
Follow the event’s Facebook page at Lake Oroville Fireworks for the latest information.
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