Well, the whole downtown of Oroville would be underwater once the raging waters crest the levees. It’s happened before. Flooding, not dam failures, that is.
We are amongst the 20 percent or so that did not evacuate. We are level with the Dam do see no problem for us. No traffic allowed into the area. That will create a bit of a problem for those of us that need to go shopping at local grocery stores. There are many of us left, mostly in the county area in proximity of the dam that aren’t affected. Traffic down our little country road was full bore mad max there for a few hours. Never heard it like that. We wonder where the folks thought they were going?
We knew than many non-natives of our area were on the road as they would turn down and road not knowing that it dead ended five miles down the road.
Anyone remember the movie Panic in the Year Zero? It was like that.
Are you dependent upon any utilities coming out of downtown Oroville? They may be disrupted. Get together with your neighbors and see who might need what so you’ll be prepared, sounds as if you’ll be stuck until the flood water recedes and roads are cleared/repaired, assuming there will be flooding. Could be a couple of weeks.