Link to interview on YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rl7Sm15unPQ
I listened to it. Thank you. Very good.
What did the fish say when it hit concrete ? Dam
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“dam expert Scott Cahill.”
Seems like this day and time everybody thinks they are a dam expert.
Sadly, Scott explains how this crisis was easily avoidable. The points of failure in Oroville’s infrastructure were identified many years ago, and the cost of making the needed repairs was quite small — around $6 million. But for short-sighted reasons, the repairs were not funded; and now the bill to fix the resultant damage will likely be on the order of magnitude of over $200 million. Which does not factor in the environmental carnage being caused by flooding downstream ecosystems with high-sediment water or the costs involved with relocating the 200,000 residents living nearby the dam.
Oh, and of course, these projected costs will skyrocket higher should a catastrophic failure occur; which can’t be lightly dismissed at this point.
Scott explains to Chris how this crisis is indicative of the neglect of the entire US national dam system. Oroville is one of the best-managed and maintained dams in the country. If it still suffered from too much deferred maintenance, imagine how vulnerable the country’s thousands and thousands of smaller dams are. Trillions of dollars are needed to bring our national dams up to satisfactory status. How much else is needed for the country’s roads, railsystems, waterworks, power grids, etc?
We’re all hoping to avoid the worst possible scenario - but the government of California does not have the best track record with this type of planning. I’d evacuate myself all the way to the state line if I lived anywhere near Oroville, and I would’ve done it years ago.
Sadly, Scott explains how this crisis was easily avoidable. The points of failure in Oroville's infrastructure were identified many years ago, and the cost of making the needed repairs was quite small -- around $6 million. But for short-sighted reasons, the repairs were not funded; and now the bill to fix the resultant damage will likely be on the order of magnitude of over $200 million. Which does not factor in the environmental carnage being caused by flooding downstream ecosystems with high-sediment water or the costs involved with evacuating the 200,000 residents living nearby the dam. Oh, and of course, these projected costs will skyrocket higher should a catastrophic failure occur; which can't be lightly dismissed at this point.
I knew there was a problem on Saturday morning when they ‘closed the airspace’ over the dam.
No airborn video at all until Sunday afternoon when the evacuation order went out.
Whoever made that call endangered the public just to cover their own ass and the public was intentionally kept in the dark as to the extent of the problem.
Their head should roll...
The drought in California has been years long. I guess obozo didn’t consider this a shovel ready job
Great engineer, responsible man, knows what he is talking about.
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Perhaps somewhere upstream, some of the water could be diverted? I don't know, but it is time to think outside the box.
My brother isn’t a dam expert, but he’s a concrete expert. I asked him if the Oroville would fail and he said if the water tops the spillway one more time, it definitely will. Said those 5 years of no water in the lake have compromised the integrity and dried everything out. Now add maximum stress. That, plus poor maintenance.