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Oroville Dam: What made the spillway collapse? (California)
San Jose Mercury News and Propaganda ^
| February 17, 2017
| Paul Rogers, Coverup Department
Posted on 02/18/2017 4:49:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Paladin2
Don ho died from tiny bubbles in his brain
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:09:37 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: Navy Patriot
"Why then was Moonbeam Brown's DemoRat run California unwilling to spend one dime in 35 years, to prevent the absolute disaster of the near collapse of the Oroville Dam?" 1. The counties downstream hold a majority Republican population.
2. (More importantly) Federal and State funds were shoveled into the coffers of Granite Construction, heavy contributors to Democratic candidates in California, to construct a completely useless, albeit massively expensive, spillway project at Folsom Dam. The spillway repair at Oroville was just too diminimus to waste Granite's time.
But, if you just try to prove this unwarranted accusation, expect to find yourself as a bunkmate with Jimmy Hoffa.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:11:15 PM PST
by
Thommas
(The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
To: rfp1234
To: blueplum
Because the dems are so narrow-minded in their thinking that spending an actual half a million in repairs to save a potential 200 million in repairs is a concept they are unable to process.If only Cali would have given the General Contractors EBT cards, they could have done the job in a flash.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:12:37 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America returns to the Rule of Law)
To: HerrBlucher
Wish I had bought that boat I was considering last fall!![](https://img.clipartfest.com/77aa607f19c6b89cd35d34429ab2b327_46-cigarette-boat_605-247.jpeg)
This situation will allow us to smuggle tax free cigarettes into Sacto!
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:18:08 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America returns to the Rule of Law)
To: al baby
"...the cause was heart failure, his daughter Dayna Ho said."
You made me look...
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:19:23 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Navy Patriot
as a mechanical engineer into fluid dynamics, cavitation was likely present, it always is. But beyond cavitation once you get a hole started you’ve got turbulent circulation going which will pound the crap out of everything. So maintenance was the problem, not dealing with the minor repairs that cavitation may have started.
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:20:09 PM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Recompennation
looked like a crappy foundation job from the pics i saw.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:22:35 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Navy Patriot; blueplum
Because the dems are so narrow-minded in their thinking that spending an actual half a million in repairs to save a potential 200 million in repairs is a concept they are unable to process. The kickback from 200 million is a lot better than the kickback from half a million!
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:22:49 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Navy Patriot
EXPANSION JOINTS HAVE TO BE CAULKED.
Everything else is misdirection.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:23:46 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Navy Patriot; blueplum
Because the dems are so narrow-minded in their thinking that spending an actual half a million in repairs to save a potential 200 million in repairs is a concept they are unable to process. Making repairs on a dam may get you a couple of inches of print in the local paper with 20 thousand readers at best.
Spending billions on a high speed train from nowhere to nowhere will get you national press over and over again.
Its a simple choice when you are an ambitious politician with delusions of grandeur.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:29:42 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Recompennation
One of the contributing factors that I saw mentioned early on is growth of trees and brush in the emergency spillway. As the water poured through, they were uprooted creating holes which caused serious erosion. Without the growth, the water would have flowed more smoothly over the surface, as designed.
Lack of maintenance and inadequate inspections are pretty likely causes in this layman’s view.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:32:35 PM PST
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: Paladin2
Cavitation is just a guess from someone NOT at the site.
To: Navy Patriot
It’s obviously the fault of the delta smelt burrowing in all the weak spots.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:43:52 PM PST
by
Rinnwald
To: Navy Patriot
Criminal negligence is probably closer to the truth.
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To: Karl Spooner
Criminal negligence is probably closer to the truth.Thanks for the evidence Karl, you got 'em cold.
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:54:49 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America returns to the Rule of Law)
To: Navy Patriot
“one of Americas deadliest dam failures”
When did that happen?
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posted on
02/18/2017 5:55:51 PM PST
by
caver
(Trump: Home of the Winner)
To: caver
one of Americas deadliest dam failuresWhen did that happen?
That is the Author's misdirection.
This article is the start of an MSM narrative of a "scientific principle" as cause of failure rather than criminally negligent maintenance and inspection failure on the part of California Public Employees and Politicians.
Please note the attribution to newspaper and author in the post's header.
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posted on
02/18/2017 6:07:08 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America returns to the Rule of Law)
To: Navy Patriot
Oh, I know. The first couple of sentences in the article is enough totally discount any further verbiage.
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posted on
02/18/2017 6:09:23 PM PST
by
caver
(Trump: Home of the Winner)
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