[Mariner]

Of significance this is just downstream from the confluence with the Tuolumne river which is the Don Pedro dam source.

On the San Joaquin river. Which is about 5 inches below flood stage and running 250,000- 300,000 CFS.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Prayers up for all those affected. Stay safe. Turn around, don’t drown. But definitely evacuate. Don’t make the Coast Guard come and get you!

[Steely Tom]

Hey, "stuff happens."

[latina4dubya]

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[Mariner]

ping

[jiggyboy]

“permanent drought”

[Duchess47]

Thanks. I have friends there, trying to reach them now on FB. Be hard to evacuate with two horses, four dogs and unknown amount of barn cats.

[vette6387]

Tonight should tell the story. Here is the NOAA forecast for Oroville:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Oroville&state=CA&site=STO&textField1=39.5139&textField2=-121.555&e=1#.WKvC7RjMxBw

[vette6387]

Well Don Pedro is FULL! Take a look:

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=DNP

From the graph, it looks as though they are releasing, but I guess they have no option not to.

[vette6387]

And they’ve dump a ton out of Oroville:

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=ORO

[Kevin in California]

We’re getting pummeled with rain here in California but after years of drought, it’s a welcome sight. My prayers go out to those who’ve been affected by this.

[Thud]

I drove by there on Highway 99 on the way up and back to the Sacramento airport today. It was pouring in Stockton both ways. Water levels in the Stockton-Manteca area had visibly increased on the return trip, including the Tuolumne River in Modesto.

[daisy12]

Looks like the storm went south. Oroville got its divine intervention. Another storm coming this weekend.

[Paul R.]

Wow, that’s a LOT of water - in the ballpark of the Ohio River @ Cairo, IL, on average.

I’m curious, though. Your levees are stressed, and you say the San Joaquin river is about 5 inches BELOW flood stage? Around here, the water would probably be many feet above flood stage, B4 levees were threatened at all...

[Islander2]

I remember the flood we had in the same area, near the Mossdale Y, west of Manteca. It was either ‘51 or ‘52

[AndyTheBear]

Dang I live in Tracy, a few miles from Manteca, and had not even heard of this til now. We are a little higher in elevation, so I think we are safe...but it was a very rainy day and the ground is pretty soggy out here.

[matt04]

So instead of fixing their dams during the “permanent drought” where did all the money go?

[MarMema]

I once rescued a small dog from Manteca shelter. Hope the shelter animals are safe along with the people.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Well Damn! We had a “scare” for about five minutes when the EMERGENCY BROADCAST broke in on our TV. We live about half a mile from that river.

Once they gave the location, we were relived to see it was about six miles downstream. Most of that land is farmland and there are only around 300 homes in the evacuated area.

They did a temporary repair last night and will do a more permanent repair today.

[CIB-173RDABN]

To be safe I will be topping off my car.

Also packing a suitcase, including my prescriptions. Maybe some water bottles and food.

Keep my cell phone charged.

All my important papers are in a safe in one box, I just need to lift the box out and put it in the car.

I will also be taking all my back up data HD which also live in the safe.

We keep some cash in the safe for emergency so don’t worry if ATM or credit card readers are down.

All in all we could be out the door and on the road in less than 5 minutes.

Which direction we go will depend on where the danger is.