Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Oroville Spillway 6 March NEW CLOSE UP VIDEO DETAILS ON SPILLWAY WORK
You Tube ^ | 3/8/2017 | waus

Posted on 03/08/2017 5:38:07 AM PST by waus

New video just put out by Ca. DWR shows work to date performed over the past weekend. Great video showing damage and construction.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; construction; dam; oroville
Excellent video of the dam damage and repair work.
1 posted on 03/08/2017 5:38:07 AM PST by waus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: waus

Thanks for posting. I was very pessimistic when I saw what was going on originally. The destructive hydraulic power of large volumes of water cannot be underestimated, and it didn’t look good.


2 posted on 03/08/2017 5:44:29 AM PST by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

Nice post. Very good information. Thanks


3 posted on 03/08/2017 5:45:10 AM PST by Cold War Veteran - Submarines
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

Lots of dam damage.


4 posted on 03/08/2017 5:47:28 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

WOW! Amazing video of people fixing things/building things...BIG.

Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 03/08/2017 6:04:30 AM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

Oroville 08Mar2017


6 posted on 03/08/2017 6:16:37 AM PST by ptsal
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

The narrator Juan Browne does a very good job of presenting facts of the situation. Some of the other YouTube reports have a Chicken Little air about them - “It’s the end of the WORLD!!” and obviously they are just out for subscriber hits.


7 posted on 03/08/2017 6:26:50 AM PST by CedarDave (Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: waus

The sheer scale of the damage to the spillway is gigantic. How are they possibly going to fill in the eroded canyon between the broken end of the spillway and the river? It looks like a multiyear project to fix the spillway — can it possibly be done in 6 or 7 months? What state will it be in for the new rainy season starting Oct or Nov 2017?


8 posted on 03/08/2017 6:34:41 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom
How are they possibly going to fill in the eroded canyon between the broken end of the spillway and the river?

Why bother? Leave it as it is...

9 posted on 03/08/2017 7:01:49 AM PST by RedWing9 (Jesus Rocks Zero Sucks)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

There’s a much closer deadline to worry about. The CA DWR plans to start releasing water over that very damaged spillway when the lake level reaches 860 ft. At this link (https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?ORO) you can see where the lake level is (858.7’ as of 0700 PST). It won’t be long at all before the lake reaches the DWR’s ‘must release more water’ decision point.


10 posted on 03/08/2017 7:18:43 AM PST by HiJinx (It's Morning in America Once Again)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Put a portable cement plant up there and base-fill the erosion with controlled density fill (2-3 sack slurry), then form the new spillway on it and pour it (concrete).


11 posted on 03/08/2017 7:50:33 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: waus
Good.

Thanks for posting.

12 posted on 03/08/2017 8:31:06 AM PST by blam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom
The sheer scale of the damage to the spillway is gigantic. How are they possibly going to fill in the eroded canyon between the broken end of the spillway and the river? It looks like a multiyear project to fix the spillway — can it possibly be done in 6 or 7 months? What state will it be in for the new rainy season starting Oct or Nov 2017?

They don't have that long. The 20 foot snowpack in the Sierra-Nevada range will start melting very soon. That water has to go somewhere!

13 posted on 03/08/2017 8:36:30 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Disambiguator

Link to the “big” thread on this, just to keep everyone on the same page(s)...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3524221/posts?page=2315


14 posted on 03/08/2017 11:20:01 AM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Disambiguator

Good point. I’m so used to the past five years of drought and thinking that you would have all summer and fall with a completely dry spillway. It’s interesting that there have been no updates on plans and schedules on how to fix the spillway and how to prepare for all the coming snowmelt.


15 posted on 03/09/2017 6:29:18 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson