Posted on 02/13/2017 5:48:06 AM PST by Sons of Union Vets
More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California’s largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting the evacuation of 185,000 people — could erode during heavy winter rains and cause a catastrophe.
Three environmental groups — the Friends of the River, the Sierra Club and the South Yuba Citizens League — filed a motion with the federal government on Oct. 17, 2005, as part of Oroville Dam’s relicensing process, urging federal officials to require that the dam’s emergency spillway be armored with concrete, rather than remain as an earthen hillside.
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Its Trump’s fault!
Guess what? Most of the country could not care less what happens to California.
If “Governor Moonbeam” had spent more tax dollars on the state’s degenerating infrastructure instead of his politically correct welfare state agenda, perhaps this nightmare could have been avoided.
looks like Bush’s fault.
The Global Warming politicians thought there would not be snow in the mountains after 2015 and planned accordingly.
Pray America woke
Nope. 12 years ago=Bush’s fault.
12 years ago
Bush’s fault
Arnold’s fault.
High speed rail is more important.
Or Bush’s Fault. They certainly won’t blame Obama.
“we’ll secede after we get the federal funds to rebuild”
Isn’t that the same thing that happened with Katrina and the levees? They were warned years in advance but the corrupt politicians did nothing about them.
Don’t care if California slips into the ocean.
(really isn’t a federal obligation is it?)
This is a critical infra-structure issue, and Pres. Trump should be all over it from that angle, but primarily based on the angle of thousands of US Citizens in jeopardy of life and possessions.
Look at the timing. They made sure that conveniently it was Bush’s fault. I guess no additional checks were done when Obama was in.
Make the town below the dam a “Sanctuary City”
Make the town below the dam a “Sanctuary City”
License expired in 2007.
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