[freds6girlies]

Yes. Rain supposed to start Wed. night followed by seven days of rain off and on.

[bunster]

“Rain supposed to start Wed night followed by seven days of rain off and on.”

Those poor evacuees will be out of homes ‘til summer. I can’t imagine the Gov allowing people to go back when the Spring runoff will start soon — too much liability. PLUS if it were you who was evacuated would you actually be able to sleep at night once home? Most folks probably never thought too much about that dam ‘til now.

[Lady Heron]

Looks like they are going to have 3 days to shore up the dam which is good, problem comes with how wet the earth is during these less than ideal repairs. Other problems depend on leaks and how much water can be released from the dam before the next set of water hits the lake.

The reporting on the reality of the danger regarding this dam is horrendous. While they are hopeful, it will be months before they are sure they are out of danger. People below the dam need to be given a realistic picture of what repairing this dam means to them in terms of all the dangers that there could be in structural damage and how they could manifest.