Not sure if you caught the video in post #1014:
Look at the massive water flow of the Feather River, Sacramento River and Lake Oroville 3:02
http://www.sacbee.com/news/weather/article132587659.html
The environmental damage to the fisheries has already taken place with all of the silt deposited. Although that used to be a natural event before the dam, so it will recover, and probably have some benefits as well.
Familiar sights. We used to see the Sacramento river flooding the area on a regular basis in the 50’s and 60’s when we would drive through Sacramento on our way to Tahoe. The freeway was raised so we would just zip by the whole thing just like the vehicles in the latter part of the video.
Thanks, I didn’t see this.
Vivid proof of what Mariner and I have been posting re, “Where can all the newly released water go, with the additional rain and coming snow melt.”
http://www.sacbee.com/news/weather/article132587659.html