The spillway doesn’t appear at present to be in immediate danger so evacuation should be successful. It sounds as if the real threat comes midweek with additional rainfall. What is the practical reality for these towns, is typical flood damage mitigation such as sandbagging and portable sump pumps out of the question? Is there insufficient high ground for emergency personnel and police to remain and go to work trying to minimize damage and prevent looting?
I don’t know a thing about flooding so I probably shouldn’t even be commenting in the first place.
Maybe there will be some miracle and rain won’t finish off the whole dam.
It doesn’t look good to me at all.
I’m afraid it will start a domino effect from hell from more rain and melting snowpack on top of everything else. There are a lot of levees in this state. Sometimes I wonder what would be left if they all failed and I just hurry up and push that thought out of my head.
I’m sure this will cause long lasting statewide problems.