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Woo hoo! Dam disaster averted! Evacuation lifted! Praise God! Thank you, FRiends!
n/a | Feb. 14, 2017 | Texas Eagle

Posted on 02/14/2017 2:09:51 PM PST by Texas Eagle

Praise God and thank all you FReepers for your prayers and offers of assistance!


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KEYWORDS: california; dam; evacuation; evacuations; lakeoroville; oroville; orovilledam
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To: Texas Eagle

Amen Texas Eagle...I lived in Live Oak for a number of years in the mid 1980’s and the size of the dam and watching for boils along the Feather river during heavy storms was always a bit stressful.
Freegards
LEX


21 posted on 02/14/2017 2:30:56 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: commish

We are not letting our guards down. But lifting the mandatory evacuation is a huge improvement in the situation.


22 posted on 02/14/2017 2:30:58 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: commish

Trump would do well to tell brown to take a long walk on a short dock when Brown comes begging for money.

You broke it, you fix it Jerry. And start yesterday


23 posted on 02/14/2017 2:31:23 PM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: Texas Eagle
Just a ps if you're so inclined:

With everyone streaming back into the area, this might be good time to consider reservations at some motel or other on higher ground.

I'd imagine there'll be lots of empty rooms by tonight or tomorrow . . .

24 posted on 02/14/2017 2:31:32 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Texas Eagle

Please review this:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33.6792&lon=-117.6312#.WKOFHv4zXyc


25 posted on 02/14/2017 2:31:55 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It's a war against humanity!" Donald J. Trump)
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To: Thibodeaux

:^)


26 posted on 02/14/2017 2:32:07 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Nifster

Yup. Wait until after the coming storm.


27 posted on 02/14/2017 2:33:11 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Bttt.

5.56mm


28 posted on 02/14/2017 2:34:31 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: commish

They are going to need to increase the capacity of the channelized river downstream to at least 2x what it is now. And build a spillway that can actually handle 300k cfs.


29 posted on 02/14/2017 2:36:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Get the hell out of there by the next rainfall. This will not end well.


30 posted on 02/14/2017 2:38:03 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher
If the auxiliary spillway fails now, whatever water flows through it now will not have the force it would've if it had failed when it was at or near the top. We are 8 hours away from any water getting to us and it will rise much slower now than it otherwise would've.

The people of Oroville, Gridley and Biggs will have far less time to react if it goes. Keep them in your prayers.

31 posted on 02/14/2017 2:43:44 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

Stay safe and vigilant. The state won’t give you adequate warning


32 posted on 02/14/2017 2:48:42 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: RFEngineer

looking at pictures and diagrams and judgement


33 posted on 02/14/2017 2:51:42 PM PST by Thibodeaux (the long night is over)
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To: PAR35
That section you were worried about near the parking lot IS the emergency spillway. Water was over topping the dam there as it is supposed to. They were worried about erosion at the base of that spillway as it had never been used since the dam was built. The hole in the main spillway was another problem altogether.
34 posted on 02/14/2017 2:56:04 PM PST by SunTzuWu
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To: Thibodeaux

I looked at them too. I’d have evacuated before the order.

I would move loved ones out for the next couple of weeks if I was in the area and inventory stuff I really didn’t want to be under water.

Sure maybe there is a 1% chance of failure, but that’s enough.

Government incompetence is often (usually) unquantifiable. Read up on the levee districts in new Orleans.

You have no idea of the condition of the dam/reservoir. Nobody does, because they haven’t checked thoroughly. It’s going to be full again next week. How much do you trust in government?

Evacuate when the rain comes.


35 posted on 02/14/2017 3:01:00 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: Texas Eagle

Uh...it ain’t over yet.

Check Thursday forecast and the in-flow/out-flow rates.

I suggest you use the time to get more belongings to higher ground.

But, YES, Continued Prayers!


36 posted on 02/14/2017 3:05:57 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Texas Eagle

You have FReepmail.


37 posted on 02/14/2017 3:07:33 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: PAR35

Exactly! There’s still more rain in the forecast and there is already some major damage. I wouldn’t relax just yet. I’d probably use this time to start gathering up personal items and moving to to storage on higher ground.


38 posted on 02/14/2017 3:13:43 PM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Keep your bug out bag and gear ready still. Still a lot of winter left and the repairs are not permanent. Not out of the woods yet n


39 posted on 02/14/2017 3:15:08 PM PST by Godzilla (1/20/2017)
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To: RFEngineer

+1 bigly


40 posted on 02/14/2017 3:16:27 PM PST by tomkat
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