Complete failure at Oroville Dam

americanthinker.com ^ | 3/18/2019 | Chriss Street

[rktman]

The $1.1 billion spent to repair Oroville Dam is failing as water is seeping through the rebuilt spillway threatens new mass evacuations over the risk of the dam collapsing.

According to national dam expert Scott Cahill of Watershed Services of Ohio, Oroville Dam is on the same failure track as in 2017, with visible water seepage trickling from the foot of the dam and dozens of points along the dam's principal spillway. Cahill warns that warming temperatures magnified by precipitation is a growing threat to the dam.

American Thinker reported on March 1 that the Sierra snow pack was at a record 113 inches, but another 44 inches fell in the next 10 days. With temperatures spiking this week to 75 degrees in the valleys and 41 degrees in the high mountains, dam inflows are running twice the outflows, and the water levels rose from 800 to 839 feet.

[Maskot]

“Cahill warns that warming temperatures magnified by precipitation is a growing threat to the dam”

Wow! This never happened before! /s

The problem is POLITICIANS. Period.

[Navy Patriot]

There’s no water coming out there.

It's seeping and that MUST be stopped or it will get worse.

Watch closely, there is significant reinforcement fill and repair activity going on as we speak.

Will it be enough and in time?

Will the Bullet Train be able to remove enough water by tank car?

Moonbeam Brown thinks so.

[Mr. Blond]

Average US IQ dropped 10pts since 1900. We’ll soon be living among the ruins of our great edifices.

[blueunicorn6]

Oops.

Look like water coming out from under the dam at the bottom.

[jonrick46]

Warning! The Man-made Climate Change Zombie threatens your pocketbook and your shirt!

[mylife]

I grew up with Scott.

[Steely Tom]

Jerry Brown was trying to steal money from the Federal taxpayers, to finance his fraud in passing a bond and not spending the money as advertised.

Jerry Brown was using the money to buy votes, which is SOP with Democrats. Works, too.

[tomkat]

American Thinker is guilty of sensational headline creation.

Famous Last Words

[blueunicorn6]

Looks like more water leaking out at the bottom of the spillway.

[Osage Orange]

If any FReeper wants the straight dope on Lake Oroville...

Or for that matter aircraft issues...seek out Juan Browne on Youtube....https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio

[maggief]

Old mega thread:

Emergency: California’s Oroville Dam Spillway Near Failure, Evacuations Ordered
Breitbart ^ | Feb 12, 2017 | Joel B. Pollak1

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3524221/posts?page=1

[rktman]

Well, if it isn’t on record, it doesn’t count.

[blueunicorn6]

Is the cement changing color?

[Carriage Hill]

Sure doesn’t look anything like it a 1-2yrs ago, when it looked like imminent failure.

[IronJack]

But the Morlocks will keep us fed.

[maggief]

Live links:

Bottom of spillway: http://www.parks.ca.gov/live/lakeorovillesra_spillway

Top of spillway: http://www.parks.ca.gov/live/lakeorovillesra_spillwaytop

[ctdonath2]

I remember that, hence my interest in “we’re heading there again”.

[ctdonath2]

More likely just the lighting changes as the sun moves.

[blueunicorn6]

You’re probably right.

[RedMonqey]

From dam expert Scott Cahill's bio:

Education
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
course study related to business - no degree
1978 – 1978
I took many classes at various colleges and through associations through the years. I never earned a degree.

Wake me up when somebody with a master's degree in engineering sounds the alarm bell.