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To: Texas Eagle

The bridges would be what would worry me. That overflow spillway is going to probably pick up a lot of trees and debris. The first downstream bridge in Oroville looks like it will probably be OK. But those next two look lower and look like they might catch some debris. Hopefully the earthquake proofing will be of some help in withstanding additional pressure. And the three bridges in use there look to be fairly new.


23 posted on 02/11/2017 8:54:15 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
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A debris boom on the upper arm of Lake Don Pedro preventing trees and dead wood , torn loose be the heavy flow in the Tuolumne River, from floating into the main part of the lake.

Boaters remain wary of collisions with "dead head" logs. Floating inches below the surface and weighing up to 800 pounds,these invisible hazards can destroy a boat at just about any speed.

Going up for a sail later today. Don Pedro is at 825' this morning, 5' from full.

1997 was epic when they miscalculated runoff, opened spillway gates and caused major flooding and damage.

30 posted on 02/11/2017 9:06:14 AM PST by keat
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