The flood plain is 100 miles long and 40 miles wide.
That’s a LOT of evacuation.
If the dam should give way, I would think the flood water will cut the quickest path to the bay taking out everything in its way. How much warning would people have?
So far the authorities have not even shown the potential path of the flood waters. They keep saying everything will be okay. Well maybe it will be, but what if they are wrong?
Today is a nice clear warm day. No rain. This is not good. We have had record snow fall this winter. A nice clear warm day means the snow is melting. That means more run off into the lake, faster than they can empty it.
So like I said, if I could look at a map and I can see the way the flood waters would take, and I lived in that area, I would self evacuate until the dam was safe again.
Fortunately I am 100 miles south of it.