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Emergency: California’s Oroville Dam Spillway Near Failure, Evacuations Ordered
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| Feb 12, 2017
| Joel B. Pollak1
Posted on 02/12/2017 4:26:47 PM PST by janetjanet998
Edited on 02/12/2017 9:33:58 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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The California Department of Water Resources issued a sudden evacuation order shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday for residents near the Oroville Dam in northern California, warning that the dams emergency spillway would fail in the next 60 minutes.
The Oroville Dam is the highest in the nation.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: butte; california; dam; dwr; evacuation; lakeoroville; liveoroville; moonbeamcanyon; moonbeammadness; oroville; orovilledam; orovillelive; runaway; spillway; sutter; water; yuba
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To: maggief; All
1,241
posted on
02/17/2017 2:28:57 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: tomkat
Are they evacuating people yet?
1,242
posted on
02/17/2017 2:31:29 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: boxlunch; maggief; All
M.E.L.
@lee_bowen
5m
Something Going On At #orovilledam — Inaccurate Inflow Readings, Radio Switched To Secure Channel, Radar Anomalies on Weather Radars #MAGA
1,243
posted on
02/17/2017 2:34:59 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
To: SE Mom
1,244
posted on
02/17/2017 2:38:57 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: pax_et_bonum
Dunno, but won't be surprised if that happens before much of next week slips by.
Still can't help feeling that there's a whole buncha wishful thinking going on amongst the suits 'in charge' of this CF :-\
And of course, if/when the muddy water hits the fan, they'll all most likely be miles and miles away.
That link upthread to Cahill's essay re the men who built this thing vs the devolution since then is both magnificent and absolutely spot on.
To: meyer
Inflows are back to 24,000 again for hour ending 1400 (2 PM Pacific Time). The outflow is 75,000, and it was stated in the news conference that they were going to 70,000 over a 2 hour period. We’ll see in about 15-20 minutes what the 1500 hour brings us.
1,246
posted on
02/17/2017 2:46:27 PM PST
by
meyer
(The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
To: tomkat
Too bad Cahill hasn’t been in charge of this whole thing.
I hope that most people are evacuating without being told.
1,247
posted on
02/17/2017 2:47:40 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: maggief
five others were terminated for posting on social media from the worksite Maybe the e something knight guy on youtube that posted the video of the worksite and said the dam is going to fail?
To: SE Mom
A couple sheriffs showed up at Sean’s house while he was on the way to Oroville. Apparently he trespassed on private land.
To: maggief
I was praying last night that the people in Oroville get enough warning to get out in time.
I watched youtube videos of the St. Francis Dam collapse in 1928 in the LA area and the Johnstown PA dam collapse in 1889. Awful.
To: maggief
To: maggief
1,252
posted on
02/17/2017 3:10:57 PM PST
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: daisy12
Probably, and the National Guardsman likely got in trouble, too.
Another wire cut coming up, per scanner.
To: pax_et_bonum; SE Mom
From another forum:
Scanner: Seepage increased to 21 (from 9 I think it was earlier).
To: maggief
1,255
posted on
02/17/2017 3:20:53 PM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: maggief
I wonder what is going on with the backhoe
1,256
posted on
02/17/2017 3:22:44 PM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: maggief
At the backhoe location during good times
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5337833,-121.5024944,3a,73.7y,100.66h,82.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-vpzbXKxKxTc%2FVb6qmo0i3cI%2FAAAAAAAAIrM%2FjdFQsVGEcS4_vSL9cN2I-bGHlImIz1fMwCJkC!2e4!3e12!7i2508!8i1254
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5341668,-121.5012161,3a,73.7y,337.29h,84.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-mnAeHpogXtM%2FVvRnhZ6zRVI%2FAAAAAAABBxk%2F_gGQIph4u3osSgteFaieV8lA-SYtPGxWgCLIB!2e4!3e12!7i7680!8i3840
1,257
posted on
02/17/2017 3:24:35 PM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: maggief
Inflow at 33292:
02/17/2017 15:00 858.78 2927864 75127 33292 87481 36.12 13.4
To: daisy12
Maybe the e something knight guy He was the first one I thought of.
To paraphrase: truth is the first casualty of political malfeasance.
To: maggief
Seepage. Where, exactly? That seems a big increase. Also wondering what’s going on with that new muddy stream ..
It’s a race. I’ll say this- when you see the work these guys are doing up there, its fantastic. They’re kicking butt. Choppers non stop, trucks with huge loads, concrete mixers..all kinds of equipment.
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posted on
02/17/2017 3:40:03 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
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