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Emergency: California’s Oroville Dam Spillway Near Failure, Evacuations Ordered
Breitbart ^ | 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. [history]

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 dam’s 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

https://mobile.twitter.com/TFMetals

This guy’s post from about 25 minutes ago.


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)
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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)
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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)
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To: SE Mom

See post 1241.


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)
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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.

1,245 posted on 02/17/2017 2:45:24 PM PST by tomkat
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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.)
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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)
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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?

1,248 posted on 02/17/2017 2:54:47 PM PST by daisy12
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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.


1,249 posted on 02/17/2017 3:05:54 PM PST by maggief
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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.


1,250 posted on 02/17/2017 3:06:04 PM PST by daisy12
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1,251 posted on 02/17/2017 3:09:08 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Wow.


1,252 posted on 02/17/2017 3:10:57 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: daisy12

Probably, and the National Guardsman likely got in trouble, too.

Another wire cut coming up, per scanner.


1,253 posted on 02/17/2017 3:13:28 PM PST by maggief
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To: pax_et_bonum; SE Mom

From another forum:

Scanner: Seepage increased to 21 (from 9 I think it was earlier).


1,254 posted on 02/17/2017 3:17:46 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

That first picture is across the river from the spillway

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5346746,-121.5037386,3a,73.7y,4.75h,81.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-DDl2vxg5tLM%2FVvRnfTAgE6I%2FAAAAAAABBx0%2FZQ7eqqAHUCImBZQtzh2UsDawP5Q5Pu1HACLIB!2e4!3e12!7i7680!8i3840


1,255 posted on 02/17/2017 3:20:53 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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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)
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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)
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To: maggief

Inflow at 33292:

02/17/2017 15:00 858.78 2927864 75127 33292 87481 36.12 13.4


1,258 posted on 02/17/2017 3:30:12 PM PST by maggief
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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.

1,259 posted on 02/17/2017 3:31:58 PM PST by tomkat
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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.


1,260 posted on 02/17/2017 3:40:03 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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