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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.
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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: abb
Presser about to go live, FWIW.
#CYA
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:11:44 PM PST
by
maggief
To: janetjanet998
If someone gets a pic if Jerry Brown in a raft, ping me.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:12:20 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: SE Mom
Controlled flow in the main spillway has been nearly doubled to 100,000 CFS.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:13:14 PM PST
by
snarkpup
(Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge, if they aren't already.)
To: maggief
To: stars & stripes forever
Roads are like a parking lot advising people to take route south, or even southeast to get out of Dodge.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:14:02 PM PST
by
mware
(RETIRED)
To: jennychase
Where is that vantage point?
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:14:51 PM PST
by
maggief
To: dragnet2
NAW..they’ll just beem him up outta there.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:15:01 PM PST
by
crz
To: snarkpup
That might just save them if it holds up.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:15:56 PM PST
by
crz
To: Thibodeaux; maggief
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:17:01 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: jennychase
Whoa. That bridge could be washed out. Hope there’s time to get everyone out.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:17:14 PM PST
by
randita
(PLEASE STOP ALL THE WORTHLESS VANITIES!)
To: meyer
Why was this dam not maintained? The people of this area have a right to go after the state. While they spent money supporting people from other countries these good, hard working Californians were left on their own
To: randita
If the spillway goes, they are going to lose the whole town.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:18:59 PM PST
by
mware
(RETIRED)
To: maggief
Was live, the helicopter headed back to base after dark...
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:19:15 PM PST
by
Drago
To: McGavin999
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:19:33 PM PST
by
maggief
To: jennychase
Holy crap...that water is coming down toward the bridge.
God be with these people.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:20:04 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
To: maggief
As the following choppercam photo shows, thousands of people are scrambling to evacuate the downstream areas.
To: mware
I’m watching the water change color as the extra water erodes the river banks.
This has a horrible Katrina-like feel to it. Not the deaths, but the political games that caused them between Blank-o and W.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:22:30 PM PST
by
txhurl
(The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
To: jennychase
Cops need to clear that traffic jam NOW!
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:24:09 PM PST
by
meyer
(The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
To: 4Liberty
Drudge needs to re-prioritize his home page...the dam is a MUCH BIGGER story than that singer and her dress.
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:24:41 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: maggief
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posted on
02/12/2017 6:25:37 PM PST
by
snarkpup
(Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge, if they aren't already.)
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