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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 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
“seepage along the fence post...per scanner”What fence post? Where?
661
posted on
02/13/2017 3:43:06 PM PST
by
CedarDave
(Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
To: sissyjane
The dispatcher asked somebody to photograph the seepage.
662
posted on
02/13/2017 3:43:17 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: CedarDave
Thanks, that’s good to know.
663
posted on
02/13/2017 3:43:55 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: HKMk23; KC Burke; meyer; tomkat
664
posted on
02/13/2017 3:44:48 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: janetjanet998
Apparently reports on scanner about seepage along the fence post.
is that some water flowing under the spillway or just a reflection or something
604 posted on 02/13/2017 12:53:50 PM PST by janetjanet998
665
posted on
02/13/2017 3:45:13 PM PST
by
maggief
To: rdl6989
I think it’s the levy near Walnut Grove that is seeping
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To: sissyjane
To: CedarDave
See pic in post #665.
Fence is bottom, left.
668
posted on
02/13/2017 3:48:35 PM PST
by
maggief
To: CedarDave
There is a fence at the bottom of this picture which is at the north end of the emergency spillway. The picture is from this morning.
669
posted on
02/13/2017 3:48:44 PM PST
by
CedarDave
(Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
To: sissyjane
I think it’s the levy near Walnut Grove that is seepingWHEW!
670
posted on
02/13/2017 3:50:50 PM PST
by
CedarDave
(Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
To: sissyjane
671
posted on
02/13/2017 3:52:41 PM PST
by
maggief
To: maggief
672
posted on
02/13/2017 3:55:30 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: RayChuang88; maggief
673
posted on
02/13/2017 3:56:30 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: CedarDave
Forgot to mention that logs were jammed up against the fence when water was spilling over.
674
posted on
02/13/2017 4:02:07 PM PST
by
maggief
To: WildHighlander57
Watching a local report on KCRA.TV. They just showed one of the helicopters dropping a bag of rocks in a hole on the OTHER side of the spillway. At the far edge of the parking lot.
To: sissyjane
they had bags ready to go all day..why would they start just before dark?
To: janetjanet998
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The questions definitely out number the answers in this fiasco!
.
677
posted on
02/13/2017 4:07:55 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: janetjanet998
They just got the approval.
To: sissyjane; HKMk23; maggief
679
posted on
02/13/2017 4:14:24 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: WildHighlander57
It was at the OTHER end of the parking lot. It was a deep hole.
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