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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: sissyjane; SE Mom; WildHighlander57; CedarDave

WTH?! That’s the far side of the parking lot where helicopters are dropping bags of rocks.

http://www.kcra.com/article/live-video-kcra-3/6811856


681 posted on 02/13/2017 4:17:12 PM PST by maggief
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To: WildHighlander57

https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/831295308214595585


682 posted on 02/13/2017 4:18:50 PM PST by sissyjane
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To: maggief

Did you see the deep hole, and the large cracks next to it??? AND that is BEHIND the spillway. Holy Moly!


683 posted on 02/13/2017 4:20:47 PM PST by sissyjane
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To: sissyjane

Looks like the entire lower half of the primary spillway is completely trashed.


684 posted on 02/13/2017 4:22:40 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: sissyjane

Yes! Definitely an ‘oh sh!t’ moment.

Wow.

Surfing for a screen cap ....


685 posted on 02/13/2017 4:24:53 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

why would they start there thats like the furthest possible point away from the water


686 posted on 02/13/2017 4:26:12 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: rdl6989; CedarDave
It would be nice to see where this seepage might take place by locating it on a cross-section like this.


687 posted on 02/13/2017 4:27:44 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: janetjanet998
Perhaps it's undermining the spillway itself, eroding from beneath.

They may ass well throw sacks of money down that hole.


688 posted on 02/13/2017 4:30:47 PM PST by maggief
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To: janetjanet998

It’s behind the spillway. On the lake side.


689 posted on 02/13/2017 4:31:02 PM PST by sissyjane
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To: maggief

Oops, s/b “as”.

LOL!


690 posted on 02/13/2017 4:33:14 PM PST by maggief
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To: sissyjane

I see a concrete pumper truck in the video


691 posted on 02/13/2017 4:33:38 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: HKMk23

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>> “This is a very serious situation.” <<

Indeed!

But not one that cannot be addressed with fairly routine procedures.

Bentonite clay is frequently used to deal with such seepage, but if there is turbulence from flows going over the weir it could be difficult to apply.

The work is typically done by divers.

Another concern is that a possible earthquake, up to 5.0 magnitude has been predicted by a freelance seismologist that has a fairly good record.

There are going to be lots of jitters around here for the next few days.
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692 posted on 02/13/2017 4:36:10 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
VERY informative thread here:

https://www.metabunk.org/oroville-dam-spillway-failure.t8381/page-9

693 posted on 02/13/2017 4:37:58 PM PST by Thud
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To: maggief

Man oh man.


694 posted on 02/13/2017 4:47:11 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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695 posted on 02/13/2017 4:49:59 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

There’s some serious wishful thinkin’ goin’ on right there .. sheeez !


696 posted on 02/13/2017 4:53:44 PM PST by tomkat
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697 posted on 02/13/2017 4:54:44 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

It may take while to get geared up, but once things get rolling, ain’t NOBODY IN THE WORLD can fix sh!t better than Americans!!!

Once the politicians are run off, and the adults take over, stuff happens!


698 posted on 02/13/2017 5:00:42 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: maggief

NOTE:

Image is not from today ... just trying to put the parking lot rock dump in perspective.


699 posted on 02/13/2017 5:03:17 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

All these aerial shots are showing the truth, that, as Mr. Cahill pointed out is in short supply. There’s more holes, more potential problem areas than I think they’re saying.

Earlier I heard that temps will be in 60’s and 70’s..snow melting will start adding to the mess.


700 posted on 02/13/2017 5:17:15 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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