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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: sissyjane; SE Mom; WildHighlander57; CedarDave
681
posted on
02/13/2017 4:17:12 PM PST
by
maggief
To: WildHighlander57
To: maggief
Did you see the deep hole, and the large cracks next to it??? AND that is BEHIND the spillway. Holy Moly!
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 -))
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
To: maggief
why would they start there thats like the furthest possible point away from the water
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
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
To: janetjanet998
It’s behind the spillway. On the lake side.
To: maggief
690
posted on
02/13/2017 4:33:14 PM PST
by
maggief
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 -))
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.
.
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)
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
To: maggief
694
posted on
02/13/2017 4:47:11 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle mom)
To: sissyjane; WildHighlander57; abb; SE Mom; CedarDave; janetjanet998
695
posted on
02/13/2017 4:49:59 PM PST
by
maggief
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
To: maggief
697
posted on
02/13/2017 4:54:44 PM PST
by
maggief
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 -))
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
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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