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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: Grampa Dave

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3523808/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

Links to some pictures and videos.


61 posted on 02/12/2017 4:55:14 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: vette6387
Whoa! From your first link, "101% total capacity"

One does not believe that we are getting the full, complete, and truthful story here.

Good wishes and luck to the Orovillians, (and those downstream along the Feather River.)

62 posted on 02/12/2017 4:55:15 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: 11th_VA
Are you familiar with the history of the 1955 flood in Yuba City and Marysville. The two towns sit at the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers. The Yuba river comes in at sort of an angle and the gubmint told everyone in Marysville to evacuate. The the levy broke on the west side of the Feather thereby flooding Yuba City. My friend was outside and heard it. There were 7 kids and the mom left at the house, the dad had been conscripted to sandbag. The oldest boy was a polio victim still on crutches and the next oldest boy was 12. They were quite poor and had just won a TV, but there was no room for the TV in the small station wagon. They put the TV on the sofa and left for the bay area. The water inside the house was almost to the ceiling of the first floor. For three days the Red Cross hunted for them and they were finally reunited. When they plugged that TV in, it worked! There were dead chickens everywhere.

It was a shock to everyone that the levy broke where it did. The neighbors lived in a brick house and did not hear the levy break, nor did they hear the deputy on the bullhorn trying to wake every one up. They were rescued from their 2nd story roof by helicopter, there were 600 that were rescued that way.

Sounds like de-ja-vu all over again.

63 posted on 02/12/2017 4:55:20 PM PST by Battle Axe
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To: maggief

thats not the emergency spillway..thats the eroded controlled spillway


64 posted on 02/12/2017 4:56:15 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: maggief

Thaaat’s not good


65 posted on 02/12/2017 4:56:23 PM PST by digger48
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To: Farmer Dean

>Where did the money go to maintain the dam properly?pissed away on social services to illegals?

Yep. And now no doubt they want we that work for a living to pay for their idiocy. ESAS you ignorant morons and illegal enablers.


66 posted on 02/12/2017 4:56:43 PM PST by soycd
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To: jdsteel

Yep, they won’t blame Jerry Brown, they’ll blame Trump, you can bet on that.


67 posted on 02/12/2017 4:56:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: janetjanet998
BREAKING: Officials warn of collapse of emergency spillway at Oroville
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 4:44 PM PST


“They have what they expect to be an imminent failure of the axillary spillway,” said Mike Smith, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “What they’re expecting is as much as 30 vertical feet of the top of the spillway could fail and could fail within one to two hours. We don’t know how much water that means, but we do know is that’s potentially 30 feet of depth of Lake Oroville.”


68 posted on 02/12/2017 4:58:02 PM PST by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: dfwgator

May fail within the hour.


69 posted on 02/12/2017 4:58:11 PM PST by sissyjane
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To: janetjanet998

I know, but it’s not good either.


70 posted on 02/12/2017 4:58:51 PM PST by maggief
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To: digger48

Cecile Juliette KHSL @CecileJuliette 21m21 minutes ago

DWR: Officials anticipate failure of Auxiliary Spillway Oroville Dam within the next 60 minutes.


71 posted on 02/12/2017 4:59:25 PM PST by maggief
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To: janetjanet998

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Gov Moonbeam is such a godsend!

Democrat rule is about to drown thousands in the Sacramento valley.

The nation’s most powerful state is powerless to follow common sense.

President Trump: please take over the state of California immediately!

You can rename it Katrina II.
.


72 posted on 02/12/2017 4:59:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: meyer; catbertz

teeth should mean “teenth” not ten, as in “building umpteenth number of dams”.


73 posted on 02/12/2017 4:59:41 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: maggief

Glad that you posted the image. As you mentioned in your videos, the “red” water is dirt being eroded. It’s eroding fast. A little on the left side too. But there may be new concern if the spillway structure farther up near the top starts failing. Then the dam itself won’t be relevant any more.


74 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:12 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: dfwgator

LOL

Trump has nothing to do with this.

It’s all Jerry Brown, Feinstein, and Obama.


75 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:13 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: humblegunner; BigKahuna

Ther are FReepers living in harm’s way of this. I you stop being a thread cop for a minute and were following this you’d know.


76 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:33 PM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Grampa Dave

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article132332499.html

February 12, 2017 4:44 PM
BREAKING: Officials warn of collapse of emergency spillway at Oroville

By Ryan Sabalow
rsabalow@sacbee.com

Officials are warning those living downstream of Lake Oroville’s dam to evacuate because of a risk that the dam’s emergency spillway could collapse.

“They have what they expect to be an imminent failure of the axillary spillway,” said Mike Smith, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “What they’re expecting is as much as 30 vertical feet of the top of the spillway could fail and could fail within one to two hours. We don’t know how much water that means, but we do know that’s potentially 30 feet of depth of Lake Oroville.”

The Department of Water Resources, which operates the dam, said in a 4:42 p.m. Twitter post that the emergency spillway could fail within the next hour.

“Oroville residents evacuate northward,” the Tweet said.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article132332499.html#storylink=cpy


77 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:34 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: GreenLanternCorps

I think the Grand Canyon was solid earth at one time, rock infact.


78 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:40 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: jdsteel
They are desperately looking for a Republican to blame.

There's already a youtube video blaming global warming. It went up during the first couple of days.

79 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:42 PM PST by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge, if they aren't already.)
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To: janetjanet998

Found news articles on the evacuation...

http://fox40.com/2017/02/12/evacuations-ordered-for-parts-of-oroville-due-to-hazardous-situation-developing-at-emergency-spillway/

http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/butte/evacuation-orders-for-low-levels-of-oroville/330519833

http://www.kcra.com/article/evacuation-orders-issued-for-low-levels-of-oroville/8735215

I tend to be skeptical about items posted without a linked source.


80 posted on 02/12/2017 5:01:23 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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