That link in #896 is video .. mp4
ProFryan
Posted: Today 7:36:58 PM EST
Looks like they will have room for about 3 inches of rain on the watershed
Unconfirmed report:
https://www.peakprosperity.com/comment/204051#comment-204051
BREAKING: Another Failure Point Just Reared Its Head
From our source (an anonymous command team member) on site at Oroville:
The debris from the erosion in the primary spillway, combined with the debris from the use of the emergency spillway, has collected where those spillways run off into the Feather River.
This is causing the waters to back up towards the dam itself, and have flooded the power station there. In addition, a wall associated with the power station is about to fail, which will add to the damage/destruction to the facility.
So now things have become a lot worse:
The power station is not going to be operational again for a long time. And will likely be very costly to repair/rebuild.
The 17,000 cfps outlet for the dam located near the power station is now no longer an option. Given that, and given that the emergency spillway is in such dire shape, the compromised primary spillway is now the only option for reducing the water level behind the dam.
The turbulence of the waters swirling around the spillway debris may likely increase the erosion factor of the dam’s earthen berm, increasing the odds for a catastrophic failure.
We’ll report more as we learn of it.