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All of Yuba County Ordered to Evacuate Immediately.
KCRA Sacramento ^ | February 12th, 2017 | KCRA Staff

Posted on 02/12/2017 5:55:03 PM PST by Mariner

"Officials are anticipating a failure of the Auxiliary Spillway at Oroville Dam within the next 60 minutes (5:45 p.m.)," the California Department of Water Resources said on Facebook.

The Yuba County Office of Emergency Services said on Facebook an evacuation has been for "all Yuba County on the valley floor."

The city of Marysville and Yuba County have been ordered to evacuate, the Marysville Police Department tweeted.

(Excerpt) Read more at kcra.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; dam; evacuation; lakeoroville; marysville; oroville; orovilledam; spillway; water; watersupply; yuba; yubacounty
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To: Mariner

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Yes, where in hell will they go?

Where will they eat?

Where will they poop?

Where will they charge their stupid electric cars?

Socialism is insane.


181 posted on 02/12/2017 6:46:34 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Windflier

I would have already hooked up our Airstream to the Tundra and headed to the high country, yesterday. By now, I would already be BBQing steaks and watching this stuff on the internet.


182 posted on 02/12/2017 6:46:50 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: apostoli

Yes but what about Fukushima?


183 posted on 02/12/2017 6:46:58 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Love Trumping Hate" sure involves a lot more assault and arson than I expected.)
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To: Lil Flower
"Should I ask why people live in these areas that could flood?"

No problem the Federal Govmnt flood insurance is cheap. It is underwritten by us taxpayers that live on high ground.

184 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:07 PM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: Billyv

The CA governor who was in office when the dam was completed and dedicated was the late Ronald Reagan.


185 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:18 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Yes, and they were being called “fear mongers” too.


186 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:37 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Lazamataz

Which feed? KCRA is not reporting any failure.


187 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:53 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Enlightened1

That water to the right in the picture is not supposed to be there. Main spillway failing first. Now unprotectected part of emergency spill way is eroding. Will be a miracle if it does not fail in a big way.


188 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:53 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Mean Daddy

I don’t remember, but someone informed me that the failure talk was about the main spillway, that big hole in it.


189 posted on 02/12/2017 6:48:45 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Love Trumping Hate" sure involves a lot more assault and arson than I expected.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Prayer for you.


190 posted on 02/12/2017 6:49:20 PM PST by rbbeachkid (Get out of its way and small business can fix the economy.)
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To: Mariner

maybe all the wonderful millions of cali illegals can help out.

pharaoh moonbeam is getting a small reckoning here.


191 posted on 02/12/2017 6:49:40 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rbbeachkid

Thank you.


192 posted on 02/12/2017 6:50:28 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Yes, my apologies. Bad clickage.


193 posted on 02/12/2017 6:50:42 PM PST by onona (Keeping the faith will be our new directive for the republic !)
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To: 11th_VA

See post #116

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3524238/posts?page=116#116


194 posted on 02/12/2017 6:50:43 PM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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To: Lazamataz

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No laz, the failure that DWR is concerned about is at the southerly end of the emergency weir.

The geology there is very “ify”


195 posted on 02/12/2017 6:51:07 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Lazamataz

What network?


196 posted on 02/12/2017 6:53:45 PM PST by OKSooner (If they're wearing masks, shoot them in the knee and then waterboard them.)
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To: Mean Daddy

KRCR was also posting “failure” of the auxiliary spillway because of the ‘leak’ and potential failure of 30’ of the top of that emergency spillway...

seems “failure” is substituted for ‘leak’ over that part of the auxiliary spillway that was causing sever erosion back towards the main spillway.

currently, they opened up the flow on the mail spillway and have caught up with the incoming amounts of water.

They are now substituting ‘failure’ with ‘overwhelmed’.


197 posted on 02/12/2017 6:54:42 PM PST by apostoli ("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
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To: abigkahuna

Keeping you under the cover of prayer.


198 posted on 02/12/2017 6:55:45 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: OKSooner

Apparantly KRCR because the announcer just said “I shouldn’t have said it was a FAILED emergency spillway.... its more about an OVERWHELMED emergency spillway....”

He’s backtracking.


199 posted on 02/12/2017 6:56:00 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Love Trumping Hate" sure involves a lot more assault and arson than I expected.)
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To: Mariner
There is a hole under the emergency spillway.

Reminds me of the Old River Control Structure (Mississippi River) near-fail in 1973.

http://www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb/FloodControl.htm

200 posted on 02/12/2017 6:56:04 PM PST by thecodont
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