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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: Tax-chick
I think you meant your comment for Farmer Dean at post 21.

All those state officials will live out their lives with gold-plated pensions and health insurance benefits.

Could be very short lives, depending on the severity of this disaster. If lives are lost due to these officials' incompetence, there may be a price exacted that no one can stop.

81 posted on 02/12/2017 6:19:05 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: SpaceBar

You might want to double check in that


82 posted on 02/12/2017 6:19:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Mariner

We have beenb given the evac order. Staying put even though we are technically in the flood zone. We are literally down the street from the dam but opposite of the river. We are safe. Roads are gridlocked. There is no where for us to go anyway. Downtown is in danger as well as other areas.

It is ready to go in minutes


83 posted on 02/12/2017 6:19:43 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: apostoli

Thank you. This looks dreadful...


84 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:03 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Mariner
Weren't the all-knowing "authorities" telling the public that there was nothing to worry about the other day?


Remain calm. All is well!
85 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Mariner

Live video:

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=vV8RYHcEU08


86 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:29 PM PST by MikeJ
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To: Jamestown1630

Good link!


87 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:29 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: umgud
I live below a dam, but purposely built out of its path.

Oakland (CA, SF East Bay) has a number of people who live below dams (Lake Temescal and Lake Chabot, on or near the Hayward Fault, respectively), but some say the damage (e.g. in the event of a major earthquake) would be limited. Both are earthen dams.

https://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/two-dams/

88 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:49 PM PST by thecodont
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To: 21twelve

This is a criminal lapse of judgment. You cannot evacuate that many people in that short a time. It’s going to be like the freeways of LA, a parking lot. Most people who aren’t paying attention to the news won’t even know unless they are blaring sirens.

Gross incompetence. This is very bad.

I am much further south but I would have had my bug out essentials packed yesterday. I keep thinking of the World Trade Center instructions to stay in the building, everything is fine. You can’t trust them.


89 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:49 PM PST by daisy12
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To: Farmer Dean

From what I understand , it isn’t the Dam they expect to fail but the Spillway...or roadway actually...


90 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:52 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: kjam22

“Here comes an opportunity for negotiation.”

The Stafford Act dictates the processes by which a state asks for and gets disaster relief. I don’t think it allows negotiations.


91 posted on 02/12/2017 6:20:58 PM PST by DBrow
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To: MikeJ

https://livestream.com/KRCR/events/3724366?t=1486950431517

live from KRCR channel 7!


92 posted on 02/12/2017 6:21:38 PM PST by apostoli ("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
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To: The_Media_never_lie; SamAdams76

There is usually a delay on these sorts of things, then all of a sudden its the lead story. Give them an hour or two.


93 posted on 02/12/2017 6:21:40 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Mariner

George Bush’s fault! Couldn’t be gov moonbeam’s. when was this built and who was gov?


94 posted on 02/12/2017 6:21:52 PM PST by Billyv (Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
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To: proxy_user

As soon as they figure out how to blame Trump.


95 posted on 02/12/2017 6:22:21 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Tax-chick

Is this the same dam that began to overflow into the spillway last week and the “officials” said everything was ok? Hope everyone gets out in time and stays safe.


96 posted on 02/12/2017 6:22:37 PM PST by fivecatsandadog (WE WON. GET OVER IT.)
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To: abigkahuna

Take care brother....remember NOLA


97 posted on 02/12/2017 6:22:42 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Jamestown1630

If they are really ordering an evacuation, then why are they not using ALL lanes.

This happened during a hurricane in the Charleston, SC area and the government did not plan an all lane evacuation. This resulted in people spending 8-10 hours in the car stalled in traffic, and could have been a disaster had the hurricane hit and not veered off to sea. It takes a lot of planning by emergency planners to do an all lane evacuation, and in South Carolina after the near disaster, the governor ordered an all lane evacuation planning for the next time.

I hope no one is endangered by lack of all lane evacuation planning.


98 posted on 02/12/2017 6:22:46 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: Doogle

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99 posted on 02/12/2017 6:22:56 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Mariner

We always assumed it would be an earthquake that would push California into the Pacific...


100 posted on 02/12/2017 6:23:40 PM PST by null and void (Trump's critics have evolved from expecting Trump to be Hitler to preferring it.)
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