Posted on 02/18/2017 11:05:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
They want the dams to *go away* - they just drained and removed the Hetch Hetchee dam out there.”””
The Enviro-Nazis” want the dams removed.
How much of San Francisco’s water came from that dam??? Over 50%, I think.
IIRC- Flood insurance is separate insurance, just like earthquake insurance is. NOT part of a standard home owner’s policy.
If they tell me to evacuate again, I will.
In the evacuation notice, they were crystal clear to say there was a small but definitive chance that the 30-foot tall emergency spillway could collapse. NOBODY stated the dam was collapsing in an hour. That is a large exaggeration.
If the lake resumes spillover level and overtops the emergency spillway, the real concern for a possibility of failure will return, and evacuations with it.
The Oroville Sheriff is not lacking in credibility. He explained everything before the fact, and explained it in better detail after the fact.
Anybody who fails to obey a mandatory evacuation order should the emergency spillway become active again with over-topping water, they are just plain foolish and gambling with their life and their families lives.
Correct, flood insurance is special and provided by Fed Gov, not your local home insurer.
Since changing the law, it takes 30 days to activate flood insurance. This was in response to people buying flood insurance while waters were rapidly rising and then getting flooded out a day later. This corresponds to the “existing condition” in Obamacare. The Fed Gov was tired of paying out to people who knew they would be flooded in the near future.
Now when you buy flood insurance during heavy rains and get flooded out a few days later, you can’t claim a thing because of the 30 day lag between purchase and effect. Good law.
FEMA is already on site as of a few days ago.
Voluntary evacuations today for the town of Maxwell
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/18/latest-voluntary-evacuations-asked-in-california-town.html
In any case, stay safe.
Praying for all you folks near the dam. There are good people out there in Butte county and surroundings...turns my stomach to see some of the vile posts out there on Facebook. Stay safe.
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