Rain coming!
And still only half the national debt.
that’s a lot of gallons
“The Birth of Oroville Dam” - produced and directed by Mark S Lambert
5 minutes with Ronald Reagan Commemorating at the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_5udzKfLQM
By Summer they the California Government will say they’re in a drought condition..
The storm was not nearly as wet as predicted
And water weighs just over 8 pounds per gallon.
My mind has trouble wrapping around numbers that big.
My word! It’s Mother Nature’s own “rainbow of destruction” coming to California, the Rainbow Capital of the weirdos.
The only silver-lining of this storm is that it might uncover old gold veins and wash out new nuggets.
Other than that California, you’re toast, soggy toast, but still toast.
The view from a flyover back on 2/10 really makes this massive structure (the dam) look fragile...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3sRHT4vYEs
Start around 12:20...
There is a storm with my name hitting Germany and knocked out my internet. Found a work-around by using the google server to connect.
That doesn’t look good at all. Not one bit. Prudent nearby residents should be looking at vacations, stays with relatives, etc., anywhere away from there.
Hey California, how is dismantling much of the flood control system you used to have working for you?
#nofederalfunds.
Time to dig a few new lakes!
The difference now being that the watershed is saturated. No absorption for future rainfall. It all goes to the lake.
National Guard Re-Evacuation of Oroville Dam, General Denies but 8 Inches of Rain Falling (316)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDylWEyAtHA
There is basically no place for more heavy rain to go in California from the Oregone border to Mexico.
The predictable Coyote Creek flooding from the Anderson reservoir in the San Jose/Silicon Valley has been very bad.
More rain is predicted for this weekend, Sun/Mon.
The feeding reservoirs above the Oroville Dam are full and have 0 holding capacity.
That’s a lot of pineapple.
Sounds similar to the lack of Reporting on Anderson Lake and Coyote Creek in the San Jose area. Using 6th grade math last week, I was noting that with any more rain in the catchment area of the lake, there could be flooding.
Well,it happened last night and this morning.
50,000 Urged to Evacuate from Flooding in San Jose, California; Mayor Admits Failures in Flood Evacuation Order
Evacuation orders remain in effect in numerous northern California counties.
Some 50,000 residents have been urged to leave their homes in San Jose as northern California continues to deal with record flooding.
The mayor of the city came forward Wednesday and acknowledged that residents were not properly notified to evacuate during the emergency.
“If the first time a resident is aware that they need to get out of their home is when they see a firefighter in a boat, that’s a failure,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference. “We are assessing what happened in that failure.”
“We’ve got to address the needs of the families who have been displaced first,” he added. “We’ll have a lot of time to analyze what went wrong.”
Resident Sandy Moll said she had prepared for about a foot of water, but the flooding spilled over sandbags stacked 3 feet high and broke down her back door. Moll told the Mercury News that she was angry at the lack of warning.
“I’m seething,” she said. “It’s the lack of information and forewarning when they had to have known. They never even said you need to prepare for a major flood.”
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/california-flooding-impacts