Posted on 02/13/2017 8:47:52 AM PST by Trumpnation
Amature video shot today close to the dam.
I feel better already.
“Are the evacuees allowed to come back yet?”
I have no idea. I imagine they will wait until the water level drops quite a bit on the emergency spillway...and probably only give windows of time to pick up possessions, due to threat of rain.
And am I getting this right..? they aren’t using the floodgates because there’s stumps/debris that might get stuck in the turbines?
Made for better global-warming hysteria to continue to draw down Lake Mead instead.
Yes the reporting has been less than forthcoming.
Any weak spot will be maximized by the water in that dam and they just don’t know the true status.
I’ve warned my kids in the Sac. area to be ready to head for our home in the hills just as they packed bug out bags during fire season up here when they were younger.
I haven’t heard that...but really only a small flow goes through the tunnels and into the turbines. I suspected they would shut that off anyway, since they had to cut down the power lines...nowhere for the juice to go.
No, because of the terrain, there are ridges between. As the crow flies its not far away, but as water flows, its miles away according to the Dam Inundation Map. Hearing that town is empty and everything is closed. No groceries, gas, whatever. Think the Indian Casinos are still open. Why not? Maybe buffet tonight. Anyway, we are fine and working like busy little bees doing what we do to get ready for our season.
That’s sort of THE essence of your job, isn’t it? I mean any one can watch a damn hold water, but watching what happens AROUND the dam to plan is the single most important job, aside from maintenance and inspection.
abigkahuna?! I hope you have your surf board waxed up!
1. The town of Oroville southwest to Gridley--possibly under 25-40 feet of water.
2. Everything down the Feather River south to the Marysville/Yuba City area, where it could be hit with a ten-foot high "wall" of water within 12 hours of the spillway failure.
3. The Sutter and Yolo Bypasses, already under 20 of water as I type this. This could overwhelm the protective levees around the bypasses, and that could put Knights Landing, West Sacramento (and the westernmost parts of Sacramento), Woodland, Davis and even Dixon in danger.
4. That surge of water could put many towns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in danger, especially from Rio Vista south, since the outlet of the Yolo Bypass is near Rio Vista.
5. Towns like Antioch, Pittsburg, and Martinez could be threatened from rising water levels.
6. The San Pablo Bay could suddenly have a rise in levels, and that could threaten every town along San Pablo Bay and the oil refineries, too.
7. They may have to consider evacuating the eastern shoreline of San Francisco, since that surge of water could threaten many of San Francisco's piers.
We're talking a dam spillway collapse that could affect several million people. :-(
The video shows water coming down the main spillway. Nobody said they were going to shut that spillway off.
In flow of water is 44,000 cubic feet per second. They had to release 100,000 to lower the levels. If they stop releasing water it’s only a matter of hours before it’s at the top again.
“In flow of water is 44,000 cubic feet per second. “
About a third of what was at the max.
They hate all of us and are STILL shameless enough to come to us with their hand out.
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