Oroville Update 28 April "DWR Grilled in Gridley" - Dam Seep? [Video]

youtube ^ | 29 April 2017 | Juan Browne

[blueplum]

multiple videos in comments

[blueplum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=881_j_FiWQo

247M spent, of 275M allocated - no work on spillway started. Costs go up from claims of downstream farmers/ranchers devastated by repeated flooding by spillway limited to full on/full off. Is 836 feet too high a water level for adequate flood control? New design for 270Kcfs plus emergency spillway of 300Kcfs for 600Kcfs flowrate? Downstream levies max at 160Kcfs.

also, Apr 26 - DWR reports recap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHfCT_PsVA

separately, where are all the workers?

April 25, blasting? Oroville Dam Progress and Concerns 4 25 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjs61SzU7w

April 26, blasting hillside? Blasting Hillside | New Drone Video | Lake Oroville Dam Update 4 26 17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLSdBaWLBE

[Daniel Ramsey]

I know dam well money is getting siphoned off for other projects, like the high speed farm workers express.
Or the unions.

[blueplum]

one more:

leading dam expert Scott Cahill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_haa91gcGjw

I don’t know why my links aren’t translating active in the first comment (recurring issue), but here they are again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=881_j_FiWQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHfCT_PsVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjs61SzU7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLSdBaWLBE

[SteveH]

English por favor

[Jim W N]

In depth and detailed analysis beginning around Feb 2017 when the Oroville Dam issues including “weeping” water that may indicate one of many serious problems, began to come to light.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3524221/posts

[Seaplaner]

Interesting topic, however might there be any text articles that I might read?

I'm not typically a fan of videos, and I just plain prefer to read.

[blueplum]

where to start. If you go back to Feb ‘17, most articles said that the cost to repair would be $100M, a month later $200M, Trump pledges fed funds of $274M, and a month later, viola’ now we’re at $600M and climbing - before claims.

For 300M spent in 2 months, that place should be crawling with workers like bees on honey. Maybe an engineer can say why they’re blasting/vibrating wet soil on the face of the hill? Seems weird to me, but I don’t even have a pay grade, so what do I know? Maybe they’re filling cavities?

I’ve looked at the winning contractor, Kiewit, and they seem to be everywhere. No doubt they know their business; they have 37 pages of “projects” at their website. But in the meantime, downstream agriculture is still being flooded in spite of the State allocating 100% watershare this year (so you know the farmers are pumping like bad boys). While over at Mrs. Brown’s house, a flood of money is pouring out faster than the water and nobody seems accountable to anybody.

how’s that? :)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/28/gov-jerry-brown-keeps-oroville-dam-repair-costs-hidden-state-lawmakers-say.html

[blueplum]

I can do that. Enjoy!

see post 7 link, and

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/25/oroville-dam-dwr-releases-formerly-secret-findings-by-independent-board-looking-at-dam-redesign/

http://www.kcra.com/article/california-releases-reports-on-oroville-dam-after-criticism/9556838

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/25/states-water-chief-despite-crisis-oroville-dams-emergency-spillway-worked/

http://kiewit.com/projects/?ccm_paging_p_b7582=2

[Seaplaner]

Thanks muchly, my FRiend.

[ptsal]

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Dam weeping

[detsaoT]

Wow, I didn't realize they were still having problems over at Oroville. Though I guess that's not surprising, given how dysfunctional California is at all levels.

We had all better hope that the dam is not weeping through the face as bad as it looks like it is, because the consequences of that will be absolutely unimaginable.

[Jim W N]

FYI, latest posts about the leak in the 3400+ ongoing thread about the Oroville dam.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3524221/posts?page=3418#3418

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3524221/posts?page=3420#3420

[meyer]

Thanks, Jim 0216. Links to the MOAT - Mother of all threads. :)

Or, MOOT - Mother of Oroville Threads. :)

[Jim W N]

Yes and let’s hope MOAT and MOOT help lead us to MAGA. :-)

Everything is an acronym these days I guess. Madonna’s going to have to change her song title to “Acronym World” - “I live in an acronym world and I am an acronym girl...” Somebody should do that - it would be a funny takeoff. Wonder what an “acronym girl” would look like.

Random thoughts on a Sunday I guess...

[Jane Long]

FYI....

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/31/oroville-dam-uc-researchers-green-patches-warn-catastrophic-risk-of-collapse/

Nothing new to folks, here, I’m sure.