No they released it too fast in the spillway. It went over the side of the spillway and started digging down under the spillway. Soon the spillway had no earth under it. And a large section of it collapsed. Its like a huge sink hole that formed from the water rushing over the side of the spillway. The reality is that they needed to let more water out earlier. But they were trying to keep the reservoir as full as possible and the got caught with too much water.
The problems with the main spillway were developing at least as far back as 2013. An inspection in 2015 was “cursory” at best.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2017/02/how-did-the-oroville-dam-get-so-bad/516429/
Really? And you know this how??? You are clueless.
You really are full of it because that is not what happened at all.
There was erosion under the cement on the spillway and when they released the water the unsupported section of the spillway could not support the weight and collapsed into the the empty cavern. After that is when the sides of the spillway collapsed and the water escaped down both sides.
All of this is on video just so you can watch and get it straight. If you watch the vid and pay close attention you may also notice a total lack of rebar in the rubble.....
Are you getting a clue yet?
We are in cali, northern cali to be exact.
This dam is a cali project from inception to completion and all of it is on moonbeams head...
Trump should tell him to send a million illegals up there with shovels to fix the damn dam.....
Main spillway was already damaged years ago, about halfway down. Apparently was not properly repaired. High flow on it days ago scoured out that weak spot and the ground under it, then the collapse. My understanding.
I’m still not understanding the turbine situation. Did cutting the fast spillway flow, after its failure, allow high river water to mess up the turbines? Was it the debris washed into the river from the spillways that back flowed into the turbine ports? I find little reporting on this.