Posted on 02/20/2017 6:34:24 AM PST by keat
The spillway gates at Don Pedro Reservoir could open as early as 3 p.m. Monday, but no earlier, authorities said.
The Turlock Irrigation District made the declaration late Sunday night due to “volatile changes in forecasts for upcoming storms,” an agency press release stated.
“Landowners, growers and those living along the Tuolumne River, out of an abundance of caution, should undertake necessary steps to protect their property and livestock as Tuolumne River levels will rise quickly,” the agency stated in an 11 p.m. press statement.
Opening the spillway would provide relief for the brimming reservoir, which was just under 4.5 feet from reaching its maximum as of 4:40 a.m. Monday.
A storm that’s made its way into the Central Valley and could bring up to five inches of rain in and above the Sierra foothills would likely bring the reservoir that’s about a 50-minute drive from Modesto to its maximum.
Since midnight, downtown Modesto has received 0.25 inches of rain.
The water from the spillway would flow into the Tuolumne, which runs through the eastern part of Stanislaus County, into Modesto and then to the west part of the county. It eventually runs into the San Joaquin River between Highway 132 and Grayson just east of Interstate 5.
Some residents in Modesto and west of town along the Tuolumne already have been evacuating from their homes as the river has been within inches of the 55-foot flood stage.
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
Morons. Haven’t built any new reservoir space since the 80’s, while the state population has boomed. In two years we’ll be hearing the whining about a drought again, when the flushed millions of acre feet into the ocean this year.
Haven’t heard the name Modesto, since Gary Condit
It’s at 97% of design capacity now and heavy rain is falling.
Has anyone asked Algore or Schwarzenegger how any of this is possible since they GUARANTEED us never ending Drought because of Runaway Global Warming??
They even name their reservoirs for Mexicans. Try living a day without Mexican-named reservoirs.
This can’t be true. California is in permanent drought due to man made climate change. It’s never gonna rain there again. #SettledScience.
I guarantee this will be blamed on ‘climate change’.
Very funny!
However Gov. Jerry Brown will still say that California is in a drought...
You might want to learn who Don Pedro was. His name was Pierre Sainsevian.
“You might want to learn who Don Pedro was. His name was Pierre Sainsevian.”
A Mexican Frenchman. There could be a lot of humor in that.
A dam has gates. A spillway doesn’t. This contraption called the Don Pedro Reservoir “spillway” appears to have 3 gates. Makes no sense but I’ll play along.
Since this contraption has 3 gates, then why not open just one to let out a moderate amount of water rather than opening all three to send a massive flood downstream? Or is that too logical for the experts. Why didn’t they open one or two gates part way weeks ago so as to prevent flooding from future rains? Ack, there’s that logic again.
Many names are Spanish, from the Spanish influence in California (Spain not Mexico).
Global Warming caused a drought and now a flood.
Curse that Global Warming.
>>Many names are Spanish, from the Spanish influence in California (Spain not Mexico).
On that note, see the short history of Spain / Mexico in the USA on my profile page, which I got from Travis McGee. Towards the bottom IIRC, but just search for Spain.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo requires CA to ‘honor’ its Spanish influence. So we conceded Cinqo de Mayo and look how that turned out.
The state spent money on illegals, lavish pension funds, and whatever the liberal agenda wanted. But nothing on infrastructure. Chickens coming home to roost.
Looking at that spill way I wonder how much erosion will happen?
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