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Posted on 02/13/2017 4:31:15 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy
A near-disaster in California probably wouldn’t be averted by the kind of privatized investment that the president has in mind.
Tens of thousands of residents fled Oroville, California, on Sunday after water levels surged over a spillway at the Oroville Dam. Traffic jams reigned on highways leading north from Oroville, where officials ordered people to evacuate at 4:45 p.m.
Oroville families, who made their way to the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico and other staging areas, face uncertainty in the coming days. By late Sunday night, water from Lake Oroville was no longer rushing over the top of the dam’s emergency spillway, thanks to efforts by California water authorities to increase the flow of water out of the reservoir. But the spillways sustained damage during Sunday’s flooding. Officials are attempting to measure that damage as they consider next steps.
“The dam is solid,” said Bill Croyle, acting director for the California state Department of Water Resources, during a press conference. “The control structure has been damaged.”
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Just before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, President Barack Obama managed to attach his name to a major water infrastructure spending initiative. In December, Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act into law, authorizing hundreds of millions of dollars for water infrastructure projects around the country. The bill further enables the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pursue certain prescribed projects, including the construction of levees in the Sacramento River floodplain (which entails the Feather River).
It isn’t Trump’s fault. It’s the fault of Gov. Moonbeam and the lib-communists in the California legislature that haven’t paid attention to the infrastructure. They peed the money away on non-productive social programs and graft.
The repairs were not done because the environmentalists would not let them.
The Federal government should NOT pay a dime to californicate.
The real issue NOW is .. are there enough residents of CA who would vote for someone who could change the State back to being a productive place again.
It is known that over Four (4) Million Republicans have left the State .. due to lack of jobs.
And .. I don’t have a count, but tons more of Republican owned businesses have also left the State .. because of the burdensome taxes and regulations of the State.
Trump's Fault™!
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