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Complete failure at Oroville Dam
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| 3/18/2019
| Chriss Street
Posted on 03/18/2019 10:42:12 AM PDT by rktman
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To: RedMonqey
See post 46 of this thread and talk to the writer there. LOL! Maybe they can shed some light. Or, is it the same Scott Cahill? Dam if I know.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:30:44 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
The article seems like badly-written, unresearched garbage.
For example:
“The last time the water level rose to 815 feet in February 2017 and engineers began opening eight huge spillway gates to allow 100,000 acre-feet per second to race down the face of the dam”
In fact, water didn’t race down the face of the dam; it raced down the spillway. Big difference, and if the author can’t keep them straight he probably gets a lot of other stuff wrong.
100,000 acre-feet/second is an insane number. The old Oroville spillway was rated at about 100,000 cubic fit/second. An acre-foot is 43,560 cubit feet.
Another crazy:
“The difference of the huge water pressure on the dam and the lower pressure from water running down the spillway caused the huge cement plates to rise and fall.”
Nope! The water pressure on the DAM had nothing to do with the failure of the SPILLWAY in 2017.
As a couple of people have already said, if you want to know what’s happening with the Oroville Dam, the “blancolirio” channel on youtube has reported the straight facts for more than 2 years now. Accept no substitutes.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:33:04 PM PDT
by
Jordo
To: infool7; rktman
"If there is any kind of a problem at Oroville then Juan Brown will have the best most comprehensive info anywhere
Yes he is. I started watching his U-Tube channel when the original emergency chute failure happened and he had the most precise non hysterical reporting. Other U-Tube posters had the the most ridiculous rumor mongering reports(some claimed DWR was mining gold under the dam and others had the dam collapsing within the hour but the government wan't going to tell the residents for fear of causing a panic)
Juan's background as a airline pilot and his persistence in doing his research allows his videos to be more grounded and less sensational than other U-Tubers.
He does a lot of videos involving California. He did an excellent report on the wildfires last year. I highly recommend joining his channel if you want real reporting on all things California.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:40:09 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
To: rktman
pack was at a record 113 inches, but another 44 inches fell in the next 10 daysThe writer can see the future in past tense...good trick.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:44:10 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: infool7
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:48:30 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
To: RedMonqey
“airline pilot” “grounded”. You know that’s all some folks will see right? LOL!
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:49:49 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Magnum44
Season total for Squaw Valley at 6,200 ft level 376”. At the 8,000 level season total is 621”. I believe the base is around 220 inches now with more possibly the next couple of days. That makes a lot of water.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:54:14 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
CA wasted billions of dollars building trains when they should have been building dams. Hard to have sympathy for anyone there.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:57:44 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: rktman
Flame on but the headline is click-bait garbage and the article is a complete crock.
The spillway is not the dam.
The spillway is not holding back any water.
The spillway is not leaking.
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posted on
03/18/2019 12:58:39 PM PDT
by
keat
To: maggief
Thanks for link to the mammoth thread on the Oroville spillway repair! Was waiting to find the names of our Freeper experts on the dam!
BTW, folks, this cannot be good news for innocent Californians who do not vote for the environazis but do pay taxes to them.
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:00:28 PM PDT
by
The Westerner
(Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and our forests!)
To: TangoLimaSierra
An “acre-foot” of water is enough to cover one acre of land to a depth of twelve inches. That is apparently 325,851 gallons.
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:06:42 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: rktman
It’s all the fault of global warming and Trump.
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:11:40 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: rktman
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:12:30 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: infool7
DITTO all that....
Not to mention he is a pilot..flies heavies.
A very reasonable and logical, smart guy.
Has some great videos too!!
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:15:14 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
To: Magnum44
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:16:24 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
To: rktman
Depends on how fast it melts.......
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:17:52 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
To: rktman
Going to be another massive wildfire year.
To: ctdonath2
Wow, isn’t that a coincidence?
The webcam for the dam is down. Apparently, it too, is in need of repair. They’re awful sorry for the inconvenience.
To: rktman
Yikes. I hope people are able to get to safety.
[There is a LOT of snow in the mountains]
How can this be? Snow no longer falls on Earth due to Global Warming(TM).
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:33:52 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Fiddlstix
I shall now seize your image with your image!
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posted on
03/18/2019 1:38:00 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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