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> Prayers for members Harvey and Al Weidman., The Oroville Dam E-Spillway is failing.
ConeDodger
post Feb 12 2017, 08:10 PM
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The dam itself is apparently holding, but the Emergency Spillway which is being used for the first time in the 50 year history of the dam is eroding away quickly and expected to fail. Oroville is below the dam.

Residents have been told to evacuate. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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ConeDodger   Prayers for members Harvey and Al Weidman.   Feb 12 2017, 08:10 PM
Porschef   Showing this on the weather channel, hope all who ...   Feb 12 2017, 08:23 PM
Cracker   Yeah, devastating! I've been following tha...   Feb 12 2017, 08:31 PM
SirAndy   We went there in September for our last camping tr...   Feb 12 2017, 08:36 PM
914_teener   Yes...as a civil engineer this is astounding. Not ...   Feb 12 2017, 08:50 PM
914_teener   Apparently there is so much water overtopping the ...   Feb 12 2017, 08:55 PM
Rand   For those who haven't seen it, this video give...   Feb 12 2017, 09:00 PM
walterolin   KCRA has a live feed with chopper video. The scar...   Feb 12 2017, 09:10 PM
Cairo94507   OMG! That is just horrific. I hope everyone...   Feb 12 2017, 09:33 PM
KELTY360   How does our infrastructure get to this point in...   Feb 12 2017, 10:55 PM
RickS   Shocking situation. Can only hope the dam integrit...   Feb 12 2017, 10:41 PM
Blue6   Kelty, really, blaming Howard Jarvis? Weed must be...   Feb 13 2017, 12:10 AM
Cracker   Hitting close to home here too...my cousin's f...   Feb 13 2017, 06:49 AM
Larmo63   We needed high speed rail more than water manageme...   Feb 13 2017, 12:16 AM
JustinMeier   We needed high speed rail more than water managem...   Feb 14 2017, 12:03 PM
914_teener   We needed high speed rail more than water manage...   Feb 14 2017, 12:20 PM
Mikey914   Pretty spectacular   Feb 13 2017, 01:11 AM
matthepcat   One of my employees is in the Army National Guard....   Feb 13 2017, 02:12 AM
rhodyguy   I had not previously seen the image mark posted. T...   Feb 13 2017, 06:35 AM
JmuRiz   ...I hope the dam holds and the weather pattern b...   Feb 13 2017, 09:11 PM
Shadowfax   Grateful that the evacuation order was given. Hope...   Feb 13 2017, 08:38 AM
AlanB   Great thought. If help is needed, please post what...   Feb 13 2017, 08:47 AM
Mueller   One of my fellow Volvo buddies lives up there and ...   Feb 13 2017, 09:44 AM
napasteve   "We needed high speed rail more than water ma...   Feb 13 2017, 12:19 PM
Mark Garriott   "We needed high speed rail more than water m...   Feb 13 2017, 12:39 PM
napasteve   We need to stop calling it "High Speed Rail...   Feb 13 2017, 12:55 PM
ConeDodger   Heard from Al on Facebook. He's OK. He's 2...   Feb 13 2017, 11:00 PM
horizontally-opposed   Sounds like Harvey and his wife are ok also, with ...   Feb 14 2017, 12:02 AM
Cairo94507   I hope their shop is OK too.   Feb 14 2017, 08:02 AM
horizontally-opposed   I hope their shop is OK too. I think the shop i...   Feb 14 2017, 12:13 PM
ConeDodger   I hope their shop is OK too. I think the shop ...   Feb 14 2017, 12:21 PM
7TPorsh   I can never understand why people settle and devel...   Feb 14 2017, 11:52 AM
Mikey914   Well this is the 1st time that spillway has been u...   Feb 14 2017, 12:01 PM
Mikey914   If you look st the picture I posted Sunday vs what...   Feb 14 2017, 01:09 PM
SirAndy   If you look st the picture I posted Sunday vs what...   Feb 14 2017, 03:27 PM
horizontally-opposed   If you look st the picture I posted Sunday vs wha...   Feb 14 2017, 03:31 PM
RobW   What concerns me the most are more storms and mass...   Feb 14 2017, 03:10 PM
SirAndy   What concerns me the most are more storms and mass...   Feb 14 2017, 03:25 PM
Mikey914   I carry a cheap digital camera with me for just th...   Feb 14 2017, 05:05 PM
Nogoodwithusernames   Me and my parents evacuated Sunday night but are i...   Feb 14 2017, 05:31 PM
ConeDodger   Heard from Harvey this AM. His house is at 180...   Feb 15 2017, 01:09 PM
Spoke   Good luck guys; hope all stays safe. That dam loo...   Feb 15 2017, 03:08 PM
Cracker   Water supply and power for sure...possibly flood c...   Feb 15 2017, 03:22 PM
GregAmy   What is the purpose of this dam? Flood control? Wa...   Feb 15 2017, 04:46 PM
AZBanks   Praying we don't have a repeat of the Teton da...   Feb 15 2017, 04:20 PM
Rand   The dam is absolutely at risk if the erosion gets ...   Feb 15 2017, 04:55 PM
GregAmy   The dam is absolutely at risk if the erosion gets...   Feb 15 2017, 05:12 PM
Rand   The experts I heard talking were saying if the ero...   Feb 15 2017, 06:05 PM
GregAmy   The erosion of concern last weekend was for that a...   Feb 15 2017, 06:20 PM
914_teener   Should the wier structure have failed completly al...   Feb 15 2017, 07:46 PM
SirAndy   As God would have it......the storms held off a we...   Feb 15 2017, 09:34 PM
AZBanks   As God would have it......the storms held off a w...   Feb 16 2017, 04:09 PM
dlkawashima   The irony is this was predicted long ago ... SACR...   Feb 15 2017, 08:03 PM
Cracker   Anyone who could rub a few brain cells together co...   Feb 15 2017, 08:07 PM
GregAmy   PS: Not your post...the lack of erosion control on...   Feb 15 2017, 08:15 PM
Cracker   At one point, at the height of the lake level risi...   Feb 15 2017, 08:25 PM
Cracker   ...that can get it off topic alright - "God...   Feb 15 2017, 09:43 PM
SirAndy   that's like poking someone with a sequoia It j...   Feb 15 2017, 10:08 PM
Cracker   Thank God you had that picture...hilarious! :...   Feb 15 2017, 10:11 PM
mbseto   Mother Nature has little empathy for the hubris o...   Feb 16 2017, 03:27 PM
Cracker   ...here it goes! It will be a SB thread soon.....   Feb 16 2017, 04:21 PM
SirAndy   :poke: My stick is clearly bigger than your sti...   Feb 16 2017, 04:41 PM
Cracker   You better watch out Andy...you might be expelled ...   Feb 16 2017, 04:51 PM
AZBanks   You better watch out Andy...you might be expelled...   Feb 16 2017, 05:08 PM
914_teener   :agree: Cmon Andy.....I.ve met you....I.m an en...   Feb 16 2017, 08:46 PM


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