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re: Largest Dam in the Country at risk to fail EDIT- no immediate danger
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:49 pm to biohzrd
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:49 pm to biohzrd
Weather channel just showed cars for an mile backed up on the road trying to cross the bridge over this river under the dam trying to evacuate.
Could get ugly if that spillways opens up anytime soon.
No contra flow there
Could get ugly if that spillways opens up anytime soon.
No contra flow there
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Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:51 pm to ItTakesAThief
What a mess.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:51 pm to Uncle Stu
This feed is similar to yours.
Was at 23 k viewers about 10 minutes ago. now 40k
Link above is aerial view.
Was at 23 k viewers about 10 minutes ago. now 40k
Link above is aerial view.
This post was edited on 2/12/17 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:52 pm to ItTakesAThief
Shame on you folks for reaching page 4 without...
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:54 pm to ItTakesAThief
It's time to put in a call to Moses.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:54 pm to Mr. Hangover
quote:
So the water in that damn dam is over 900 feet? There has to be at least one or two damn dinosaurs in there
No, that's not how lake depths are measured. They are measured by feet in elevation. Therefore, at "full", Lake Oroville is that at 900'
That said, the actual depth of the lake is 690'.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:55 pm to East Coast Band
yep, I was just about to post this same live Facebook/Periscope feed that's streaming on YouTube
its the same feed as the one you just posted
its the same feed as the one you just posted
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:56 pm to CelticDog
quote:
Jamestown PA lost 2,300 people. That dam was a private dam at a lodge of the rich
Johnstown. It's east of Pittsburgh and not far from Altoona.
This post was edited on 2/12/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 7:58 pm to Uncle Stu
getting dark now. video quality is not so good anymore
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:02 pm to East Coast Band
moved on to raw feed of evacuees
#NoCalexit
#NoCalexit
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:06 pm to Uncle Stu
They are evacuating my brother.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This is actually a republican area of California
That being said where is the governor in all this. If this goes bad people will have to wonder why they waited until an hour before dark to make the evac order and state the spillway could fail within the hour.
Somebody dropped the ball on this deal.
That being said where is the governor in all this. If this goes bad people will have to wonder why they waited until an hour before dark to make the evac order and state the spillway could fail within the hour.
Somebody dropped the ball on this deal.
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:18 pm to Uncle Stu
Watching this live feed. Have these officials never heard of contraflow?
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:18 pm to ItTakesAThief
quote:
and state the spillway could fail within the hour.
wait really?
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:20 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:emergency vehicles needs the road going into the area
Watching this live feed. Have these officials never heard of contraflow?
spent the first 7 years of my life 30 minutes from here
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:21 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Have these officials never heard of contraflow?
Doesn't contraflow take some planning and orchestration to set up? As in a few days?
This event has just gotten worse today, am i right?
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah. The primary spillway failed.
Water overtopped the emergency spillway and started overflowing around the end of the emergency and eroding and undercutting the dirt embankment around the end of the emergency spillway and compromised the entire emergency spillway.
Because they were concerned of an immediate collapse of the emergency spillway it looks likely they reopened the already damaged main spillway dam near 100 percent and ordered and emergency evac of the city and valley below.
All this within an hour of dark and stated the spillway embankment could fail within the hour.
Now you have traffic jams on bridges over the river below the dam with a potential failure imminent upstream in the dark.
What a fiasco.
Water overtopped the emergency spillway and started overflowing around the end of the emergency and eroding and undercutting the dirt embankment around the end of the emergency spillway and compromised the entire emergency spillway.
Because they were concerned of an immediate collapse of the emergency spillway it looks likely they reopened the already damaged main spillway dam near 100 percent and ordered and emergency evac of the city and valley below.
All this within an hour of dark and stated the spillway embankment could fail within the hour.
Now you have traffic jams on bridges over the river below the dam with a potential failure imminent upstream in the dark.
What a fiasco.
This post was edited on 2/12/17 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:37 pm to ItTakesAThief
This could be fricking horrible
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:40 pm to TigerTatorTots
Shouldn't heads roll for this?
I mean, I'm sure someone was aware that this dam had underlying weaknesses before the rains hit.
Doesn't this just to speak to the overall neglect given to our infrastructure?
I mean, I'm sure someone was aware that this dam had underlying weaknesses before the rains hit.
Doesn't this just to speak to the overall neglect given to our infrastructure?
Posted on 2/12/17 at 8:42 pm to GetCocky11
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Doesn't this just to speak to the overall neglect given to our infrastructure?
yes
what's insane is that the state and localities were more focused on pensions and raises for public workers than focusing on infrastructure
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