California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed | |
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User ID: 71551861 United States 02/07/2017 08:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed What cities are below that might be effected? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69546725 I have relatives in Chico and Sacramento. . Oroville,Thermalito and Palermo are closest. Then Biggs, Gridley, Live Oak, Yuba City , Marysville, Chico is farther north from Oroville about 3O minutes, Sac, is way further south about an hour and a half from the dam. ( I lived in Yuba City, worked in Chico, and Oroville. |
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User ID: 71551861 United States 02/07/2017 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed I hate democrats as much as the next guy, but central California is red as it gets. Try to focus your energy on hoping for 9.9 for San Francisco or better yet, Los Angeles. And N. Cali is even redder...most all the counties North of the capital signed up to secede from Cali and form the 'Great State of Jefferson'.. [link to stateofjefferson.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71484121 United States 02/07/2017 08:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed They quote an official here Quoting: RefreshPage [link to www.kcra.com] "About 200 to 300 feet of the spillway itself has eroded away, it's just gone. And that's of course of great concern," DWR information officer Doug Carlson said. "We could let the water flow down the spillway, and continue to erode the base of it. That's preferable to allowing the water to get too high in the dam." So it sounds like they are reluctant to use the emergency spout. Dayum |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71433356 United States 02/07/2017 08:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed DWR, through CHP officers on scene, that they had increased the flow to 60,000 cfs when they noticed the concrete begin to disintegrate. Officers said the hole is about 80 feet across the spillway and is about 30 feet deep. [link to www.krcrtv.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52154903 United States 02/07/2017 08:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed Construction started 1961, opened 1968 Dam and spillways Type of dam: Rockfill embankment Impounds: Feather River Height: 770 ft (230 m)[1] Length: 6,920 ft (2,110 m)[1] Dam volume: 77,619,000 cu yd (59,344,000 m3) Spillway type: Service, 8x gate-controlled Spillway capacity: 250,000 cu ft/s (7,100 m3/s) Lake Oroville Total capacity: 3,537,577 acre·ft (4.363537 km3) Inactive capacity: 29,600 acre·ft (0.0365 km3) Catchment area: 3,607 sq mi (9,340 km2) Surface area: 15,805 acres (6,396 ha) Normal elevation: 935 ft (285 m) (max) (NOTE ... this must be the EXTREME Overcapacity height ... everything else is saying 900' is full flood capacity) Power station Hydraulic head: 615 ft (187 m) Turbines: 3x conventional, 3x pump-generators Installed capacity: 819 MW Annual generation 1,490 GWh |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71484121 United States 02/07/2017 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 52154903 United States 02/07/2017 09:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed DWR, through CHP officers on scene, that they had increased the flow to 60,000 cfs when they noticed the concrete begin to disintegrate. Officers said the hole is about 80 feet across the spillway and is about 30 feet deep. Quoting: Goofy for God [link to www.krcrtv.com] To put the pictures of the spillway and it's hole into perspective the lake is currently at about 850' asl and the bottom of the spillway is about 300' asl (where the concrete channel ends above the rocks), or a 550 foot vertical drop for the water!!! Think a 45 to 50 story building in height the water is coming down!! The pictures are obviously via a telephoto lens which makes the drop look a LOT LESS than it really is. |
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User ID: 25309384 United States 02/07/2017 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed "If dominant element is water, then use earth and highlight with wood and fire. Quoting: fred also Do not use metal" As elements should remain in balance Quickly adding these above elements Should dissipate the excess water If the corruptocrats in charge LET the damn fail, and all of that water escape, just IMAGINE how much more political power they can centralize under themselves. WATER CRISIS CONTINUES! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71484121 United States 02/07/2017 09:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed DWR, through CHP officers on scene, that they had increased the flow to 60,000 cfs when they noticed the concrete begin to disintegrate. Officers said the hole is about 80 feet across the spillway and is about 30 feet deep. Quoting: Goofy for God [link to www.krcrtv.com] To put the pictures of the spillway and it's hole into perspective the lake is currently at about 850' asl and the bottom of the spillway is about 300' asl (where the concrete channel ends above the rocks), or a 550 foot vertical drop for the water!!! Think a 45 to 50 story building in height the water is coming down!! The pictures are obviously via a telephoto lens which makes the drop look a LOT LESS than it really is. Yeah, although I've never seen it in use, I was captivated by the sheer magnitude of it driving by it in the summer... |
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User ID: 18153134 United States 02/07/2017 09:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed Get the Democrats and their illegal alien invader butt buddies to fix it! Saint Comedian, Patron Saint of Bringing the Butthurt to Dipshits ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’ - General Mattis, USMC, Secretary of Defense [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] "Subterfuge and social pressure are the wheel and fire of the 21st century" - Some asshole Legal Disclaimer: All comments are intended as humor and/or fiction and not advice, and not to be confused with any event or person, living or dead. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 52154903 United States 02/07/2017 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed looks like it is currently rising at about the rate of 3/4 inch per hour... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71484121 [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... Thanks for that hourly link. I only had the daily one, which is posted back on p. 1 I think. ANYWAY!!! Damn ... that current rise is 17 FEET PER DAY!! and the big NEW rains haven't even begun to fall in the watershed yet. Lake is currently at 858.47'. The FULL DESIGNED FLOOD Capacity Dam is 900'. (as noted above per Wikipedia FULL EMERGENCY FLOOD Capacity is 935'). With only 41.5 feet of storage capacity remaining unless they can get water going out the spillway they only have about 2 1/2 days of increasing water levels until they hit the magic 900' FULL Food Capacity Level. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73821398 United States 02/07/2017 09:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed You know whats going to happen next... right? California Public School Educated Expert: "We did our Common Core math and we think it'll hold the next couple days of rain." And then... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71484121 United States 02/07/2017 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed looks like it is currently rising at about the rate of 3/4 inch per hour... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71484121 [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... Thanks for that hourly link. I only had the daily one, which is posted back on p. 1 I think. ANYWAY!!! Damn ... that current rise is 17 FEET PER DAY!! and the big NEW rains haven't even begun to fall in the watershed yet. Lake is currently at 858.47'. The FULL DESIGNED FLOOD Capacity Dam is 900'. (as noted above per Wikipedia FULL EMERGENCY FLOOD Capacity is 935'). With only 41.5 feet of storage capacity remaining unless they can get water going out the spillway they only have about 2 1/2 days of increasing water levels until they hit the magic 900' FULL Food Capacity Level. Yep. Gonna get interesting... Long range forecast shows 3 days heavy rains, then about a 5 day break with more storms after the break... |
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User ID: 17972125 United States 02/07/2017 09:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed looks like it is currently rising at about the rate of 3/4 inch per hour... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71484121 [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... More like 3/4 FOOT per hour. While the inflow is winding down after the rain stopped this morning (still over 100,000 CFS), more rain is on the way. Last Edited by Crunch62 on 02/07/2017 09:43 PM I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71484121 United States 02/07/2017 09:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed looks like it is currently rising at about the rate of 3/4 inch per hour... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71484121 [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... More like 3/4 FOOT per hour. While the inflow is winding down after the rain stopped this morning (still over 100,000 CFS), more rain is on the way. Oh snap. You are right. My bad. This is going to get out of hand rather quickly methinks... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52154903 United States 02/07/2017 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed For those late to this thread and who didn't read the first page: The Oroville Dam is the HIGHEST DAM IN THE United States!! It is a rock filled dam that is 770' high (the Hoover Dam holding back Lake Mead is 726 feet tall, 44' shorter) |
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User ID: 63283734 Australia 02/07/2017 10:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed If you can keep your head While all around you everyone is losing theirs Then perhaps you don't understand the situation properly Them fandangos rangers should already be on it |
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User ID: 17972125 United States 02/07/2017 10:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed looks like it is currently rising at about the rate of 3/4 inch per hour... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71484121 [link to cdec.water.ca.gov] And this will increase rapidly over the next couple days as the heavy rains return tonight... More like 3/4 FOOT per hour. While the inflow is winding down after the rain stopped this morning (still over 100,000 CFS), more rain is on the way. Oh snap. You are right. My bad. This is going to get out of hand rather quickly methinks... We have a couple of days for the DWR eggheads to come up with a solution. Tick Tock. I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
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Metta User ID: 73643220 United States 02/07/2017 10:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: California's Lake Oroville Main Spillway Severely Damaged/Eroded. Oroville Dam's Recently Reconstructed Main Spillway Fundamentally Flawed Lake Oroville Dam Spillway Trouble [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] Damn you can see concrete flying in the air! Last Edited by Westsail on 02/07/2017 10:34 PM The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. -Albert Einstein |