I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. | |
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Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Greetings all. Quoting: Prayandprepare000 Scott Cahill is at Watershed Services of Ohio, along with his wife who is also an expert in dam safety. He has three decades of dam safety teaching and experience under his belt. [link to www.linkedin.com (secure)] The phone number is online, so I called to ask about the spillway. I never expected a call back, but within a few hours he and his wife called me back. I asked him several questions and we spoke for over half an hour. I want to add my general impression of the man. He is very gracious and kind and answered every question, and is not by any means a "doomer", but a realistic sounding person who wants to hope for the best and cares about lives below a troubled dam. He said I could repeat anything he said- ie, not worried about a lawsuit- but there are some things I won't repeat in case I didn't remember the exact details perfectly and I don't want to misquote him. He gave me the disclaimer that he has not been out on the dam this spring, nor party to DWR secret information. He does have some CA contacts inc. engineers who have told him things the past couple years, but are afraid to go public because they will lose their jobs. The new billion dollar spillway has failed. Too much water is coming up from underneath. They bolted it down to the underlying rock, but it had been bolted down in 2017 and we saw what happened. They are afraid to use it now lest a slab be pushed up from the water pressure. They are hoping that there is no more major rain, and the Hyatt Power Plant discharge (approx 10,000 cfs) can handle the snow melt enough to not make the spillway necessary this year. The new emergency spillway would fail from erosion cutback, same as last time. No question. They need excess water to go down the primary spillway, not the emergency spillway. I asked him, if the 2017 "canyon" did not cut back to the lake, and the spillway failed again this year, could it cut back to the lake this time? He said maybe. He said the information about the underlying rock and all the geology has been made a national security item, so the public is not to be told anything. I asked about grouting the voids. He said that if the rains stop and they don't need to use the spillway, they could take maybe six months and try to grout all the voids where the water is moving underneath. I asked if they could definitely seal the places where water is moving and he said maybe. Lots of maybes with this dam. He told me that some years ago he was asked to be on a panel to assess the California dams. He did his investigation, wrote up a report of all the problems, and made recommendations. This what he does- dam safety. The panel report finally came out and they had eliminated every single thing he had written, and basically said the dams were fine. I asked why- I mean, it is just so wrong- and he said CA is bankrupt and they don't want to face all the work that needs to be done on their dams. Cahill said that in 2017 when the spillway broke and carved that nasty canyon in the hill, it was visually awful but not a threat to the dam itself. However, the gates are the big threat. He said they should not have tried to fix the spillway yet but made the gates the top priority the last two years. (all sorts of cracks). I asked about Juan Brown ( Blancolirio). He said Juan was a good guy who started out reporting on the dam and flying his plane over, but he is a pilot and not a dam safety person. Juan is pretty much the same as DWR now when it comes to what you will hear presented. Cahill wasn't critical or bitter, (he knows they say nasty things about him at the Blancolirio site), but Juan believes what DWR says and DWR is not honest. He then told me some possible insider knowledge about conflicts of interest and shady business dealings within the CA govt structure as it relates to dams. No surprise, and I think I'll let it go at that. He said a hundred thousand people may have to die in a dam failure before CA does what has to be done. He talked about the loss of Oroville dam to Central Valley agriculture and the S CA water supply. It would be disastrous. He made a big effort to contact responsible persons and agencies about his concerns but nobody official writes or calls back. If you pray to the Lord, you can pray for mercy that it doesn't rain and that when the water levels drop they can grout all the voids so well that there are no more water leaks. And that they fix the gates. Or else accept that this dam may fail and pray the people below can get out safely. I can't tell you how to pray, but it is not a good situation. Thanks for reading. Five stars and thank you for your diligent proactive work in this. We have a friend on GLP who lives below that dam, so I am very interested, and grateful for your post. Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Yes, nothing really new if you follow the thread over 1000 pages. But given the CA people here who might not follow that, I figured a heads up just in case might be good. Quoting: Prayandprepare000 For that matter, anybody in the whole country who eats CA produce and nuts (probably everybody) might want to think about this if the dam fails, and stock up if it goes down. Not helpful to say "Nothing new". I didn't know there is a long thread about this, and have only had the new GLP friend for a few months who lives right below the dam, so this is VERY NEW to me and I care. Thank you again for posting it, Pray ! Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. No one outside of the retards living CA, give 2 fucks about the god damn dam, go the fuck away. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76916893 Look at you being in this thread! How stupid does that make you? You entered the thread, "no-one cares". Why? So you could come in with vulgar language and push your weight around? You would not know who is interested in the subject - you are not bright enough to figure it out, and you are far to selfcentered to consider it possible. You are the one that needs to go away - and think about your stupidity in entering threads that don't interest you, only to swear and look stupid! Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. At this point I hope it collapses and kills thousands just to rub it in the faces of all the fake doomers wasting my time with this shit for years now. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76806425 Wasting YOUR time - because someone held a gun on you and forced you to read a thread? Because someone just now forced you to enter this thread? I hope you learn a little humility, decency, and respect, though I don't hold out much hope. Wishing for the deaths of thousands is beyond sick - and you need to be careful of what comes around through wishing ill upon others. Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. No one outside of the retards living CA, give 2 fucks about the god damn dam, go the fuck away. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76916893 you have zero understanding of how much of our nation's food comes from Central Valley. Some crops it is 95 to 99 percent. He's not smart enough to figure that out, or to care. Hope he is the first to be put on a diet. A very, very strict diet. Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 02:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Rather than relying on your memories which you indicate may not be accurate, how about posting a link to the sudden shutdown??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4466048 How about you go find it yourself, since you want it? And take your rudeness with you! Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
Timur2020
User ID: 72333972 United States 04/16/2019 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. You....................You mean the engineers were wrong ! ..........................................again ! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76660192 No. They were told to lie. California told drs to lie too about sickness from porter ranch. Not to test or verify things or give diagnosis of "inhalation" anything. Wonder how many happy homos its already got? They do this every time. No sooner do we have enough water to escape the drought then suddenly there's an "accident" and we lose all the gains. Quoting: Kerwinjr To china for big $$$ Thats in the strategy thread about selling them all "beautiful AMERICAN dream home!" sites underneath it as fast as possible. If you know any? Got some good deals!? You can thank Bill Clinton and Al Gore for denying funds to western water agencies to evaluate the safety of all dams and appropriate funding for necessary repairs and maintenance. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76760905 Clearly they wanted this to happen, all part of the plan. They've been out of office for nearly 20 years. Stop making excuses for Republicans who've done nothing. Its a democrat shi*hole? The whole country already supports the piece of sh*t and nobody wants to eat thier fukushima and mexo pizzed in food anymore. Stop blaming anybody but california democrats and all that welfare trash. No one outside of the retards living CA, give 2 fucks about the god damn dam, go the fuck away. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76916893 you have zero understanding of how much of our nation's food comes from Central Valley. Some crops it is 95 to 99 percent. Nobody wants fukushima food mexicans pee in and moslums crap on. Place is dead. Now that the gold is possible, they'll drown em all, take the disaster money and mine the gold. Stop bragging on thier imoortant food and economy. Its hollow. Better learn to do it or do without. Small farms, not corporate soi c pits of atrocity. THAT MOST OF ALL. Brown will want how many billion for his cut? "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind" Covid, fake riots, communist organizers - keep your powder dry America. This was not the disease or the riots, those both are still on down the line. Garden garden grow spices and medical plants too. I am a VeterAid volunteer for Arrogant Mushroom Healers of Alamogordo. |
Pooka
User ID: 36721404 United States 04/16/2019 03:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. omg you tards are so dumb! First of all, they got the surfboard out, the gates are no linger jammed Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76861620 up, B: they arent letting people surf the spillway anymore, and the damnappears fine and add to that, WE BQCK IN A DROUGHT! yer not gonna get dam doomage, not mass kill off of white trash no matter how much you want it!! White trash? Your lack of ability in simple English doesn't place you with the genius estate-owning class! Maybe you could educate yourself, take classes in English, and stop calling people you dream are below you bad names. Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |
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User ID: 2165139 United States 04/16/2019 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. This thing is only 35 feet from full and they shut down the spillway. New strain sensors installed in the new deck and I think they didn't like what they were showing. This was a rush job. Expensive and untested. Engineers didn't even have time to run the numbers. Those of us downstream are sitting ducks. I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
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(OP) User ID: 74211141 United States 04/16/2019 09:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. This thing is only 35 feet from full and they shut down the spillway. Quoting: Crunch62 New strain sensors installed in the new deck and I think they didn't like what they were showing. This was a rush job. Expensive and untested. Engineers didn't even have time to run the numbers. Those of us downstream are sitting ducks. hey Crunch, I was thinking of you. Hope you find some real big gold nuggets near home. |
Crunch62
User ID: 2165139 United States 04/16/2019 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. This thing is only 35 feet from full and they shut down the spillway. Quoting: Crunch62 New strain sensors installed in the new deck and I think they didn't like what they were showing. This was a rush job. Expensive and untested. Engineers didn't even have time to run the numbers. Those of us downstream are sitting ducks. hey Crunch, I was thinking of you. Hope you find some real big gold nuggets near home. That would be something! A large nugget was found near here a few years ago. [link to www.goldrushnuggets.com (secure)] Last Edited by Crunch62 on 04/16/2019 09:08 AM I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
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(OP) User ID: 74211141 United States 04/16/2019 09:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. This thing is only 35 feet from full and they shut down the spillway. Quoting: Crunch62 New strain sensors installed in the new deck and I think they didn't like what they were showing. This was a rush job. Expensive and untested. Engineers didn't even have time to run the numbers. Those of us downstream are sitting ducks. hey Crunch, I was thinking of you. Hope you find some real big gold nuggets near home. That would be something! A large nugget was found near here a few years ago. [link to www.goldrushnuggets.com (secure)] Nice!!! 75 oz, wow. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. It's kind of a Noah thing now Crunchy Like frankly if I was one of those dudes with houseboat up there at the marina I would just go through the gap and hey, if you survive the rapids, wherever you beach in Sacramento, you will be all set. There will be oodles of liberal dipshit unAmericans around you but that's the CA lifestyle anyway. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 09:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. What's even more interesting is how Chico will be totally cut off and will become the ass end of the north state. Wow, that's gonna be a real awakening for the Chico crowd. This is a blade that cuts deep between how even just one county can have completely two cities at odds with one another. I think Butte Cty is probably the most interesting County petri dish I've seen and there are some interesting ones since most counties are that: Experimental bodies. All top heavy and yet with good men like Sheriff who has to think through all these assheads, and make the right call. The right call would be to cull the top. Until then, I would suggest a gigantic ramp up to the Colusa buttes. Or perhaps just a big wall from the buttes that goes out, like a gigantic roman aqueduct. Because not only does the region need a wall, but also it would give everyone high ground after this disaster. Just wall the north side of the mud flow and begin reconquista southward on a week by week basis. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 09:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Poof there goes LA Poof there goes the Bay America improves today! Sacramento a gigantic democrat paradise, a mudflow with four feet of water covering everything, destroying everything. Kind of like the Obummer regime but in nature form. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 09:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. 2: Blow those cities up 3: Flood those cities 4: Besiege those cities. 3: Problem solved. If riots then 1: Pull out troops/police 2: Allow collapse 3: Retake city 4: Gain profits as needed, 5: rinse repeat |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. 1: Allow dems to import their loved immigrants into unAmerican Refugee Cities Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69485148 2: Blow those cities up 3: Flood those cities 4: Besiege those cities. 3: Problem solved. Ha ha I added "flood" and "beseige" but did not renumber my list -BUSTED. I could have left flood and besiege out, but that's part of the fun of warfare. This enemy deserves it. Their idiot Obummer and his handler Val Vassar and Hillary the Criminal Flesh trader and Oprah the disgusting pig, and all of the media, lie now below the sword of Damocles. Let's see what God has in store. OBTW any one who thinks they are gonna run in during the mess, and make shit unAmerican, better think again. The best thing that could happen to California is that hardened white boys retake it. We can see what the Spanish language does everywhere it goes. George Guiterrez and Thomas Jimenez, did not Found AMERICA. Abraham Vasquez, DID NOT FIGHT THE ROTHSCHILD WAR AND DEFEAT THEM. WHITE BOYS MADE THIS PLACE and we can wreck it and kick you out and rebuild it. Bet your last peso on that muchachos. |
Prayandprepare000
(OP) User ID: 74211141 United States 04/16/2019 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Just for the sake of anybody newer and not following the long 1000+ page thread, here are two good links. Tony Johnson ( friend of Robert Bea)- Will the Gates fail in Heavy Flows? Details of Gate problems. Very good read. [link to www.catholic.org (secure)] Excerpts from Robert Bea's reseach. He is the disaster expert from Berkley, now retired. [link to alumni.berkeley.edu (secure)] snip: "Also, we were alarmed by green grass growing on the abutments. That’s because the grass shouldn’t be green in that part of California during the summer and fall. It should be brown, so when you see lush green grass, it indicates there’s seepage through the dam face. What’s particularly worrisome is evidence we found indicating this seepage has been going on for about 50 years. DWR says that it’s just some ‘natural springs,’ and that’s it’s no cause for worry. But a ‘natural spring’ in that area would have to flow uphill, which runs counter to the laws of physics. And understand this: Any seepage through an earth-fill dam is extremely worrisome." **************** It is entirely possible that the rain will stop, the snowmelt will be slow and power plant releases will deal with it, the dam and spillway will hold up fine this year, and CA will enter a 15 year drought and nothing will happen for a very long time. One can hope for the best. The real problem is that so many dams have major problems and need major repairs they are not getting. I would seriously reconsider living below a dam anywhere, not just Oroville. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 10:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. It is entirely possible that the rain will stop, the snowmelt will be slow and power plant releases will deal with it, the dam and spillway will hold up fine this year, and CA will enter a 15 year drought and nothing will happen for a very long time. One can hope for the best. Quoting: Prayandprepare000 The real problem is that so many dams have major problems and need major repairs they are not getting. I would seriously reconsider living below a dam anywhere, not just Oroville. Truthfully the real problem is all these soft old farts like those along the TX border who are like gilded tumbleweeds, they sit there and sparkle in their final days as America is over run. So disgusting to see these old farts age as liberals. An American Indian would stop his horse, get off and die at the hands of the enemy. SO MUCH DIGNITY IN HIM. Frankly I am about to walk into an Indian Casino near me and rally them as a third political party. I could do it, and raise the war flag. They would frally to me, half or more of them are white boys (to the eyes) anyway but they are Indians and this is their State before it is belonging to any chapp guapo. OYATE |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. But yes it could be ten more years before the termite in charge, make the tree fall down. Paradise was not burned overnight, it took years of neglect and theft from PGandE for that to happen. And even then, no proper warning was ever given. You know, "To limit our liability" is a religious oath. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 10:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Here is CA main communist agitprop channel Thread: NPR Obummer's Tool Screws Around With Americans Again |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69485148 United States 04/16/2019 10:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Consider if you will, the criminality in genesis and execution, over years of time, that Rothschild Inc (PG and E) displayed, in allowed Paradise people to be burned to death. They knew that tower was a problem. When they system is pushed, that's one of several problems. But for them (managers who will face the music while board and moneybags fly away) to allow the sleeping of Paradise folks, even on the morning that their years of lack, manifested in a cloud of fast moving death, is, purely Satanic along the lines of a abortion doctor performing an abortion on his girlfriend. How did you allow yourselves to be paid all those coins, and then the morning the fire went off, you played Rush Limburger? Those people were set up, and killed. I would take that murder case to the world court and pin Rothschild to the wall with it once and for all. From 9/11 Silverstein to Paradise Granny, we see what you do, and it will return to you. |
Crunch62
User ID: 2165139 United States 04/16/2019 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. Just for the sake of anybody newer and not following the long 1000+ page thread, here are two good links. Quoting: Prayandprepare000 Tony Johnson ( friend of Robert Bea)- Will the Gates fail in Heavy Flows? Details of Gate problems. Very good read. [link to www.catholic.org (secure)] Excerpts from Robert Bea's reseach. He is the disaster expert from Berkley, now retired. [link to alumni.berkeley.edu (secure)] snip: "Also, we were alarmed by green grass growing on the abutments. That’s because the grass shouldn’t be green in that part of California during the summer and fall. It should be brown, so when you see lush green grass, it indicates there’s seepage through the dam face. What’s particularly worrisome is evidence we found indicating this seepage has been going on for about 50 years. DWR says that it’s just some ‘natural springs,’ and that’s it’s no cause for worry. But a ‘natural spring’ in that area would have to flow uphill, which runs counter to the laws of physics. And understand this: Any seepage through an earth-fill dam is extremely worrisome." **************** It is entirely possible that the rain will stop, the snowmelt will be slow and power plant releases will deal with it, the dam and spillway will hold up fine this year, and CA will enter a 15 year drought and nothing will happen for a very long time. One can hope for the best. The real problem is that so many dams have major problems and need major repairs they are not getting. I would seriously reconsider living below a dam anywhere, not just Oroville. I am not moving, and I am not evacuating. As I stated in the original Oroville thread, I will camp on my roof and pick off looters. You're welcome. I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
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UH User ID: 61932148 United States 04/16/2019 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I spoke to Scott Cahill, the dam safety guy, today, about the Oroville Dam Spillway situation. Not so good. ... Quoting: Prayandprepare000 Here ya go AC: [link to www.newcaliforniastate.com (secure)] More here, poke around: (Oroville Dam Watch Group) [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] The info I mentioned is not available in your links. Here's what we're looking for: 1) Statement by DWR that they are "gonna run it 60K wahoo" or something, but 60,000cfm must be part of the info. 2) A graph or statement by DWR that shows a ramp up and then the "emergency" shutoff. "zOMG NOT WORKING!! AGGGHHH" or something. We're past rainy season. "Snowmelt" is BS for years now. The situation has been well mitigated. Juan's a good guy, certainly not the fucking "same as DWR" If you were to truly understand the nature of water, this incident would show you that it is above, below, and inside of the entire complex. Now, if you want to get into some real dirty gov't shit, let's talk about Jerry B. Sr. and the CA Water Reclamation Project and gold mines and usurped mega expanses of land including Oroville (goldville). The damn water spewing out of the hill was full of gold in the videos when the MS failed. Glistening fucking gold. That "underlying rock...geology...national security item" you speak of? UNDERNEATH THE COMPLEX IS FULL OF GOLD, THEY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET IT BACK THEN 85% FULL 108% OF HISTORICAL AVERAGE....AND RISING....WHAT A FUCKIN GAME OF CHICKEN WE R PLAYING WITH THE NEXT FUCKIN 'HIGH' HEAT WAVE...OR RAIN STORM... Their job is managing that exact risk. Gotta keep the floods back but still give enough irrigation water at a stable rate that won't rock the Feather River, which includes the output of the power plant that needs 1.5Kcfm per turbine to run (x6 = ~10Kcfm if they all are running at once). Then they have to save enough water for the rest of the year. Just like every year. I think they're doing an amazing job. The Browns are dirty AF though. ..YEAH...THAT ENTIRE 'NEW' SPILLWAY COULD JUST SLIDE/RIP RIGHT OFF IF THEY WERE/ARE STOUYPD ENOUGH TO RUN 60 PLUS K WATER DOWN IT....AT ALL!..RIP RIGHT OUT FROM ABOVE AND BELOW ...! |