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Old 02-13-17, 11:28 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Rockstar View Post
Oroville damn now expected to fail evacuations underway.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/cal...132332499.html
From what I've been reading, it sounds like the dam's integrity is still okay. The possible problem is the emergency spillway and the erosion that might work its way back to it. If that did let go, it would be about 30 feet of the dams contents being released which is still enough of a worry to justify the evacuation. At any rate, it looks like the main spillways flow rate being increased to 100,000cfs has lowered the lake level enough to stop the flow over the emergency spillway. Hopefully the worst is over but more rain in the forecast could see this situation escalate again.
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