EVACUATION

Is everyone evacuating from the areas they mentioned?

 

I hope they wouldn't be spending time surfing on TW if they weren't.

 

What's going on? I've been off the grid most of the day.

 

If you saw the traffic here, they're not exactly flying anywhere fast

 

A dam is about to fail and cause flash floods.

 

Good luck and godspeed to everyone trying to get out. Can't imagine having to do that on an hour notice.

 

So what's the word? Everyone out? Dam still intact?

 

The dam isn't in fear of collapsing its the emergency spillway is what's eroding away . Since the main spillway has a sinkhole forming officials opened up the emergency earthen spillway yesterday afternoon to relieve pressure against the dam . there is so much volume of water its eroding the dirt . This is the first time ever that the emergency spillway has ever opened . in fact it has never been tested at all

 

this. there is still a concern that the spillway will fail which may result in the uncontrolled release of some of the water from the lake.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/water-flow-slowing-over-emergency-spillway-tallest-us-204732388.html

 

Live feed of the spillway collapse

https://youtu.be/yF3j82YEsTo

 

Looked like a lot of Tacoma's in the fairground parking lot, obviously smarter than the 'others'...

 

If the spillway does collapse the feather river may go above flood stage

 

No worries as of yet.

The fear is that the emergency spillway fails completely and release MUCH more water, which would over flow the levees and banks downstream flooding uncontrollably

 

Any idea how long you need to remain at the shelter?

 

If your residence is within the are they deemed "mandatory evacuation" then you can't go back yet. If your home is in YC or Marysville then you can go back to your home

99 or 70 in YC to Chico is blocked off. You can't go north of YC

 

The current wet season has filled up the lake far faster and higher than the 97-98 El Nino storms did. Even if no more precipitation were to fall (more is coming in just a few days) the snow pack is well above average and has a lot of melting to do. https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?ORO

 

And none of the rivers south of Oroville are even at flood warning levels yet. As long as the emergency spillway holds and they control the amount they let out, it'll be fine

 

But at least our wise leadership is building a $100 billion bullet train between LA and some farmland. Our wounds are self-inflicted in this state for a number of reasons.