Lake Oroville Dam

• gut

  http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Series-of-storms-to-make-trouble-for-Lake-Oroville-10928922.php
  
  Anyone following this? Hopefully this doesn't become a horrible disaster, but the videos are just breathtaking.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Been following, only a couple of hours away from the situation. Thankfully no one I know is projected to be affected.
• salto

  

  Live stream
  
  [video=youtube;dTWyJ1LmDsk][/video]
• salto

  

  [video=youtube;q2YHGR3kVLk][/video]
• Sonofanump

  Jerry Brown is the governor again?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Sonofanump;1837056 wrote:Jerry Brown is the governor again?

  Relevant how?
• Sonofanump

  Commander of Awesome;1837058 wrote:Relevant how?

  Because they said his name at the press conference, I just did not realize.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Not trying to be insensitive her, but doesn't California need rain? I mean, this is not good, and terrible for people there. But the rain is a good thing for the state as a whole, right?
• like_that

  

  Hasn't Brown been Governor for over 5 years now lol?
  
  Also I saw reports that everything is stabilized now, which is good.
• Sonofanump

  like_that;1837100 wrote:Hasn't Brown been Governor for over 5 years now lol?

  It was more how out of touch I was, I remember moonbeam's first term and him running for president several times.
• O-Trap

  

  I think I recall someone from the old Huddle who was from Oroville, but I don't remember who. Hope they're alright.
• gut

  ernest_t_bass;1837096 wrote:Not trying to be insensitive her, but doesn't California need rain? I mean, this is not good, and terrible for people there. But the rain is a good thing for the state as a whole, right?

  First time in years they are no longer in "drought" conditions. But they still have water shortages. Northern California is much wetter, and supplies water to the south which is more or less desert converted into farming.
  
  Lot of criticism the last few years that they did not build enough holding reservoirs to supply water to the state. These reservoirs are designed mainly to collect water from run-off and melting snows in the mountains basically to provide for irrigating the desert.
• fish82

  

  Sounds like they're supposed to get another 4+ inches of rain starting tonight.
• salto

  

  Dams breaking everywhere.
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  http://www.whio.com/weather/evacuate-now-nevada-dam-could-break-any-moment/kXBYmQMa2jBM66QBoBZxGK/
  "According the Reno NWS office, the South Dayton Retention Pond in Central Lyon County, Nevada, could break by 5pm EST. Between two and four feet of water could rush in to the areas of East Dayton Nevada"[/FONT]