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Here is a Live feed of Lake Oroville.













To provide some context for anyone out of the loop. Oroville dam is a earthen dam that holds back Lake Oroville Reservoir. Below is a picture of what it normally looks like







As you can see in that picture, it is quite a large body of water. You have the main dam to the right which is the huge wall of concrete, and then to the left you can see what is known as the "main spillway." This is where some of the problems lie. A hole opened up suddenly one day and begin to erode quite quickly.







It quickly began to deteriorate and as of now that main spill way looks like this.













This was when engineers shut off the flow and inspected the damage (before it got super bad as you see in the photos above)







5 Workers were fired for posting photos to social media. This was one of those photos that was taken that resulted in disciplinary action.







At one point, water officials had to use the emergency spillway. This resulted in a lot of damage and erosion, and hopefully it wont be used again.











Below are some additional information, photos, and links. Prayers out to everyone, and hopefully this improves.









The above image is from sacramento. Most rivers/streams etc are overflowing their capacity and in some cases leve's have been breached. Some towns are flooded already.



abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-heavy-downpours-hit-soggy-california-45614103

www.cbsnews.com/news/evacuations-flash-flood-warnings-downpours-in-already-drenched-northern-central-california/

www.usnews.com/news/california/articles/2017-02-21/the-latest-evacuation-order-remains-after-levee-breach





February 20, 2017 San Joaquin River levee break near Manteca, in San Joaquin County, California as seeSan Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services CBS SACRAMENTO/SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES





Water flows into iconic Glory Hole spillway at Monticello Dam on February 20, 2017, in Lake Berryessa, California; water was flowing for the first time in over a decade into the 72-foot diameter hole due to the recent storms in California; the unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain ERIC RISBERG, AP



Feel free to share, discuss, comment, etc. Wishing the best for everyone in California. I plan on posting all relevant California news here in regards to the storms, flooding, leve breaks, etc. It is quite unfortunate what is playing out there. Below is a link for the current inflow and outflow levels of the Oroville Reservoir that is behind the Oroville Dam. public.tableau.com/profile/publish/OrovilleDamMonitoringDataviaCDEC/Dashboard1# !/publish-confirmTo provide some context for anyone out of the loop. Oroville dam is a earthen dam that holds back Lake Oroville Reservoir. Below is a picture of what it normally looks likeAs you can see in that picture, it is quite a large body of water. You have the main dam to the right which is the huge wall of concrete, and then to the left you can see what is known as the "main spillway." This is where some of the problems lie. A hole opened up suddenly one day and begin to erode quite quickly.It quickly began to deteriorate and as of now that main spill way looks like this.This was when engineers shut off the flow and inspected the damage (before it got super bad as you see in the photos above)5 Workers were fired for posting photos to social media. This was one of those photos that was taken that resulted in disciplinary action.At one point, water officials had to use the emergency spillway. This resulted in a lot of damage and erosion, and hopefully it wont be used again.Below are some additional information, photos, and links. Prayers out to everyone, and hopefully this improves.The above image is from sacramento. Most rivers/streams etc are overflowing their capacity and in some cases leve's have been breached. Some towns are flooded already.Feel free to share, discuss, comment, etc. Wishing the best for everyone in California.

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There was damage to the main spillway and they knew that increased flows were going to tear it up.



They did not think it would take so little flow (12,000 cfs) to compromise the emergency spillway. Those big cuts you saw? That was largely the so-called bedrock coming apart and getting dumped in the river.



Most of that area has friable schist as so-called bedrock. It has also come out that the emergency spillway is basically just sitting on top of that material.



All depends on the amount of rain and snowmelt runoff now. If that emergency spillway gets overtopped again for any length of time or flow, you are going to see the worst disaster in US history.



One of the worst aspects to this is the entire water management area is at near or actual flood stage. You add a failure of the emergency spillway to that (and looking at how the so-called bedrock deteriorated with just the small overflow they had) you can write off Oroville, many other towns and cities downstream. It will ruin surrounding farmland. Hopefully the loss of life can be held to a minimum but what it will do to the area economically will be unprecedented.



The thing is, if the emergency spillway does let go I really think seeing the performance of the so-called bedrock, the ultimate number for the depth of the cut the water will make is going to be a lot more than 30'. I think a more realistic number would be 100'. And that's hoping the hills don't become compromised enough to bring the whole dam down.



One other factor to consider is that this structure was not designed to have so much water pile up in front of the main dam. Hypothetically if the emergency spillway fails enough material in the diversion pool could cause enough water height on the face of the main dam to liquify it. I don't think the internal concrete structure that was the original cofferdam goes much higher than 300 feet or so of the total 700 odd feet of height.



If that happens by the way the resulting disaster would be pretty much unimaginable.





Below is a link to a active thread reporting input and output levels as well as tweets, photos, links, videos, and more. Check it out



www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message3451469/pg49

Below is a link to a active thread reporting input and output levels as well as tweets, photos, links, videos, and more. Check it out There was damage to the main spillway and they knew that increased flows were going to tear it up.They did not think it would take so little flow (12,000 cfs) to compromise the emergency spillway. Those big cuts you saw? That was largely the so-called bedrock coming apart and getting dumped in the river.Most of that area has friable schist as so-called bedrock. It has also come out that the emergency spillway is basically just sitting on top of that material.All depends on the amount of rain and snowmelt runoff now. If that emergency spillway gets overtopped again for any length of time or flow, you are going to see the worst disaster in US history.One of the worst aspects to this is the entire water management area is at near or actual flood stage. You add a failure of the emergency spillway to that (and looking at how the so-called bedrock deteriorated with just the small overflow they had) you can write off Oroville, many other towns and cities downstream. It will ruin surrounding farmland. Hopefully the loss of life can be held to a minimum but what it will do to the area economically will be unprecedented.The thing is, if the emergency spillway does let go I really think seeing the performance of the so-called bedrock, the ultimate number for the depth of the cut the water will make is going to be a lot more than 30'. I think a more realistic number would be 100'. And that's hoping the hills don't become compromised enough to bring the whole dam down.One other factor to consider is that this structure was not designed to have so much water pile up in front of the main dam. Hypothetically if the emergency spillway fails enough material in the diversion pool could cause enough water height on the face of the main dam to liquify it. I don't think the internal concrete structure that was the original cofferdam goes much higher than 300 feet or so of the total 700 odd feet of height.If that happens by the way the resulting disaster would be pretty much unimaginable. There are some great up to date threads also constantly being updated on God Like Productions. Below are some links, and also a great reply I saw that I thought I would share.

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This was around 7AM























REPORTED CLOSED as of 2/21//17 am:

Hwy 1 at the Garcia River

Hwy 128 at Navarro

Hwy 175 at Hopland



















Rain record falls as Dry Creek exceeds flood stage; water levels rise slightly at Lake Oroville



Lake Oroville: Inflow from storm peaked at 91,000 cfs overnight

8:58 a.m.: Water levels rose slightly overnight at Lake Oroville due to Monday’s storm, although the reservoir was still operating relatively well in the wake of last week’s near-disaster.

Inflows spiked at about 91,000 cubic feet of water per second overnight, according to state Department of Water Resources data. The lake level rose about 2 feet, to just under 852 feet.

However, that was just slightly above the 850 feet considered appropriate by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-safety regulations.



Sacramento, American rivers well below flood stage downtown

8:45 a.m.: Northern California’s major rivers were behaving themselves Tuesday morning.

The Sacramento River and American River were both expected to crest at around 12 feet below flood stage in downtown Sacramento.

The Sacramento River was also expected to remain about 3 feet below flood stage at Verona, in the vicinity of the Sacramento International Airport, where a boil was discovered on a levee last week.



Dry Creek tops banks, flooding roads and prompting voluntary evacuation

7:50 a.m. Streets in the Rio Linda area were flooded Tuesday as Dry Creek overflowed its banks overnight.

The Sacramento County Dept of Water Resources and the County Office of Emergency Services recommended a voluntary evacuation and flood warning Monday for residents along Dry Creek in Rio Linda.



Century-old rainfall record broken in Sacramento

7:30 a.m.: A record amount of rainfall fell on Monday in Sacramento.

The National Weather Service reported that 1.69 inches of rain was recorded in the official rain gauge near Sacramento State.

The steady afternoon rain broke a record of 1.21 set in 1914.



Full Article Below:



www.godlikeproductions.com/external?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sacbee.com%2Fnews%2Fweather%2Farticle133979764.html



*Hitting the 851 mark*



02/21/2017 –4:00am 851.00 Out- 60076 In- 88413

02/21/2017 –5:00am 851.17 Out- 60089 In- 89133

02/21/2017 –6:00am 851.35 Out- 60071 In- 88283

02/21/2017 –7:00am 851.50 Out- 60110 In- 86863

02/21/2017 –8:00am 851.64 Out- 60249 In- 84605



No shit, I am serious. Read about it and the construction of the Dam.



In 1975, the weight of the dam induced an earthquake.



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam



#OrovilleDam's bad design: Note earth berm left of #OrovilleSpillway same height as concrete emergency spillway, how it overflowed, eroded







Reservoirs feeding Lake Oroville are filled to brim as more rain rolls in







Placerville > Highway 50 Near Bridal Veil Falls Collapsing



Late last night around 2 am I was heading home after work and on 580 east I seen 7 large unmarked white trucks pulling large coast guard boats heading into the central valley.. Not sure what this all means , maybe just precaution...









Live Stream: Oroville Dam Spillway 2-21-2017 * NEWS UPDATED*This was around 7AMREPORTED CLOSED as of 2/21//17 am:Hwy 1 at the Garcia RiverHwy 128 at NavarroHwy 175 at HoplandRain record falls as Dry Creek exceeds flood stage; water levels rise slightly at Lake OrovilleLake Oroville: Inflow from storm peaked at 91,000 cfs overnight8:58 a.m.: Water levels rose slightly overnight at Lake Oroville due to Monday’s storm, although the reservoir was still operating relatively well in the wake of last week’s near-disaster.Inflows spiked at about 91,000 cubic feet of water per second overnight, according to state Department of Water Resources data. The lake level rose about 2 feet, to just under 852 feet.However, that was just slightly above the 850 feet considered appropriate by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-safety regulations.Sacramento, American rivers well below flood stage downtown8:45 a.m.: Northern California’s major rivers were behaving themselves Tuesday morning.The Sacramento River and American River were both expected to crest at around 12 feet below flood stage in downtown Sacramento.The Sacramento River was also expected to remain about 3 feet below flood stage at Verona, in the vicinity of the Sacramento International Airport, where a boil was discovered on a levee last week.Dry Creek tops banks, flooding roads and prompting voluntary evacuation7:50 a.m. Streets in the Rio Linda area were flooded Tuesday as Dry Creek overflowed its banks overnight.The Sacramento County Dept of Water Resources and the County Office of Emergency Services recommended a voluntary evacuation and flood warning Monday for residents along Dry Creek in Rio Linda.Century-old rainfall record broken in Sacramento7:30 a.m.: A record amount of rainfall fell on Monday in Sacramento.The National Weather Service reported that 1.69 inches of rain was recorded in the official rain gauge near Sacramento State.The steady afternoon rain broke a record of 1.21 set in 1914.Full Article Below:*Hitting the 851 mark*02/21/2017 –4:00am 851.00 Out- 60076 In- 8841302/21/2017 –5:00am 851.17 Out- 60089 In- 8913302/21/2017 –6:00am 851.35 Out- 60071 In- 8828302/21/2017 –7:00am 851.50 Out- 60110 In- 8686302/21/2017 –8:00am 851.64 Out- 60249 In- 84605No shit, I am serious. Read about it and the construction of the Dam.In 1975, the weight of the dam induced an earthquake.#OrovilleDam's bad design: Note earth berm left of #OrovilleSpillway same height as concrete emergency spillway, how it overflowed, erodedPlacerville > Highway 50 Near Bridal Veil Falls Collapsing #OrovilleDam #ShastaDam Points South getting washed out











































































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Oroville Dam

MAXIMUM CAPACITY 900'

DATE/TIME SURFACE | STORAGE | OUT | IN | RIV REL | RAIN | BAT VOL

(PST) FEET AF CFS CFS CFS INCHES VOLTS

02/21/2017 –2:00am 850.65 2817079 60122 86674 64552 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –3:00am 850.84 2819634 60219 90764 64538 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –4:00am 851.00 2821786 60076 88413 65117 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –5:00am 851.17 2824075 60089 89133 65069 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –6:00am 851.35 2826499 60071 88283 64723 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –7:00am 851.50 2828521 60110 86863 64653 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –8:00am 851.64 2830409 60249 84605 64753 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –9:00am 851.76 2832028 60399 82803 64923 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –10:00am 851.92 2834187 60195 84610 64869 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –11:00am 852.05 2835942 60080 65729 64793 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –12:00pm 852.16 2837428 60026 74618 64465 39.32 13.4

02/21/2017 –1:00pm 852.25 2838644 60116 74904 64666 39.32 13.4

CFS = Cubic foot per second

AF = Acre foot which is 43,560 cubic feet

Oroville DamMAXIMUM CAPACITY 900'DATE/TIME SURFACE | STORAGE | OUT | IN | RIV REL | RAIN | BAT VOL(PST) FEET AF CFS CFS CFS INCHES VOLTS02/21/2017 –2:00am 850.65 2817079 60122 86674 64552 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –3:00am 850.84 2819634 60219 90764 64538 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –4:00am 851.00 2821786 60076 88413 65117 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –5:00am 851.17 2824075 60089 89133 65069 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –6:00am 851.35 2826499 60071 88283 64723 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –7:00am 851.50 2828521 60110 86863 64653 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –8:00am 851.64 2830409 60249 84605 64753 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –9:00am 851.76 2832028 60399 82803 64923 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –10:00am 851.92 2834187 60195 84610 64869 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –11:00am 852.05 2835942 60080 65729 64793 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –12:00pm 852.16 2837428 60026 74618 64465 39.32 13.402/21/2017 –1:00pm 852.25 2838644 60116 74904 64666 39.32 13.4CFS = Cubic foot per secondAF = Acre foot which is 43,560 cubic feet