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Is the power house flooded?
Thought I read that here yesterday? |
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https://youtu.be/BVyP472et3A
Up to date video. ![]() Lake Oroville, Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway Overflow |
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That's a good point, what's the elevation of the bottom of primary spillway gates? View Quote Looks like we're in the clear for now, will be interesting to see how much storage they're able to generate in the next few days, and how bad the next storm really turns out to be. We may end up seeing several feet of water going over the E-spillway yet. |
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Good. Now Trump can tell Moonbeam to get fucked, and has hard data to support it ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/268039/Screenshot-2017-02-12-12-10-57-1-145248.png https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/268039/Screenshot-2017-02-12-12-11-06-1-145249.png https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/268039/Screenshot-2017-02-12-12-10-12-145251.png https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/268039/Screenshot-2017-02-12-12-09-09-145252.png Some drawings of the dam, and spillway cross sections. Sorry for the low res, couldn't find better. View Quote Excellent. Thank you. These drawings confirm e-spill constructed on bedrock an no backfill at parking lot or behind main span of e-spill. |
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another video from the restricted area directly across from where the E spillway water enters the river.
https://youtu.be/_60JYhIEzUc ![]() Failed To Load Title |
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View Quote What was that that was hung up on the left side of the e spillway? A boat maybe? |
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They will govern or not in the way they see fit. You will pay taxes and shut up. I do not like it either. View Quote Then again, given the remote location, rough terrain, limited access, and the fact a Mavic Pro has a range of about 6 miles and 21 minutes flight time (plus 5 min. reserve), using autopilot to have it autonomously fly a path and the return to a hard to discover location, not much they can do about it anyway, lol. Piss on the gov idiots! |
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another video from the restricted area directly across from where the E spillway water enters the river. https://youtu.be/_60JYhIEzUc ![]() View Quote Far less soil color in the e-runoff. Seems it's getting close to bedrock for the channel. |
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this may already been posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gchf6COGAKQ ![]() View Quote |
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So, flood-control capability seems to be gone or severely constrained. All they have is spillway flow diddling that to my inexpert eye seems like it will be quickly erased/overmatched by the next surge or water in "a couple" days?
What does that mean in terms of flooding downstream as the storms and spring melt pass over that structure? Is there enough information that someone can take the estimated volume of water to come down and timeplot that through computer magic onto a flood map? Kinda curious; people seem to be starting to look through this current flow toward the next one and its consequences. |
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It's the fence to keep people from walking out onto the spillway. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What was that that was hung up on the left side of the e spillway? A boat maybe? It's the fence to keep people from walking out onto the spillway. O ok. Was wondering what was disrupting the flow there. When our small neighborhood lake flooded a couple boats untied and went over the spillway. |
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What was that that was hung up on the left side of the e spillway? A boat maybe? View Quote But it does seem there's some sort of abnormality in the weir face there causing the water to be redirected up and out a little bit. Could be a chink in the concrete. It isn't a good thing whatever it is. |
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Seneca lake is one of the deepest natural lakes in the US at a little over 600'. I think that Lake Tahoe is the largest Alpine lake (natural) in the world and is 1644' deep... Crater Lake maximum depth is 1946'. Well you both beat us, Lake Chelan is only 1486' |
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So, flood-control capability seems to be gone or severely constrained. All they have is spillway flow diddling that to my inexpert eye seems like it will be quickly erased/overmatched by the next surge or water in "a couple" days? What does that mean in terms of flooding downstream as the storms and spring melt pass over that structure? Is there enough information that someone can take the estimated volume of water to come down and timeplot that through computer magic onto a flood map? Kinda curious; people seem to be starting to look through this current flow toward the next one and its consequences. View Quote Yes. They have their top men working on it. Their TOP MEN. ETA, After watching their presser on Periscope yesterday, I feel fortunate that they work far, far away from my watershed. |
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View Quote There are a couple visible irregularities in the flow over the weir, but I don't think it's enough to say the wall itself is being compromised. So, good-ish news so far. |
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Well you both beat us, Lake Chelan is only 1486' View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Seneca lake is one of the deepest natural lakes in the US at a little over 600'. I think that Lake Tahoe is the largest Alpine lake (natural) in the world and is 1644' deep... Crater Lake maximum depth is 1946'. Well you both beat us, Lake Chelan is only 1486' Funny thing about the volcanic lakes without natural outlets, the fish can contain high levels of mercury from volcanic activity. Shouldn't keep the bigger ones, or even eat too much of any of them. |
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Not a boat... But it does seem there's some sort of abnormality in the weir face there causing the water to be redirected up and out a little bit. Could be a chink in the concrete. It isn't a good thing whatever it is. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What was that that was hung up on the left side of the e spillway? A boat maybe? But it does seem there's some sort of abnormality in the weir face there causing the water to be redirected up and out a little bit. Could be a chink in the concrete. It isn't a good thing whatever it is. Are you guys talking about the fence? Google Street View |
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902.32 down from 902.39 Outflow from regular spillway 54983 cfs Inflow 36319 cfs Riv Rel (whatever that is?) 65884 |
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View Quote Yup. I saw that yesterday. |
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I just talked my way past the roadblock and will be starting the hike in about five minutes.
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Could be that. A little hard to tell... I would think the fence would be a little further left so as not to be on the weir face... but it definitely could be that. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
It looks like the right spot, the pole in the Google picture is on the transition between the parabolic weir and the sill. There was probably some topsoil there before, so it wasn't as big of a drop as it is now. |
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ETA till you start live feed? View Quote I would have liked a live feed of the roadblock encounter! ![]() "Excuse me officer, I'm the official reporter for arfcom and I require access." Officer, "Oh yes! I recognize you now! You are a folk hero, of course you may pass! Have a great day!" |
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