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02-12-2017, 02:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-12-2017, 02:49 PM by ThePaladin.)
Flooding in places and there's real concern about the Oroville dam and spillway. The reservoir is 98% full and water is being released down the spillway, which has developed a massive hole that is growing larger by the minute and allowing water to simply cascade down the hillside, eroding the hill next to the dam. There is concern that the dam could/might go if the erosion continues yet the water has to keep flowing because of the fullness of the reservoir. The dam people are in an untenable situation where what choices they have are not good and they have to choose the least destructive course of action and pray for the best.
I'm on my phone right now so I'm not able to link. Will do so when I get on my laptop. But the Oroville dam is the tallest dam in the country and it provides water to CA's central region, which is also where a good percentage of the country's food is grown. The number I read was it provides water to approximately 20 million people as well as for irrigation purposes.
Blue monster Just a thought as I typed all that out: Could blue monster be a reference to the water flooding down that spillway? The footage I saw was incredible and quite terrifying in the force and power of the water that seemed to be going everywhere.
I'm on my phone right now so I'm not able to link. Will do so when I get on my laptop. But the Oroville dam is the tallest dam in the country and it provides water to CA's central region, which is also where a good percentage of the country's food is grown. The number I read was it provides water to approximately 20 million people as well as for irrigation purposes.
Blue monster Just a thought as I typed all that out: Could blue monster be a reference to the water flooding down that spillway? The footage I saw was incredible and quite terrifying in the force and power of the water that seemed to be going everywhere.