When the Levee Breaks
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When the Levee Breaks
Should be tomorrow. Highway 37 was closed as was 101. Warm storm.. could get worse, and rain in the Sierra.. Major melt.
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
I read that because of the rains that the Kern River peaked Wed night at 24,000cfs. The water was running through Kernville park.
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
Oroville dam looks to be under distress as well.
source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Orov ... 920358.php
source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Orov ... 920358.php
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
The spillway has the hole, not the dam. At this point the "distress" is manageable.
I did a lot of post-1997-8 flood damage evaluations. What we have now is nothing like that, thank goodness. A sudden warming and melting of Sierra snow before the ground gets dried out a bit down here, could however, be quite serious. Not there yet. Hopefully this will not happen.
I did a lot of post-1997-8 flood damage evaluations. What we have now is nothing like that, thank goodness. A sudden warming and melting of Sierra snow before the ground gets dried out a bit down here, could however, be quite serious. Not there yet. Hopefully this will not happen.
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
So Russ, can we here in So. Cal. have a drink of water now?
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
no.. our salmon and sturgeon need all they can swallow. ok.. you can have a cup or two..Jimr wrote:So Russ, can we here in So. Cal. have a drink of water now?
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
Lake Berryessa is almost full and will probably overflow the Glory Hole this weekend! This will be the first overflow in a decade!
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Re: When the Levee Breaks
And my local hiking / training / dog playground hill suffered a mudslide!
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