Helicopter Crews At The Oroville Dam 2-13-17

[mediaspin2000]

Crews using helicopters yesterday to move large bags of rocks into Oroville emergency dam spillway.

 

[skookerasbil]

What a disgrace........California is a joke.......the intersection of incompetent and incapable.

 

[SSDD]

liberalism taken to its logical conclusion...

 

[depotoo]

I am praying for the sake of all those living there, this works. If not, they will lose most everything, but what their cars could hold.

 

[depotoo]

Wow, they must feel confident. They just lifted the evacuation orders. Let's pray they are right.

 

[depotoo]

Mandatory evacuation orders near Lake Oroville lifted
Although people are allowed to return to their homes, effective immediately, Honea added that another evacuation order could be issued at any time.

"(The evacuation warning) allows people to return to their homes and resume their businesses," Honea said. "But we are telling them that they have to be vigilant. There is the prospect that we have to issue another evacuation order if situations change."

Honea said that an evacuation warning allows for the possibility of inclement weather, increased lake levels or problems associated with the existing damage to the spillway could elevate the risks and lead to more mandatory evacuations.

"Residents should be prepared to maintain situational awareness," Honea said. "This reduction to an evacuation warning properly balances the need for people to resume their daily lives, while at the same time, being prepared to deal with future increased threats."

 

[waltky]

All clear!...

Evacuees from California dam can return home, sheriff says
Tue Feb 14, 2017 | Californians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the United States can now safely return to their homes and businesses may resume operations, a county sheriff said on Tuesday.

A previous evacuation order has been reduced to an evacuation warning, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told a news conference, after water management officials drained enough water from the Oroville Dam. The warning means that people can return but should be prepared to evacuate again if necessary, Honea said.

A damaged spillway with eroded hillside is seen in an aerial photo taken over the Oroville Dam in Oroville, California​

Both the primary and backup drainage channels of the dam, known as spillways, were damaged after a buildup of water that resulted from an extraordinarily wet winter in Northern California that followed years of severe drought.

California Department of Water Resources crews inspect and evaluate the erosion just below the Lake Oroville Emergency Spillway site after lake levels receded, in Oroville, California​

More rain was forecast for as early as Wednesday and through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Swift action by officials led by the state Department of Water Resources relieved pressure on the spillways, Honea said.

Evacuees from California dam can return home, sheriff says