Post by robeiae on Feb 13, 2017 7:49:24 GMT -5
www.latimes.com/local/california/la-live-updates-oroville-dam-how-the-oroville-dam-situation-became-a-1486958195-htmlstory.html
Other sources are still claiming that the threat is still there.
Regardless, IF something happens, there's already a set-up in the works for "blame." Farther down the LA Times page:
That discussion tips into two things: the whole "crumbling infrastructure" issue, as well as the post-Katrina levee issue (levees that weren't improved, even though funds were allocated for their improvement).
More than 100,000 people were told to evacuate because of a “hazardous situation” involving the Northern California dam's emergency spillway. At one point, the NWS warned that the auxiliary spillway was expected to fail and could send an “uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville.” However, by late Sunday night, officials said the immediate threat had passed because water had stopped washing over the emergency spillway.
Other sources are still claiming that the threat is still there.
Regardless, IF something happens, there's already a set-up in the works for "blame." Farther down the LA Times page:
There will be much discussion in the coming weeks about whether more could have been done to prevent the flood panic at the Oroville Dam, which was caused when first the main spillway and then the emergency spillway suffered damage.
More than a decade ago, there was debate about whether the emergency spillway needed to be strengthened to better handle a crisis when the main spillway was damaged.
More than a decade ago, there was debate about whether the emergency spillway needed to be strengthened to better handle a crisis when the main spillway was damaged.