When the Levee Breaks

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When the Levee Breaks

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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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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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We're getting flooded:

http://www.kcra.com/article/melting-sno ... oe/8695413
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And HWY 50 to Carson City is closed:

http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/08/20 ... ock-slides
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Oroville dam looks to be under distress as well.

source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Orov ... 920358.php
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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.
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So Russ, can we here in So. Cal. have a drink of water now? :dontknow
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Jimr wrote:So Russ, can we here in So. Cal. have a drink of water now? :dontknow
no.. our salmon and sturgeon need all they can swallow. ok.. you can have a cup or two.. :)
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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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And my local hiking / training / dog playground hill suffered a mudslide!
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