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Scenes from Oroville, CA
The Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville. This is a big ass dam, the tallest dam in the US, completed in 1968. A big story, in February 2017, the main and emergency spillways threatened to fail, leading to the evacuation of 188,000 people living near the dam. The Lake Oroville Visitors Center has a great exhibit about the emergency. California has an incredible water infrastructure on an unbelievable scale. #OrovilleDam #Oroville #LakeOroville #California #dam #water

Video clip to appreciate the roar of 15000 ft3/sec of water. #CAwx #OrovilleDam #LakeOroville

Tom @tomm had the excellent idea that we should go up to Oroville and see the new repaired spillway in action, still releasing 15000 ft3/sec to keep up with all the recent storms and more on the way. The amount of energy in that falling water is incredible; we got drenched without even getting very close. #CAwx #OrovilleDam #LakeOroville

The California Department of Water Resources says "Releases from #OrovilleDam to the Feather River were increased to 20K cfs today and will increase to 25K cfs tomorrow due to heavy inflows into #LakeOroville. We will continue to adjust releases based on ongoing weather conditions and #flood control guidelines set by the @USACEHQ"

A Look Back on the Oroville Dam with Practical Engineering - Back when it first happened, we covered the Oroville Dam near-disaster. Heavier-th... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/31/a-look-back-on-the-oroville-dam-with-practical-engineering/ #practicalengineering #orovilledam #mischacks

Repairing a Catastrophic Failure: The Oroville Dam Update - More than two years ago, the largest dam in the United States experienced a catastrophic failure of ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/05/17/repairing-a-catastrophic-failure-the-oroville-dam-update/ #catastrophicfailure #jinping-idam #engineering #orovilledam #ataturkdam #featured #dam