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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 11, 2017 - 07:38am PT
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DMT, the leading ST chronicler of the waters of '17.
On another note: Lake Oroville is projected by Roy Spencer to breach it's emergency spillway level by 8 am this morning. Any one heard of evacuations from Oroville or other communities downstream?
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Feb 11, 2017 - 08:02am PT
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Hard to believe, but as of yesterday the Shasta Reservoir was 96% full, 7 feet below the crest. Man, all the times I've driven down to Cali and passed that almost empty lake with its beached boat docks ........ incredible it can fill like that.
Here's a link to a California government daily level report: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/vungvari/daily.pdf
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2017 - 08:09am PT
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Mammoth summit is at 340" now.
Meh. That is 700" less than what Mt Baker gets in a gud year.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 11, 2017 - 08:51am PT
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Looks like the Oroville Dam breached the emergency release level shortly after 8 this morning. Could get interesting. KCRA has live shots.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Feb 11, 2017 - 08:56am PT
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It was 80 degrees in Denver, yesterday.
Also, the Ouray Ice Park closed yesterday because of warm temps, and deteriorating conditions.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Feb 11, 2017 - 10:10am PT
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It was also 80 degrees yesterday in Palm Springs.
Granted SoCal hasn't been anywhere near as rainy as farther north, but it's still been pleasantly rainy. My sweetie and I wanted a warm weather break so we did a day trip to Palm Springs. Josh was another option but the forecast was a bit windy.
We did a nice hike in the Indian Canyons. The Stone Pools were deep and beautiful, and people thrilled by the heat were submersing themselves in the water.
Came home to cloudy conditions and the rain started again by 5 PM, rained steady all night.
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Feb 11, 2017 - 04:23pm PT
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Here's a video of the Oroville dam emergency spillway in operation for the first time ever:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Now you California creeps can stop trying to steal water from us Washingtonians.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Feb 11, 2017 - 04:49pm PT
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 11, 2017 - 06:24pm PT
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Sorry to have missed you on your jaunt past my place into the Pah Rah Range Jonny. Did you make it all the way up to your property?
Went out to the Selenites and points beyond today. The road to The Sphinx parking area is rough, but passable. Just patchy snow on the north exposures on the approach. Might be going up tomorrow with Jack and Alex. Sphinx south face and the Obelisk should be decently warm.
On another note; the big hammer of God presently seems to be Oroville Dam. With no chance of repair till the dry season, and with more wet weather and spring snow melt looming, how long can the damaged spillway and emergency spillway last before the earthen dam itself is compromised to the point of catastrophic failure? How many millions of people's properties, businesses, critical transportation arteries, etc, downstream would be destroyed in such a disaster? If I was in Oroville I'd have my bags packed and loaded and escape routes out of harms way scoped out. Ditto with lots of Sacramento and beyond neighborhoods.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2017 - 06:37pm PT
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I wouldn't want to try and sell a house in Oroville right now.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Feb 11, 2017 - 06:49pm PT
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I wouldn't want to try and sell a house in Oroville right now. Dam damage or not........You wouldn't want to live in Oroville.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:21pm PT
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BUTTE CA- 447 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2017 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PST MONDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY... At 441 PM PST * Flash Flood Warning for... A Dam Failure in... South central Butte County in northern California... * Until 415 PM PST Monday * At 445 PM PST, Officials now anticipate a failure of the auxiliary spillway in 60 minutes. Residents of Oroville should evacuate in a northward direction such as towards Chico. Other city's should follow the orders of their local law enforcement. Operation of the auxiliary spillway has lead to severe erosion that has lead to a failure of the structure. Failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville. Immediate evacuation from the low levels of Oroville areas downstream is ordered. From Oroville to Gridley...low level areas around the feather river will experience rapid river rises. This is not a Drill. This is not a Drill. Repeat this is not a drill. * Locations impacted include... Oroville, Palermo, Gridley, Thermalito, South Oroville, Oroville Dam, Oroville East and Wyandotte. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. && LAT...LON 3953 12139 3934 12156 3933 12172 3952 12163 3961 12149 $$
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:22pm PT
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wow.. what a poorly designed emergency relief spillway.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article132332499.html
Officials warn of “imminent failure” at Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway
4:45 p.m.
Officials are warning those living downstream of Lake Oroville’s dam to evacuate because of a risk that the dam’s emergency spillway could collapse.
“They have what they expect to be an imminent failure of the axillary spillway,” said Mike Smith, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “What they’re expecting is as much as 30 vertical feet of the top of the spillway could fail and could fail within one to two hours. We don’t know how much water that means, but we do know that’s potentially 30 feet of depth of Lake Oroville.”
The Department of Water Resources, which operates the dam, said in a 4:42 p.m. Twitter post that the emergency spillway could fail within the next hour.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article132332499.html#storylink=cpy
Its not the dam. Its to the side of the dam. But it covers 30 feet of lake height. Here is a pic of the situation.
http://www.kcra.com/article/evacuation-orders-issued-for-low-levels-of-oroville/8735215
In below picture the dam is to the right. The main spill way is in the middle. It is concrete but is damaged about 2/3rds way down. the emergency spillway is to the left.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:29pm PT
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failure is expected in 15 minutes...
Damn, I'm glad i didn't go to table mt today...I would be heading home right now...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:34pm PT
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hey there say, nita... oh my...
i just heard about all of this...
:O
lacey and me are talking this right now...
:O
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John M
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:44pm PT
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Anyone know a better site then KCRA.. they don't seem to know what they are talking about.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:48pm PT
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hey there say, ... thanks for the newest link...
also, this picture might help, not sure...
EDIT:
say, monolith...
wow, the SECOND LINK... shows when it is live and
when it is re'show...
thank you so very much...
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