OROVILLE DAM
Oroville has had crazy amounts of rain. The lake got super full and then the spillway at the dam got a huge crack in it! No one knew what to do with the crack so they stopped the spillway to try and figure it out and then the lake filled up and they couldn’t let it out fast enough and the water started coming over the emergency spillway! That had never happened since the dam was built in the 60’s. They finally got the water below the lake level and then started freaking out that the emergency spillway was eroding and could give way at anytime which would flood the entire town and everything down the feather river! They ordered everyone to evacuate on February 12th! Kevin and Ryan both left their homes! It was pretty crazy and chaotic. Obviously we weren’t there but we were watching and waiting all weekend. Everything seems to be fine now – there is still lots of water but most of it is further south in California. Grateful that everyone is able to go back home and hope the rain can slow down a little.
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