By now most of you have heard of the overloaded dam and evacuation here in Oroville, California. It has been on all the national networks for a week now keeping everyone updated.
I have learned more about CFS, inflows, outflows, and spillways than I ever thought I would.
But just to show you some of the differences, here are two pictures showing the before and after of the Dam spillway where excess water is drained to keep the levels down’
Here is the Lake Oroville Spillway both before and after the emergency.
As I am writing this it is still raining, with no end in sight for another week at least, making this the wettest winter in many years here in Northern California.
As soon as it dries out a bit, I’ll have some more pictures.
Right now, I am staying about an hour North of Oroville in a town like Red Bluff. The campground is the Durango RV Park and is by far one of the nicest RV parks I have stayed at.
When we get some sun, I’ll post some photos of this park and the Sacramento River that runs right by the park I am at.
Now, back to trying to dry out.