LOS ANGELES — The badly damaged main concrete spillway at Oroville Dam was pounded by massive volumes of stormwater this month, but its failures occurred well short of the maximum flow that engineers designed the system to handle. The spillway began breaking apart when its gates were opened Feb. 7, allowing 55,000 cubic feet of water…
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Thank You for choosing to print this article! Very important facts that affect all of us in California.
Bob Bea is a local treasure . . I remember when he went to New Orleans to help Van Heerden get to the truth about the levee failures during Katrina.