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a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

Lime Tonics posted:

I'm sure the 1 or 2 dam inspectors are overworked, also

Currently, there are about 4,400 "unsafe" dams in the U.S. There are unsafe dams in almost every state. (A majority of states and federal agencies define an "unsafe" dam as one that has been found to have hydraulic or structural deficiencies that leave it more susceptible to failure.)

http://www.damsafety.org/news/?p=c0fdade4-ab98-4679-be22-e3d7f14e124f

dam livestream

http://www.kcra.com/nowcast

good thing we are devoting resources to fixing this issue

*aid comes up and whispers in ear

uh er i mean

*jumps in car and speeds to the airport

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Mokelumne Trekka
Nov 22, 2015

Soon.

Thanks Trump you loving piece of poo poo

b-minus1
Jul 24, 2008

She's a maniac, maniac
on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

EugeneJ posted:

Do you want to drive a newstruck to the death dam

This sort of poo poo is what helicopters are for

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Night time failure is bad , everyone downstream better get to high ground.

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo





https://twitter.com/KRCR7/status/830900450870206465


http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/186/web

Hometown Slime Queen
Oct 26, 2004

the GOAT
haha cool

b-minus1
Jul 24, 2008

She's a maniac, maniac
on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

Lime Tonics posted:

Night time failure is bad , everyone downstream better get to high ground.

Yeah it sucks because we can't see all the cool poo poo when it happens

TheSpamalope
Dec 30, 2008

by sebmojo
Lipstick Apathy
Wow this is crazy. It's crazy right? This is crazy. gently caress I can't tell anymore I'm so numb

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

b-minus1 posted:

Yeah it sucks because we can't see all the cool poo poo when it happens

I'm sure the helicopters have NV or thermal cameras.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
The news coptor's outta gas and has to go back home :(

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

b-minus1 posted:

This sort of poo poo is what helicopters are for

local news can't afford helicopters anymore

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

A misanthrope posted:

local news can't afford helicopters anymore

Most of my local stations use drones now for aerial shots

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Nefarious 2.0 posted:

good, i'm glad of it

gently caress you.

a misanthrope
Jun 21, 2010

:burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug::burgerpug:

EugeneJ posted:

Most of my local stations use drones now for aerial shots

mine won't because they're afraid of new technology and not sucking

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

Mokelumne Trekka posted:

Thanks Trump you loving piece of poo poo

Hey, he said that California had to open up the water, and he's delivering on that promise.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
buncha fish are gonna have a kickass waterslide ride today I guess

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
I was thinking to myself "Sacramento is far away from the dam", but then I googled its elevation and Sacramento is 30 feet above sea level

:rip:

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

why would you live below a dam

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot
Don't go chasin waterfalls.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Uncle Wemus posted:

why would you live below a dam

most places are below a dam, idiot

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo
News conference live: http://www.kcra.com/nowcast

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

buncha fish are gonna have a kickass waterslide ride today I guess

They already captured all the hatcheries down stream and moved them a few days ago

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
durrr why people live on ground it hurts my autism

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
I thought California was supposed to be running out of water

Lamebot
Sep 8, 2005

ロボ顔菌~♡

Three-Phase posted:

Don't go chasin waterfalls.

in soviet california waterfall chases you!

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

General Dog posted:

I thought California was supposed to be running out of water

we are

that dam had the last water in the state

all the water is gone

all of it

we're beginning phase two now

the invasion eastward begins tomorrow

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Hahahaha the TV station was showing the police press conference by cropping a Facebook stream, but then a bunch of spam chat showed up and caused it to buffer and die

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
They found a hole forming on the left side of the emergency spillway, sounds bad.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

exploded mummy posted:

They already captured all the hatcheries down stream and moved them a few days ago

they can't have moved all the goddamned fish out of that lake

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo

EugeneJ posted:

Hahahaha the TV station was showing the police press conference by cropping a Facebook stream, but then a bunch of spam chat showed up and caused it to buffer and die

These guys are using a feed from a vertical cell phone: http://www.krcrtv.com/krcr-news-channel-7-live-stream

BlueBlazer
Apr 1, 2010

Three-Phase posted:

Is this gonna be one of those things where once the water starts flowing down outside the main spillway it will just dig away at the earth, causing more water to flow causing more erosion until there's an extremely severe flood?

Probably, the guys that built it knew what they were doing, we cant read their minds as we have no loving clue.

Mercrom
Jul 17, 2009
so is the mountain gonna break or is this one of those disasters where a week from now they have to rescue a grandma who stubbornly refuses to evacuate her flooded house

Space Crabs
Mar 10, 2007

by FactsAreUseless


At least that cop at the press conference said things will be fine because they are going to drop bags of rocks from helicopters to plug the new hole.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Their plan is to drop bags full of rocks into the hole with helicopters

:psyduck:

u sp33k l33t br0
Sep 12, 2007

Who Doesn't Like Intercourse?
Soiled Meat

EugeneJ posted:

Their plan is to drop bags full of rocks into the hole with helicopters

:psyduck:

That is the best god drat plan I have ever heard.

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
https://twitter.com/SacCountyWater/status/830886038897766400

ArgumentatumE.C.T.
Nov 5, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
There aren't any nuclear plants near the danger zone of this flood, are there? Gettin' Fukushima flashbacks up in here.

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

EugeneJ posted:

Their plan is to drop bags full of rocks into the hole with helicopters

:psyduck:

We'll miss you

kindermord
Jun 5, 2003
ducks is chickens with swimmy toes
dropping giant bags of rocks to fix the breach didn't work too well after katrina :ohdear:

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

as a person who never leaves my house i've done pretty well for myself.

kindermord posted:

dropping giant bags of rocks to fix the breach didn't work too well after katrina :ohdear:

It worked at Chernobyl.


ArgumentatumE.C.T. posted:

There aren't any nuclear plants near the danger zone of this flood, are there? Gettin' Fukushima flashbacks up in here.

California has one operating commercial nuclear reactor, and it's not downstream.

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