CNN report: On February 12th, 2017 at
least 188,000 people were evacuated from several Northern California
counties after damage to a spillway at the Oroville Dam. The
dam, which is the nation's tallest, remains intact. The emergency
spillway, which guards against the overflow of the dam when water levels
are high, was eroding. The
damage prompted a mandatory evacuation for cities and counties near
Lake Oroville. In the worst case scenario an
uncontrolled release from the dam could send a 30-foot wall of water
downstream. Here is a link to read more about this. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/us/california-oroville-dam-failure/
When we were on our way home from church that day the emergency broadcast system that we always hear beeping on the radio for testing was activated and they kept repeating " This is not a test, this is a real emergency. A mandatory evacuation for the following cities is in effect..."
This is a picture taken of our television screen during this process.
Here on the farm we housed many of the evacuees in some of the vacant homes and our LDS Stake also housed many within the homes of the members.
We have had so much rain this month with much flooding. This is as far
as we could go on the road out of our home on the way to work. We had to
go around to another route.
This is a picture of a lake that formed over an orchard of
small trees so they were completely covered by water. It is just now
receding. A large flock of tundra swans took advantage of the new
lake.
There are whole orchards of trees standing in lakes of water.
