I checked the Oroville dam water depth today, February 11, 2011 and found it was 824. Back on December 5, 2010 the depth was 746 so after all the rain from december up to February 8, 2011 raised the level by 78 feet. I found that there is rain forecast for Next week at least, which will raise the level higher.
Then begins the states gambeling as it did in 1986, they will either start releasing water into the Feather River now in anticipation of higher levels or they will as they did in 1986, keep all the water behind the Dam in order to have plenty of water for farm and urban use from here to L.A.
If the warm rains come as they did in 1986, the Snow will melt for the Spring runoff and fill the Reservoir, which will force the state to release. Having been in charge of RD 784 in 1995-96 when those conditions caused extreme water flows, I recommend people living below the Yuba River be extra prepared to leave because the Feather will cause the Yuba to back up and put pressure on the Levee that BROKE IN 1986, especially given the Breaking news I posted above regarding the State flood Control Engineer telling us in a meeting that the Foundation under the Levee was destroyed.
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