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Water flows on California dam's spillway after 2017 crisis
Officials at the nation's tallest dam unleashed water down a rebuilt spillway Tuesday for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands of California residents from their homes over fears of catastrophic flooding.
Water flowed down the spillway and into the Feather River as storms this week and melting snowpack are expected to swell the lake behind Oroville Dam in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, said Molly White, principal engineer with the California Department of Water Resources.
The spring storms follow a very wet winter that coated the mountains with thick snowpack, which state experts will coincidentally measure Tuesday to determine the outlook for California's water supplies. Heavy winter rain and snow has left the state drought-free for the first time since December 2011, experts say.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Wednesday April 03 2019, @07:05AM (2 children)
"hey, look, people did their jobs to fix a problem we had panicked about !" - not the news, usually.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @07:09AM
I'm lost for words with wonder, trully.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 03 2019, @05:29PM
Too bad people turn around and use the successful fix as an excuse to do nothing the next time the experts warn of danger.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 03 2019, @09:59AM (10 children)
from TFA
I suspect they said something similar about the old one, too..
So, no money for pre-broken infrastructure, or "here's half, say thank you"
who else was supposed to pay?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday April 03 2019, @10:18AM (6 children)
Yeah, right. I don't know why the argument doesn't apply to Trump's wall, many of the state don't want it but still have pay for it.
Nope, it's not only the Californians to benefit from water management, keeping into account California produces more than half of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfSteveKeen https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @02:31PM (1 child)
Indeed.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:17PM
It's a wonder of modern logistics that so many end up reliably shipped to Florida, but they are kinda spilling too many on the other line, from CA to NYC via ATL.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by DECbot on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:13PM (3 children)
All those fruits are grown on land that gets taxed. Then the fruits are sold and are taxed on the sale. Those taxes are supposed to be used on the infrastructure of the state. Investigation after the 2017 emergency repairs shows that maintenance was shoddy and mismanaged, though no one has been held accountable. After the repairs, bonds should have been issued and property taxes raised. Californians boast that it has one of the largest economies in the world. Why does it then need federal dollars? If there is not money to maintain and refurbish that infrastructure, what has the state of California been wasting its tax revenues on and why does the rest of the nation have to pay because of its mismanagement? Californians, and to not offend friends in SoCal--specifically northern Californians, have been playing dangerous political games instructing children that the government is here to support their make-believe. This has diverted billions of dollars from public works into social programs. Now that their infrastructure needs emergency maintenance and they want to call it a national emergency. Look, I can agree that an earthquake would warrant an emergency, but decades of fiscal and political mismanagement does not. Especial if your state has more tax revenues than most European nations.
Here's my offer. California, I support Calexit wholeheartedly. I will cross boarders and fight for your independence because I'm fed up with your politicians and industries interfering with my community's Midwestern culture.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Wednesday April 03 2019, @04:22PM (2 children)
> have been playing dangerous political games instructing children that the government is here to support their make-believe.
Ever heard of a place called "the Bible belt" ?
> I will cross boarders
Don't. For your own safety. Those are really mean people when they're crossed.
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Wednesday April 03 2019, @05:19PM (1 child)
Okay, true. However their make-believe doesn't consume tax dollars if they're following the principle of separation of church and state. Which is my complaint. Their make-believe is causing direct government interference into other people's lives. And I mean that to cut both ways.
Right so. Perhaps I shouldn't rely on my phone's swipe features to write the word borders.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 03 2019, @05:44PM
Every state in the Bible Belt consumes more in federal tax dollars than they contribute.
It's us atheistic hellholes, likes California, that actually contribute to the tax base.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 03 2019, @01:12PM (2 children)
Does sound like some games being played. But having said that, why should any FEMA money be used at all? It's not that expensive for California.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @08:04PM (1 child)
Ah yes, the ol' FEMA for me paper towels for thee.
(Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Wednesday April 03 2019, @11:01PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @06:30PM
god, dont they hire designers for news sites anymore?
instead of a drone camera shot showing the fixed spillway AND the yuge lake it's trying to save
from wasting into saltyness, we get a shot of a autobahn with a puffy jogger...
i guezz "designer" now means a "in man" who knowz the latest and greatest javascript gimmicks instead?
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anyways, thatz some amazing concrete fix they did there just in time.
hope it holds ... on the rocks.