Oroville 17 March Spectacular Re-Opening of Main Spillway

I got there just in time to witness the "Grand Re-Opening" of the main spillway at Oroville after 2 weeks and 1.25 million cu. yards of debris removed. Also a complete press briefing update.
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[@bullitt7544]

This video has been the absolute most informative, factual, account of the whole fiasco. The footage shown of the damage, the lake levels, etc., has been the best yet. Very well done. What a marvel of engineering. Wow. Thanks for the upload of this.

[@rbtree]

My sentiments exactly. Superb work Juan. Fact based, honest, no embellishment, no speculation. Too bad a slew of people have to sully the comment section up with their off topic tripe.

[@a911mando]

BRAVO! (watching from Alaska)

[@TonyUnplugged]

KZbin has become infested with "Doom Porn" channels uploading click bait videos to get views and ad money. You have to find the channels providing real information, subscribe and stay away from the "Doom Porn".

[@rbtree]

Agreed. But I've been visiting them, for laughs and to combat some of the utter BS seen there. Maybe I should quit...so as to not increase their views.

[@imageiteverywhere]

Single best source for news about oroville is right here!

[@oldpool]

As a Dirt bike riding you tube watching American SOB, I find that your thoughtful plain english analysis and documentation show the facts allowing the viewer to draw their conclusion without bias. It offers amazing insight into the engineering process. You Tube has helped give my kids a leg up with all the fabulous videos produced by people of quality such as yourself. One man with a camera a computer and a plane can make a heck of a difference. Thank You

[@blancolirio]

Pay Pal tips accepted here for a wind mic and tripod! www.patreon.com/user?u=5295000

[@tracygallaway886]

Juan Brown, you ARE the de-facto Major Media re: the Oroville Dam and spillway situation. Your coverage has been closer to a Documentary than anyone else's. There have been some other good pertinent videographers. But yours, has been the most complete, with the best style too. Hat's Off!

[@RobertMoser]

I know you've heard it from many others, but add my voice to the pile of thanks for doing these reports. I appreciate the focus on facts, with just the right amount of explanation as you go. It really helps those of us with friends & family in the downstream area keep tabs on things.

[@MarthaMedicare]

EPIC... TRULY EPIC. This is an event that you can tell & show your grand kids... That I was there when they restarted the spillway. awesome 😎👍

[@Ronin4614]

You were perfectly positioned for the reopening of the spillway gates. Standing next to the dam workers was perfect.I am still puzzled about shutting down the Hyatt Powerplant to have a flow to help flush debris backflowing from the main spillway. It will be interesting to see what the mail spillway defect will look like when the main gates close again. Nice informative coverage in your series of videos on the Oroville dam. As you noted, the world is watching, and you are playing a big role what the world learns here. Thanks, Juan!

[@richardgarner4564]

Juan, I want to thank you for all the time you put into the Oroville Dam problem. It also has a personal thank you from my wife and myself, you see my brother in law lived in Berry Creek. We were out there at the height of the drought and saw lake Oroville when it looked like a fish bowl, driving over the 2 bridges with the lake so low made you feel kinda uneasy. Your airplane flights over the country shows us all the places he would always talk about. Again thank you very much!

[@andyloughton3911]

Been following every report with keen interest from Cape Town South Africa. Well done very comprehensive and factual. Thank you.

[@kerrymcinnis9858]

This Oroville dam crisis is not 're writing the books' on how you manage aging infrastructure like water dams. It is although exposing the corruption, incompetence, and mismanagement of how bad governance, as demonstrated by Governor Brown, leads to a mis allocation or wasting of funds that should have gone to repairing the dams/infrastructure development.

[@hoodoodino2335]

Yea...What Kerry McInnes said...That's right.

[@caahacky]

Great report Juan. I'm in the UK so not directly affected but this has been fascinating and your reports have cut through the noise. Thanks. Please stay on it, I'm looking forward to seeing things stabilize and a main spillway fix put in place.

[@chris__maltby]

Looking back on this really shows what an incredible job the guys have done repairing all the damage; such a transformation!

[@yupyup1562]

You made it so...thanks buddy, you're the best. And, what amazing footage. Watching that water trickle then gushing down...super awesome.

[@Jules-6022]

Awesome views, Juan, glad you made it there just in the nick of time! Thx for the updates.. nice ride too!

[@RTA266]

Great job, I've watched all the reports you've done on the Spillway Problem at Oroville Dam . Since I live in Evacuation area 1A I watch all info on the net relating inflow/outflow stats and of course your video's. Looking forward to your next one & staying prepared.....

[@matthewcory4733]

I roll on the floor laughing with the superiority of citizen journalists providing more context and informative coverage of major issues. The Google News aggregator shows that the journalism profession employs enough people to write 264,000 articles as of March 19th (searching "Oroville Dam") but they can't rival a KZbinr. That's why the nation is so divided politically. Misinformation, a lack of historical or relevant context and 100-IQ Communications majors constantly voicing their non-expert opinions comprise the information-overload world of infotainment. It's thin gruel for serious people.

[@blancolirio]

MD Cory Haa! Love it! Thin gruel indeed...thanks!

[@chadsimmons6347]

now that's telling it like it is ! Hey MD CORY remember way back when , they sold us the news , on rolled up sheets of paper , everyday ?

[@matthewcory4733]

Just getting started! At least a paper was good when you ran out of toilet paper. In the old days, you would get a sheet of information about every month. Imagine how much more coherent and meaningful that was. Koyaanisqatsi! Look up the age of the Pont du Gard and ask yourself why so much Sloanism and planned obsolescence is in our infrastructure. The Romans and those from antiquity and the Middle Ages left us magnificent architecture, aqueducts, roads, bridges, churches, stadiums and political buildings that still look great to this day. The dirty secret is that we are a make-work economy. Look up GPI (still understates inflation) vs GDP. Hong Kong finishes highest in PISA scores and economic freedom indexes, has the longest life expectancy (spending around 6% of GDP), runs budget surpluses with a small government and has one of the highest per-capita incomes in the world. We can't even make school lunches and we spend 20% of GDP on healthcare (by ~2020). Even IT was discredited by major economists. Acemoglu, Autor, Dorn, Hanson & Price (2014) have revisited the issue to find that "there is...little evidence of faster productivity growth in IT-intensive industries after the late 1990s. Second and more importantly, to the extent that there is more rapid growth of labor productivity...this is associated with declining output...and even more rapidly declining employment." In fact, up to half of the growth of U.S. healthcare spending is attributable to technology costs. Additionally, computers and mobile phones are continually cited as the greatest reducers of workplace productivity by means of distraction. I hear that drug overdosing has surpassed car accident deaths but I guess it's divorce and gluttony for the West. The info smog and ideological word clouds leave us unable to figure that out.

[@ZeekDuff]

I agree, it's still hard to find good info even on YT, by the time you search through 1,000s of fake nonsense, it's jump-for-joy time when someone posts real information. BTW, did they seal those pools with bentonite before reopening the gates? If not, I'd be concerned about further erosion underground, no telling how far down it could go, water just loves to eat earth, could even go under the dam, eventually...

[@olafprot7116]

Certainly agree Cory, as so many professional journalists are lazy, and perhaps not lazy by character, but lazy by constraint of their profession, which does not value substance or patience. On the other hand, the citizen journalism by blancolirio on YT is the minority. Many, if not most of the citizen YT "journalists" are spouting conspiracy theories and anti-scientific nonsense. The certainly were out in force over this Oroville Dam story. At least professional journalists have some accountability in what they report. Citizen journalists do not.

[@TheFootbaldd]

I had the privilege to work for one of the guys who played a role in rewriting the books on electrical safety, and am familiar with the type of incidents that rewrite the books on procedural compliance. You bring up some interesting perspective on how this incident may change the procedures and maintenance of water management in the US if not internationally. Thank you for the work.

[@4SeasonSports]

I haven't been able to see much news on the release today. Happy to see that my first bit of news is exactly how I would like to have seen it for myself. Thank you for putting yourself in a position of trust with DWR to share the spectacular footage and information.

[@pharmmech]

just wanted to say thank. have been following your reports. we appreciate all you have done keeping us informed

[@chriswalford4161]

Thanks for the update and great viewpoint. It looks like they've made as fair a job as could be expected so far and the water running out pretty clean, so the mighty effort looks well-focussed.

[@frantucker608]

Wow, that was completely exciting! I'm so glad you (and we) made it in time to see it! Thanks for the excellent reporting - I'm in Maryland and I actually feel like I was a witness to this and halfway understand what's going on! It's great that you can make it understandable to everyone. I'd be interested to know, when this is over, how much it cost to jump through all these hoops, compared with what it would have cost to fix it properly in 2014.

[@lkhfun6575]

Thanks for the continuing coverage!

[@brettradecki]

Thanks for the videos! Very interesting to watch. I always look forward to your updates.

[@brianberthold3118]

i thank you once again for keeping the world up to date with quality reporting - so many others are still running days old some even still showing the emer. spillway being used

[@charlotteMT134]

WOW!!!! Awesome. Yup. Too often we learn through mistakes. Scary stuff! Thanks to you Juan, and to ALL the men and women who worked so hard to make this possible...the scientists, engineers, cleaners and sweepers. In a short period of time, they made a huge fix. Prayers continue that goals are met and safety for people remains constant. Good to hear about the fish. C

[@lindaadams9760]

Your reporting has been excellent...you go to the 'meetings' and take notes ! :) Watching and following your commentary lets the viewers learn as well as watch. :) Good luck this spring !

[@malancronje6805]

Yes I concur, sorry but there will be no job opportunities for you in mainstream media, they don't deal in facts anymore. If you could do propaganda as well as you do reporting you might get a job at CNN.

[@RobDeHaven]

You da man Juan! Thank you so much for taking time out of your life to be our eyes and ears on site! I'm sure there are other things you'd probably rather be doing. Excellent video and so awesome you were on site when they opened the gates.

[@Bolivar2012able]

Same thing, but on a smaller scale happened here in the Drbyshire Peak District just a few months ago, when an aging Victorian Dams Spillway Collapsed due to Underflow from an unidentified crack in the top part of the main dam structure. The whole reservoir has been emptied and the damaged area was supported by an RAF Chinook airlifting in bags of gravel to support the damaged area.

[@magyar2000]

Juan, thank you so much for your commitment to keep us informed. It's very rare nowadays to see such professional and informative reporting. Keep safe and healthy.

[@zalmaflash]

Still the VERY BEST report on youtube. Thanks for the depth and honesty.

[@timmahnesmith1582]

Great report! Very informational, and an interesting sight to see! Looking forward to following this story.

[@DavidMcCabe]

Great job on your reporting. It has been fun to follow you and the dam through this process. Also, thanks to introducing me to Aram Bedrosian's music!

[@billyphoenix5139]

Thank you Juan I was so hoping that you would catch this and post it. Brother you did not disappoint any of us! Again thank you!!!!!

[@susanwolding1]

I knew you would come through for us! Thank you Juan!

[@angelapierred6461]

Another excellent report...just the type of investigation journalism I want to see! Thanks for turning me on to Aram Bedrosin's great music, too! I love a good bass.

[@cecmerc6197]

Great video! Thank you! A small note: when the power plant is turned off, the water level downstream lowers, so it seams natural the water coming of the spillway will run towards the plant. I hope they can let the power plant on while the spillway is open so the water coming from the power plant will help spread the debris off the spillway.

[@azwrenchmaster5334]

Who the F thumbs down a video like this? Juan, you're doing great work. Like someone else mentioned, I like how you "pause" at certain views, allowing the scope of it to soak in. Thanks, from Az.

[@GSMSfromFV]

Sadly, there are people out there with chronic troll disease. In most cases, it's not curable.

[@twcfanc24]

Really anticipated today. Thanks for all your amazing work. Can't wait to see what will happen in the coming weeks :)

[@RjBin-xz2um]

Thank you for the updates on the dam and the repair of the spillway. I enjoy your content and factual account of what has happened and what is being proposed.

[@pacinmaine]

I applaud you for your excellent reporting of this very important and critical situation. I also applaud all the hard work that went into this massive cleanup. Pray for the people down river and hope when the snow melts that they can maintain this flow and keep everyone safe. AGAIN, THANK YOU JUAN!

[@miker7532]

i was just looking for your update and thought hey he didnt post anything today then here you are 10 sec later with the update good job!

[@joecasarez7062]

What a great day for a bike ride! Complete with a Really Really Big Water Show! You Rock On & Happy St. Patrick's Day: Juan!

[@PassionforWoodworking]

I wish our journalists reported the news as candidly as you Juan. Here in upstate NY I only watch your updates in regards to the Orville dam. I wanted to let you know what an outstanding job you are doing. No sensationalist bs. Just facts and data to back it up.

[@klm2395rh]

This has been the go-to site for Oroville spillway coverage. What a tremendous job you have done. You have left the MSM in the dust with your coverage of this fascinating story. Thank you!!!!

[@Zeldenrust7]

Thanks for sharing this video with us. Awesome job of filming!

[@jimlachapelle9347]

always looking for you, nice job! cool bike setup.

[@josephgardiner9866]

thanks for your awesome reporting. I have been following you and not left any comment. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping folks informed . I enjoyed your series of videos. awesome reporting and equipment. thanks

[@ronjlwhite4750]

Super nice job once again for filling the people in with info that is needed.

[@tgifford4]

Nice bike, refreshments, snacks, you look like your having way to much fun.

[@Happy-zr6yh]

been waiting all day for this, thank you

[@doxland]

Excellent bulletins! Thanks Juan These coupled with the history and tendency of me and my motorcycle/pilot/engineer friends serve as a good reminder that hubris is, to so many of us , a potholed road. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.”

[@ahabtheplant]

If the bedrock is strong enough, why not break up the old spillway​ and use it in the plunge pools to break up the flow and slow down erosion? It will look more natural, as its working with the earth and not forcing the water into one channel. It would probably mean less maintainence over the long run.

[@blancolirio]

ahabtheplant they might....

[@paulscottpadgett1996]

Absolutely superb report.....

[@RyanPanning]

Thanks for the updates, appreciate it. Staying up to date with these videos.

[@shannonakey2016]

Nice keeping people updated from across the country Thank You.

[@yupyup1562]

Thanks for clearing up plunge pools. I had only heard about diversion pool, not plunge pools, so when Croyle said they wanted water to jump broken spillway and into pool, I thought it sounded rather odd. How could water 'jump' that far. Now knowing about 'plunge' pools, it makes perfect sense. Thanks again.

[@xxwookey]

God doesn't actually exist, you know, so praying isn't going to help much. This is engineering and physics, not religion.

[@bnghjtyu767]

Or does he...

[@Toshinben]

Well, if you regularly pray for stuff to work and it doesn't, I'd go for better design techniques before better prayer.

[@rationalmartian]

Only in America do people talk about praying for things like this, and are actually serious. Really, how do people con themselves and allow themselves to be conned by others with this daft old superstitious nonsense. The actual remedy is in human hands. As indeed it always is. As someone already said, this is physics, geology and engineering. No blind faith required or wanted.

[@jamesvandamme7786]

God gave you a brain. Use it.

[@elainalensgraf2802]

BIG SPECIAL THANKS TO "JUAN BROWN'S " staying on the REAL DEAL AT THE OROVILLE DAMN!!! GOD BLESS U AND UR FAMILY & ALL U DO! THROUGH AND THROUGH U ARE THE BEST! AND FOR THAT MY FAMILY AND I, ARE EVER SO GREATFUL & CAN GET SOME ZZZ WITH A LITTLE MORE EASE! THANK YOU!

[@cattail6322]

Watching all the way from Newton, NC.. Keep Reporting!

[@sharonissler3771]

Your the Best....keeping us up to date on the Oroville Dam,,,,,THANKS AGAIN

[@Freshwaterboy]

This is the direct result of poor maintenance. Heads should roll and replacements should be hired. I don't think there is any other excuse. This is the eye opener the rest of our infrastructure needed. I am very happy they managed to avoid a catastrophe. Still excellent videos. You are my source for all info on the dam.

[@LindCoulee]

High-five Juan. Great work!!!

[@goldsearcher55]

Fantastic information Juan!! Thaks for all you do on your time off. I was hoping that you would capture this event for all of us to see! Keep us up to date......

[@dudeonbike800]

Nice ride! (Glad I stayed 'till the end.) Nice reporting. Thanks for providing timely and candid information about this story.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

It is great that you were out there with them! Thanks for taking us along!!! Maybe the high flow will prevent debris from collecting in the collection pool and carry it downstream instead. Seems that will only exacerbate the flooding elsewhere, particularly where the flow will slow down, such as at the bends in the river.Do you see any helicopters parked on site? Looks like you could use a good pair of binoculars with a built in digital camera and SD card.

[@rwhirsch]

what a lesson in maintenance now vs. spend a gazillion later.

[@bobsmoth7837]

That deserves a lot of up votes ^^^^^^^^^^^^

[@garnets3484]

Took the words right outta my mouth! Job security?

[@ronbucchino7167]

Again an articulate, thoughtful, and scientific presentation of events at the dam. I am impressed. Even though I follow this from Massachusetts -- I feel as if I am right there where the action is taking place. Your visuals are great. And the tools/graphics/knowledge you have used to help the audience to understand the situation is fantastic. I only hope you publish a scientific paper for one of the engineering society meetings, Good luck and I look forward to more.

[@markworthington1895]

mountain's crumble to the sea as will dams built by man, nothing lasts forever .This event is a wake-up call. Thank You Juan

[@DeaconMike]

You would think they would've filled in the big hole on the busted spillway with huge rocks before running water into it which causes more erosion.

[@veryslyfox]

@9:48 Freeway lanes are 12-14 feet wide. So that spillway is as wide as 13 lanes not 4. Lol

[@blancolirio]

I think yer right...

[@ohseeyotsalagi5255]

Your vlogs are the most factual information channels available to the public about this ongoing event. You are correct that this disaster and the chain of events are rewriting the books on how to manage dams. That's a good thing, because apparently the books needed updating! Thank you for your time making these vlogs. You're doing a great service.

[@iCarilloninChrist]

*Excellent reporting ! Love and prayers to all who live and work around and on the Oroville Dam ! G_d Bless you and Shalom !*

[@johnvono5787]

There's gold in them thar hills.

[@mrjaffar]

So glad the engineers have got a handle on this...

[@eccentriceric]

thanks for sharing. Nice to see more detailed footage of what's going on.

[@proletarian2560]

Thank you for taking the time to go out there, great shots!

[@aceyorba]

100 million for February.. I'm sure the final bill will be close to a 1 Billion when the main spillway is complete

[@TyphoonVstrom]

You should calculate the cost of a dam failure.....

[@jospi2]

The cost that the flood of 1997 would have done downstream without the dam were estimated at 13 Billion dollars.

[@lic2kil007]

Over to you Juan...

[@blancolirio]

"back to the studio..."

[@wdkilerful]

I am in the studio also and " I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore "

[@chefjimmie1]

lic2kil007: I love your Basenjis.

[@lic2kil007]

Thanks Chef.. They are my kids.

[@49testsamiam49]

thanks somuch juan I was waiting for your report

[@pgarozzo]

Wow! Great reporting. Thanks so much for your effort to produce this report. Keep up the good work.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

thank you juan for good reporting. I know you are flight crew, and surprise, you've got a drone. by the way, the phantom seems the best all round flyer. good job juan.

[@blancolirio]

Actually those are the official DWR and Contractor drones used to monitor the situation. They should have some amazing footage up soon.

[@Luther-dj8si]

Make this guy the California Dam Czar. haha. This guy is solid and probably has had contracts shoved in his face already. Outstanding coverage.

[@blancolirio]

not one call yet...(

[@Luther-dj8si]

This oould be a ten year job for you with other Calif. dams in disrepair. Plus you could cover each repair, etc. Who believes the MSM anymore...we could just plug you in, hear the truth, and move on. thanks

[@pbcoupons]

fascinating! Thank you for such thorough coverage!

[@Out2GetYaWorldAKAMcfly]

Who needs school when you have a great teacher such as yourself. Thanks!

[@RoboTekno]

Thanks for posting these videos. Are you a local news reporter or are you just doing this for fun? I appreciate your factual and to the point reporting on the Oroville dam progress, especially when the brain dead mainstream media can't even tell the difference between the emergency and main spillways. Keep up the good reporting. I look forward to your report on the planned fixes to the main spillway. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do both long and short term.

[@blancolirio]

RoboTekno thanks, both.

[@chrisdowing1775]

Wouldn't they want part of the power plant running to keep pushing water and debris down river? I don't know. I am so curious about this and worried for CA!

[@blancolirio]

Too risky

[@chrisdowing1775]

Without water flowing thru the power plant, isn't the spill way pushing debris into the power plant? I know there is going to be a natural push back with the water already in-between the two locations but I would think it would help protect the power plant.

[@chrisdowing1775]

@blancolirio What is the risk?

[@TyphoonVstrom]

The risk is that if the diversion pool is too high, the outlets from the power turbines back up and flood back through the turbines. The diversion pool won't silt up any more than it is, all the debris is now being carried downstream by the spillway flow and will probably help scour the diversion pool of the previous debris.

[@bobsmoth7837]

Basically the river ( diversion pool ) can only handle so much flow. It's governed by the Thermolito Diversion Dam. Also they are trying to control the river flow further downstream. Normally they would run the hydro plant and put just enough water down the spillway. I don't think there's any actual debris backing into the turbines, just too much water in the river

[@Paul1958R]

Great reporting - very informative. Thank you. Paul

[@williiamwindsor9463]

Juan Brown absolutely fantastic job, accurate, informative and I appreciate your dedication to keep us up to date.

[@jetlorider]

Juan is giving the dam the middle finger....... :P

[@blancolirio]

"The Fickle Finger of Fate, Truth and Knowledge"...LOL

[@timwilkinson2797]

Just a thought - Blancolirio wouldn't last five minuets working for CNN ! lol

[@blancolirio]

I'd get 'the hook'...lol

[@12799MaDeuce]

CNN would cut off his feed lol. any of the big name networks would can him, unfortunately.

[@allenra530]

You tell the truth entirely too much for the big networks, Juan. Thanks for all the information. I went to CSUChico a few years ago and did some gold mining up along the North Fork to help pay for it. Now I live a long way from there and it is nice to see your videos.

[@kimmer6]

Anybody who knows how to work the pointy end of a 777 is way too over educated to work for CNN. Ramp rats on the other hand........ :>

[@timhill7102]

thanks for your coverage - I have been watching all of your clips on this dam. I live in Australia and appreciate how serious the situation was / is.

[@tonyseelbach7642]

THANKS FOR REPORTS !. I I have really enjoyed you clips. VERY INTRESTING. really shows how powerful mother nature is. Thanks

[@janvaneetvelde995]

Actually I am glad I live in the west. If this happened in china or russia, and it does! the government wouldn't be hold responsible at all. They would just evacuate and some company wich could get the most corrupt deal would try to clean up. The world would not even know what had happened! Putin would maybe tweet: ''minor water problem in Orovilski.'' ... This happens all over the world! At least I am very happy that when it happens we can count on the best crews to solve the problem and the best professionals to report about it! Thank God I was born in the free WEstern world! Jan from Belgium!

[@ridgerunnermoonshine8215]

Jan Van Eetvelde in China they would put someone to death.

[@georgeeverette3912]

I think you are describing the Oroville situation exactly. I see little news of this on the main stream media here in North Carolina and the same people who allowed this emergency to occur are the same people who will award contracts to fix it. So, what is different here?

[@bardbollocks]

In China the responsible politician would be shot for negligence. Makes them take their jobs seriously.

[@onemercilessming1342]

bardbollocks--And, in North Korea, they would be shot for not being able to read Kim's mind about how he wanted the job done.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Right -- that guy who had his own half-brother whacked, needs to be offed himself!

[@kristyhoward6897]

Will the "rock crushing Plant" have a massive Sluice for the Gold?

[@blancolirio]

doubt it.

[@kristyhoward6897]

blancolirio TY for your video

[@podcastbunker]

Thanks Juan for that amazing view & report. Great work. Fingers crossed for everyone below the dam. Hopefully they have a plan b,c & d.

[@paulscarlett4346]

Just looked at your March 2nd report where you visited the spillway -- you can really see what they moved .. very impressive -- again many thanks for your factual reporting!

[@MooseTurder]

Release the Kraken!

[@blancolirio]

Yer right!...kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZOVq3yIZ9epiLM

[@user-vm3fd1tz6h]

blancolirio hallo juan good evening first off oll i would like to thank you for oll your great videos and info i am wotching each one of your vids keep on 😊i am from israel and wotching and learning since the beginning of this dissaster i am in live chat every day since and got to know the best people ever now its the 2 of may and i wonted to see whats new but to my dissapoinntment there is no live stream chat of oroville to be found😢😢😢😢maybe dm haed to close his chat???????please tell me whats going on i just have to know i cant get it on you tube and cant find it even true google please help me thanks juan have e nice evening by the way my name is manuela nicole and millie and zach and oll the others are very importent to me bye thanks😊👄❤👄

[@visualkeirockstar]

when I first started watching videos about the oroville dam. some youtubers were sure that this dam was gonna break and kill us all.

[@dougankrum3328]

well....At first it was the emergency spillway....some 30 feet high....that's a lake elevation of 901 feet ...down to 870.....that would drown Oroville.....

[@aking15twu]

visualkeirockstar I was watching only to see the accountability of state and federal emergency management. I hope and pray for all yall living near the damn and Feather River.

[@aking15twu]

***** y u say that?

[@trucid2]

visualkeirockstar It wasn't just youtubers. An evacuation order for 100s of thousands of people was issued.

[@CmdrGendoIkari]

The dam itself I wasn't worried about. They could have lost the emergency spillway, and then possibly suffered major damage to the upper portion of the main spillway had the weather not given them enough of a break. Even just losing the emergency spillway would have been a major flood for downstream communities as it is holding back the top 30 feet of the lake when it gets high enough to over top it. The dam's rim is another 20 or so feet higher than the emergency spillway, plus it would have to erode clear through the concrete gate structure of the main spillway before it became a threat to the dam itself.

[@SteveKluver]

Thank you Sir. This update is over the top, spectacular!

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Wow nice job thank you!! Amazing when you think about all the "stuff" around us we just take for granted everyday. Kudos to all those engineers and workers navigating through this activity. Let's pray this turns out to be one of mans finest hours!

[@kenlucas8252]

Can some of this water be saved downstream for future use ?

[@blancolirio]

not much, just that picked up by the Ca. aquaduct waaaay down in the Delta.

[@TyphoonVstrom]

And don't forget, water flows like this are normal every year there's a decent snow melt, to control reservoir levels.

[@marc8919]

SoCal is always taking NorCal and other parts of the state's water. If it didn't you'd all be dead or gone. Some water needs to be allowed to flow into the ocean as it has for millennia.

[@ronniebaxter7221]

Not with Gov Brown running things.