The Birth & Possible Death Of Oroville Dam (2017)

The Disaster that could of been had officials not gotten a handle on the situation that unfolding at the Oroville Dam in 2017.

A 5 minute documentary on the birth of the Oroville Dam with news on the developing story afterwards.

With five overlapping weather forecast rainfall models, a full 3-5 inches of precipitation will fall in the drainage basin of the Oroville Dam, which will raise water levels faster that the damaged spillway can out flow over-topping the emergency spillway by 13 feet. The last over top was 2-2.5 feet. Are you ready for the effects if the spillway ruptures as the water will damage natural gas pipelines, food deliveries and scour away roadways?

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