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California Alert 2: Is the Oroville Dam A False Flag Operation? FEDS Ignored Warnings 12 Years Ago

By Nate Brown  Published: February 13, 2017

Is the Oroville, California situation a false flag operation? Federal and State officials were purportedly warned twelve years ago about the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam.

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The following comes from Mercury News;

More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California’s largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting the evacuation of 185,000 people — could erode during heavy winter rains and cause a catastrophe.

Three environmental groups — the Friends of the River, the Sierra Club and the South Yuba Citizens League — filed a motion with the federal government on Oct. 17, 2005, as part of Oroville Dam’s relicensing process, urging federal officials to require that the dam’s emergency spillway be armored with concrete, rather than remain as an earthen hillside.

The groups filed the motion with FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They said that the dam, built and owned by the state of California, and finished in 1968, did not meet modern safety standards because in the event of extreme rain and flooding, fast-rising water would overwhelm the main concrete spillway, then flow down the emergency spillway, and that could cause heavy erosion that would create flooding for communities downstream, but also could cause a failure, known as “loss of crest control.”

A loss of crest control could not only cause additional damage to project lands and facilities but also cause damages and threaten lives in the protected floodplain downstream,” the groups wrote.

FERC rejected that request, however, after the state Department of Water Resources, and the water agencies that would likely have had to pay the bill for the upgrades, said they were unnecessary. Those agencies included the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which provides water to 19 million people in Los Angeles, San Diego and other areas, along with the State Water Contractors, an association of 27 agencies that buy water from the state of California through the State Water Project. The association includes the Metropolitan Water District, Kern County Water Agency, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Alameda County Water District.

Federal officials at the time said that the emergency spillway was designed to handle 350,000 cubic feet per second and the concerns were overblown.

“It is important to recognize that during a rare event with the emergency spillway flowing at its design capacity, spillway operations would not affect reservoir control or endanger the dam,” wrote John Onderdonk, a senior civil engineer with FERC, in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s San Francisco Office, in a July 27, 2006, memo to his managers.

“The emergency spillway meets FERC’s engineering guidelines for an emergency spillway,” he added. “The guidelines specify that during a rare flood event, it is acceptable for the emergency spillway to sustain significant damage.” – Read More

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lee
lee
7 years ago

re my last post, ad on page actually shows girl in underwear on hands and knees pointing butt toward reader. the link that i provided is copied from that image, but link does not take u to that particular image and instead shows more innocent images.

CauseforPaaws
CauseforPaaws
7 years ago

Oh, I know… how about California getting monies from their illegal aliens, or China, or Mexico. Cali already has the work force that could man the shovel ready jobs.

This is NOT a problem of the people of ANY other state, this problem is California’s. They need to deal with it ALL on their own. After all, they wish to secede, this is their first lesson in secession.

Maybe, if the Moonbeam governor had of taken the monies from being a sanctuary state and spent it on the much needed infrastructure, then, California would NOT be begging the rest of real America to bail them out.

Ray
Ray
7 years ago
Reply to  CauseforPaaws

I have come across this exact sentiment many times. The problem is that those who write these things seem not to separate people from the Elitist who run the government. I had to be evacuated from my home with a small baby. Had to flee in the night just to wait around for some idiots to play plug the wrong hole on a dam that could destroy my home, my business, and on and on the list goes.

I can’t control what the government does nor can I MAKE them fix the things that they should fix. I never expressed nor have I seen a petition about seceding from the U.S. For some reason Elitist, celebrities, or their cohorts speak, and everyone assumes that they represent everyone in that entity. Please use a bit of critical thinking.

What I can do is realize that REAL people are effected by the decisions or indecisions of this elitist government. I implore you to do the same. Perhaps if we ALL begin questioning the government, taking videos, sharing and releasing information, we can turn this ship around. However, as long as we continue to blame one another they will continue to win, while we will continue to have NO VOICE.

P.S. We are still under “Voluntary” evacuation orders, without anyone paying for ANY of the money that we are out. Our levees that surround us are in desperate need of repair as well. We are all waiting at the edge of our seats to again run for our lives. Our car is packed with nose pointed towards the street.

Brian
Brian
7 years ago

The Hoover Dam is also in need of desperate repair. The Elite continue to let our infrastructure fall apart. All the money that goes to fix these problems continue to get ignored because the elite can never have enough money and their just robbing the everyday American citizen and is part of their global depopulation agenda. Obviously, our government cares so much about us, sarcasm. God bless all of God’s children and protect us from their nefarious agenda.

Lauren
Lauren
7 years ago

Dear: Nate
Can you please pray for my friend devon’s grandma. She had five strokes and is in the hospital. Devon doesn’t think she’s going to make it. When Devon told me I prayed for her grandma.

Thank you
God bless

Lauren
Lauren
7 years ago
Reply to  Nate Brown

Thank you