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Oroville Dam and the California Drought

The spillway is to increase runoff to 45,000 CFS starting Wednesday, where it previously was at 15,000 CFS.

Oroville Dam was in the news in February, when increased rains produced a problem with water release. The regular spillway removes dam water overages. When the dam water reaches it’s maximum height, at 960’, the highest dam in America begins using the emergency spillway.

Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway went into use February. The news found the emergency spillway seemed insufficient and an evacuation was called by DWR. 180,000 were evacuated, and crowded into churches, Evacuation Centers, and friends homes outside the dams area. It was chaos. Some had only an hour’s notice. Some were diverted after evacuating. They all got out. After about a week, officials said it was safe to go back, and residents returned to their homes.

The Oroville Dam evacuation of February proved to be a harbinger of what was possible after the 5 year California drought. Climate Change caused heavy rains to appear.

It also damaged the spillway. A lot. The Oroville Dam Spillway was broken in half. Water removal from the spillway had increased to 100,000 CFS, but was now decreased, eventually to zero, while DWR officials checked to see just how bad it was, up close. It was found that ‘it needed fixin’, and Governor Brown went to Washington to ask for funds. That happened and California was going to get it’s dam spillway repaired.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were expected for the repair. Those contracts were appointed, and spillway reconstruction was begun in April 2017. Oroville is to expect completed reconstruction of the spillway by November.

David Schaedler 5/8/17

Sent from ABC10 ) Oroville Spillway to receive after use inspection, and, possible repair.

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/05/nasa-seeks-industry-help-with-lunar-landings-potentially-sample-return/ – More on Techno News

NASA sampling industry moon landings? It looks like NASA is looking ahead. And well it ought to, due to long range planning of previous Moon landing. We all should do that sometimes.

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Physical facts regarding your body

Your stomach cellular lining replaces itself every 3-4 days.

Your 3000 cubic inches of skin cells replace themselves every 27 days, about every lunar month.

Your soft organs replace themselves every 7 months, about.

Your bones, the hardest part of you, is replaces itself every two years.

You liver has 500 different functions.

Decades ago, it was thought that your 'trillons of brain cells' never die, but that has been proven wrong.

In your physical body every second, 6 septillion (that's 6 followed by 24 zeroes) things happen naturally.

90% of diseases are caused by stress and complications.

Your nose can smell trillions of scents.

It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 to smile. Isn't that easier?

You can barely see a single human egg cell.

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Sacramento, 103rd annual UC Davis Picnic Day. Anywhere else? 4/22/17 David Schaedler

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1-25-18 California sunrise.

July

July is National Hot Dog Month. So when you’re toasting your dogs, you can say it’s in National agreement.

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Fact

Fun Fact - There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.

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