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duhiki ago

When the dam was built, it didn't have rebar reinforcement. That's why it broke, and why they had to evacuate the fish hatchery.

Are you a local to the area? Because a lot of the "elite" people in the area have ties to ranching (cattle, almonds, rice, corn; big ag in general) and wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot, not with how water has been rationed due to the drought.

ABACABB ago

Your first clue to their insanity was calling this a disaster... No one died no large pupulation areas got flooded. Some damage to a dam that desperately needing fixing. No big deal.

duhiki ago

Cities and towns from 4 counties were issued orders for immediate evacuation. That's significant. It's dangerous and has potential for tragedy. From Oroville to Sacramento-- that's not a small amount of area. If the emergency spillway gives out, there's more than a handful of communities in danger. They've cancelled school/college for those in the Oroville area just in case. http://www.actionnewsnow.com/story/34486618/butte-county-releases-map-of-areas-with-mandatory-evacuation

Fuck man, read up on the Johnstown flood. It's got that kind of potential.

I'm from the area and have family there. As a kid, I toured the dam as a field trip. Trust me when I say this can be bad, as the area at risk is a part of America's breadbasket, so it's not just the impact on lives, but for feeding communities.

The Romans had an adage; give them circuses and bread and the poor will never revolt.

Deliberately wiping out the farms/ranches/orchards of gun-loving rednecks would backfire. They're already pissed that their vote for Trump means that they lose their cheap farm labor and that's got their knickers in a bunch.

The State of Jefferson is very much alive in that area, is all I'm saying.