The Lake Oroville dam spillway is supposed to open at 11AM local time (Pacific Time) today. according to reports from the California Department of Water Resources. We have two live…
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Lake Oroville nearing spillway level – watch using a new tool
After heavy winter storms, the water level stands just two feet below the new spillway gates – will it work? When the #CampFire occurred, one of the very best tools…
Unbelievable: New $500 million Oroville dam spillway already has cracks
CA Department of of Water Resources says: “don’t worry”, it’s “robust”. Readers may recall that in February 2017, the spillway at Oroville dam eroded and collapsed due to the massive…
On top of everything else at #LakeOroville, there was a funnel cloud today
From the “mother nature just won’t cut this town a break” department and Oroville resident Belinda Mcfadden who sends these pictures via Facebook. She notes that the funnel cloud was “Above…
Storm: 10 trillion gallons over next 7 days for CA #LakeOroville watershed to get massive amounts of rain
Last week, I said that up to a foot of rain could be seen in the Lake Oroville watershed due to a series of “supersoaker storms” coming through. Now, the…
USGS records small Earthquakes near #OrovilleDam
Two small Earthquakes were recorded near Lake Oroville in the last 24 hrs, which appear to be a result of the fast lake level changes, and the subsequent release of…
Super-soaker: Atmospheric River taking aim on beleaguered #OrovilleDam
We’ve already had two big events like this so far this year, now forecasts show a clear pattern of a heavily moisture laden “atmospheric river” taking aim directly onto the…
More rain & snow forecast for California – will damaged #Oroville dam spillway weather the storm?
As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. Over the last week, Murphy’s Law has been on overdrive in Northern California as Oroville dam suffered a series of mishaps,…
Oroville dam spillway expected to collapse
UPDATE: Drone video over spillway added. Collapse of emergency spillway expected, evacuation ordered Department of Water Resources officials say they expect the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam to fail, and…
Damaged Lake #OrovilleDam spillway being sacrificed with high releases – now about 4 feet to top
The Lake Oroville saga continues, yesterday we wondered if the collapse of the spillway might have been due to missing or substandard REBAR, and many experts weighed it on that…
Oroville Dam Spillway collapse may be due to missing REBAR
Looking at the many photos online of the Oroville Spillway collpase that has been in the news, there’s one major component of concrete that should be there, but is blatantly…
California’s Unprecedented Mega-Permadrought
Hydrological Drought, as opposed to Meteorological Drought, is the deus ex machina of California drought mongers
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #590
If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.”
Interesting News Items
Over the last few days there have been a few interesting general news items touching on topics that I have covered here in the past: Wolves, Oroville Dam, Great Salt…
Just Believe and Drought Not
If you read a newspaper or watch or listen to TV or radio news, you have heard that the drought in the State of California is one or more of…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #543
The Week That Was: 2023-03-11 (March 11, 2023Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org)The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “So I hope you can accept Nature as…
California Still in Drought? Yes, No and Maybe — Part 2
What is the drought situation in California now, as of this week? You will not be surprised that the answer to this question is: “It depends on who you ask”
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #535
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” — Albert Einstein.
California’s Wild Weather, Wet or Dry, is Nothing New
These mega-droughts and mega-floods all occurred well before ‘climate change’ was blamed for every weather event Previously published in The California Globe, December 13, 2021 12:44 pm For those wondering…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #465
’The exception proves that the rule is wrong.’ That is the principle of science. If there is an exception to any rule, and if it can be proven by observation,…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #464
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words…Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime…
Facing Dry Year, CA State Water Board is Draining California Reservoirs
“Are we having a dry year? Yes,” Diener says. “That is normal for us. Should we be having water shortages in the start of our second dry year? No. Our…
Western US Drought Implications
Neither California nor Las Vegas will go dark because of the current drought, which itself provably isn’t attributable to anthropogenic climate change.
California: from Mega-Drought to “The Big Melt”
The plentiful rain that fell in California through the last few months have ended California’s long-term drought for now, but has also left the mountains covered in snow, tens of…