200,000 told to flee US&#39;s tallest dam in Northern California!

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (83064)

• United States

13 Feb 17

@TheHorse I can't imagine what it would be like if that spillway fails

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

I think the dam itself is OK. But there will still be big time flooding if the spillway fails.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 17

Yes, I have read this morning that at 770 feet (230 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. I feel so sorry for all those who have to evacuate leaving most of their belongings there and not sure that they will come back again.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471968)

• Switzerland

14 Feb 17

@TheHorse When I was still a kid there was an accident in the north of Italy, a dam collapsed during the night killing thousand of people. I still remember the photos in the newspaper. The event marked me so much that I cannot even visit the dams.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

I heard one person interviewed on the radio this morning. He sounded remarkably calm about it all.

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Beatburn

@Beatburn (4286)

• Philippines

14 Feb 17

@LadyDuck It must have been a tragic event for you to remember it until now.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

13 Feb 17

I saw that on the news this morning. The area went from drought to way too much rain.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

15 Feb 17

@TheHorse What's the latest news?

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

Yep, but we're getting a few days of grace now.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Feb 17

@1hopefulman I heard that they're letting people return to their homes.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

13 Feb 17

Let's just hope that people take the hint and evacuate @TheHorse .

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 17

I think most are. But I don't really know.

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josefina

@josie_ (10032)

• Philippines

13 Feb 17

That would be unfortunate. I hope Trump won't be saying "I told you so, there's a lot of bad hombres in CA" especially after threatening to withhold federal funding to that "out of control"State.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 17

Maybe the dam will break, Brown will ask for Federal assistance, and Trump will deny it because California went to Hillary.

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josefina

@josie_ (10032)

• Philippines

14 Feb 17

@TheHorse _Trump has shown his vindictiveness and small-mindedness. Not very presidential.

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syowi

@syeow1 (5136)

• India

13 Feb 17

Yes 2014 we face a huge flood first time due to heavy rain fall.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

I think we're supposed to get a few days of grace, and then the rains return Wednesday or Thursday.

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syowi

@syeow1 (5136)

• India

13 Feb 17

@TheHorse oh.hope it will not damage anyone.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137548)

• India

14 Feb 17

I do not see any picture. Perhaps you uploaded a size that is not suitable as of now. What's going on in California. I have friends in that State. Here the weather is fine but its dark even at 6 am

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 Feb 17

Right now we're getting a break from the rain. I think more is coming tonight or tomorrow, though.

sishy7

@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

13 Feb 17

You have to reduce the picture file size to as small as 55kb to attach it, so it seems... I just heard of the evacuation warning as I was listening to the news while myLotting.

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Reducing the FILE SIZE of a photo and reducing the SIZE of the photo are not the same thing / myLot

@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

Do you know how to reduce a picture? I actually don't!

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sishy7

@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

13 Feb 17

@TheHorse I just use my MS Office Picture Manager software in my PC but check out JJ's very helpful and informative discussion:

www.mylot.com

How to currently post a photo on myLot. The file should be 'shrunk' to 55 KB or less Yes, if you 'shrink' a photo, the file will be smaller, but you do...

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

@sishy7 Thanks for the heads up!

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

13 Feb 17

So scarry for all those people. I hope that things turn out for the best.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

My hunch is that they will. The news tends to dramatize things. But we shall see.

Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

13 Feb 17

I thought the tallest dam was the Hoover

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

I thought so too.

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paigea

@paigea (36316)

• Canada

14 Feb 17

Well, it is way above freezing so I hung the laundry out. The snow is disappearing. And some farmers are driving onto the frozen fields trying to get the crops off that they couldn't get in our very wet fall and then very early big dump of snow in October. So that is all a little unusual.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 17

@paigea But they can't harvest anything now, can they?

paigea

@paigea (36316)

• Canada

14 Feb 17

@TheHorse I think straight combining stuff that they didn't even get to cut in October.

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paigea

@paigea (36316)

• Canada

14 Feb 17

@TheHorse Yes they can still harvest it. The quality is diminished and they will get less money for it. It will be used for feed for livestock. In the fall the fields were so wet (after our dry summer) that farmers machinery just got stuck in the fields. While they waited for the fields to dry we got a big dump of snow that covered the crops. The snow cover stayed until now; the mild weather is exposing some fields and they can salvage at least some of their crops. - the life of a farmer. I haven't heard how that damn is holding up this morning.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

13 Feb 17

Geez, that's a lot of evacuations. Hope everyone is ok.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 17

I don't think anything new has happened. The Denver Nuggets are blowing out the Golden State Warriors, though.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

14 Feb 17

@TheHorse - Really? The Nuggets?

Felicia Kane

@DesirousDreamer (34776)

• Peoria, Arizona

13 Feb 17

That is pretty scary. I had no idea about the tallest dam either. Interesting. I hope everyone stays safe.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

They're trying to reduce the reservoir level so they can work on the spillway.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (55131)

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13 Feb 17

Not yet, our problems may begin in May with rains and from June to November - hurricanes.

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 17

A little different from what we experience here.

vanny

@vandana7 (100517)

• India

13 Feb 17

After that there will be abandoned buildings...then ghosts..in those buildings. But large displacement ...sad..we build such big things so that many become poor at one stroke..

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@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Feb 17

Hopefully they'll be above to avoid a catastrophic failure.

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Jellybelly

@CookieMonster46 (13454)

• United States

14 Feb 17

I actually know where it is , been by there, had no idea it is the tallest. I just recently heard of the evacuation.

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