California Drought

   / California Drought #501  
Is there any authority taking responsibility for Orville, and what will the repair look like and how long will it take, and who's going to pay.
 
   / California Drought #503  
Nice that there are humans and a nice Cat in this photo to give an indication of scale.
I suppose we know where the bedrock is now around that spillway.

Yep, well exposed after the overburnden was washed away.
 
   / California Drought #504  
I was surprised to see so much rock washed away.
 
   / California Drought #505  
It's truly amazing just how much was washed away under the spillway and how misleading so many reports where that it was built on solid bedrock. Somebody has been fibbing, and the real question is what else are they lying about?
 
   / California Drought #506  
My personal opinion is that it was more ignorance or misunderstanding rather then lying. The responsibility of a failure on a dam this size is huge
 
   / California Drought #508  
My personal opinion is that it was more ignorance or misunderstanding rather then lying. The responsibility of a failure on a dam this size is huge


Probably true. "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by simple stupidity."
 
   / California Drought #509  
It's truly amazing just how much was washed away under the spillway and how misleading so many reports where that it was built on solid bedrock. Somebody has been fibbing, and the real question is what else are they lying about?
The main spillway was built on what was available including fill. The upper section (the gates and the section right after them) and the emergency spillway were built on solid rock (to the point where they ripped out an extra 10 feet of rock to reach "suitable rock" to build the emergency spillway on and had to remove a rock outcropping to put in the parking lot/boat launch).

Aaron Z
 

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