That sounds right. It would be the amount they are sending over the damaged main spillway to avoid further damage to the emergency spillway which was being used for the first time since the dam was built in 1968. The amount flowing into the lake from recent rains is >100,000 cfs, and it has to go somewhere.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 10:31 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Oroville dam I heard a reporter saying that the water going over that spillway was doing 100,000 cubic feet per second. I have a really hard time visualizing that amount of water. Could also have been a mis-quote by the reporter... bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 2/13/2017 8:11 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: So the �good news� is they�re going to drop bags of rocks from helicopters? � I hope my good news never involves helicopters dropping rocks.
