Re: OROVILLE DAM -- On verge of Bursting ??
Author: BOB R
Date: 02-10-2017 - 21:47
In 1955 my uncle was sandbagging atop the levee in Yuba City when it failed. Many of the baggers were exhorted to run to the top but didn't (or couldn't) and the flood swallowed them. Not sure about the death toll but it wasn't trivial and my uncle's family evacuated to safety before the break so all was okay with them. It truly "seared" my uncle's memory and became family lore...
Ominous parallels but there was no Oroville Dam then and the Feather flooded frequently before construction.