Worsening Oroville Dam Crisis: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Dave Hodges | The Common Sense Show
Feb 16, 2017
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Later tonight, the first of 3 major storms will hit the Oroville area. Will the Oroville Dam hold? We collectively pray that it does.

During the present crisis and largely due to the fact that Paul Preston and I were among the first to report on this, we have both attracted people, in an offiical capacity who want the truth to be told, even if they must keep their name secret in the procdess. Subsequently, I have managed to establish a number of off-the-record and on-the-record contacts in this process...

The Bad

The following account is typical of what I am getting from people who purport to have the background and experience to make informed projections regarding the saving of the Oroville Dam.

Dear Mr. Hodges,

I have been reading and listening to your accounts about the very serious situation involving the very serious situation here at the Oroville Dam.

First, the two spillways are nearly useless in terms of providing relief to the dam. The dam is totally on its own and there is at the present moment NOTHING that can be done to improve this situation.

As falsely advertised we have not been able to bring the water levels down 50 feet which has been our goal since the onset. I would bet that this dam is going to fail. I am not sure that it will fail in the face of the upcoming storms. Over time, this dam will fail and I think this dam will do so before end of winter.

I have witnessed many heated debates about the potential need to evacuate the people who would be in the path of the oncoming waters should the dam fail. I can tell you there are two major camps. The locals think an evacuation is needed for at least 10 days so we can see how the dam is going to react to the upcoming storms. Brown’s people from the Water Dept. disagree and think that we are overreacting. It is clear to us that the state organizations are protecting Brown’s ass and the safety of the people be damned.

Brown’s people are replacing the locals and are making decisions which should be reserved for the local sheriff to make based on the reports we provide to him. Brown’s people are now in the way of public safety.

If this dam breaks, there will be towns that will disappear and they will not come back...

The Ugly

I am reliant on people who want to tell their story and subsequently contact me, in regard to what they know about the condition of the dam. and what a breach would represent. Paul Preston is local and has the advantage of being able to speak directly with several experts. Based on this decided advantage, I conducted a brief interview with Paul based upon his personal observations and professional opinions of these with whom he has contact with.

You will hear in the following brief interview that Paul’s sources believe that they dam may not survive the upcoming wall of storms. Further, you will hear that politicis has reared its ugly head in te midst of this crisis when the emphasis should be on saving lives.

Paul Preston- Oroville Update
The Common Sense Show
Feb 16, 2017
https://youtu.be/vCZrBEKzeNE