After six years of drought and a few months of flooding, California’s decades-long political commitment to ideology of being either for the environment or against progress has endangered the state’s water supply system and is threatening public safety, environmental health and economic stability. Rather than upgrade California’s water collection and delivery systems, for 50 years […]
A new train of storms has arrived along the Pacific coast, and a potent one is set to hit California hard with heavy rain, mountain snow and strong winds during the latter part of this week. The first storm will focused on areas from Northern California to Washington during Wednesday and Thursday. The second storm […]
Almost 200,000 residents near Oroville Lake evacuated their homes at the order of the California Office of Emergency Services an multiple other law enforcement agencies due to the possibility of the Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway failing. Standing at 770 feet tall, the Oroville dam is the tallest in the United States. Continuous flood control released […]
Northern California residents, who had spent days at evacuation shelters, were allowed to return to their homes but many stayed only long enough to pack valuables before fleeing an approaching storm that will test recently repaired spillways at the nation’s tallest dam. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed for the nearly 200,000 people living […]
The water level at Lake Oroville continued to drop Thursday as state officials pressed on with the effort to drain the reservoir in light of a forecast calling for an “atmospheric river” to strike the area beginning Monday. The lake level fell by nearly 5 feet in the 12-hour period ending at 8 a.m., dropping […]
A soft light was just beginning to outline the Tejon Hills as Bret Adee counted rows of wizened almond trees under his breath. He placed a small white flag at the end of every 16th row to show his employees where they should place his beehives. Every so often, he fingered the buds on the […]
OPINION: Oroville Shows Officials Have Focused On False Choices Over California’s Water System
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Aubrey BettencourtAfter six years of drought and a few months of flooding, California’s decades-long political commitment to ideology of being either for the environment or against progress has endangered the state’s water supply system and is threatening public safety, environmental health and economic stability. Rather than upgrade California’s water collection and delivery systems, for 50 years […]
‘Biggest Storm Of Winter’ To Unleash Flooding Rain In California At Week’s End
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /AccuWeather (State College, Pa.)by Alex SosnowskiA new train of storms has arrived along the Pacific coast, and a potent one is set to hit California hard with heavy rain, mountain snow and strong winds during the latter part of this week. The first storm will focused on areas from Northern California to Washington during Wednesday and Thursday. The second storm […]
OPINION: Oroville Dam Warns About Importance Of Investing In Infrastructure
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Daily Campus (Storrs, Conn.)by Alyssa LuisAlmost 200,000 residents near Oroville Lake evacuated their homes at the order of the California Office of Emergency Services an multiple other law enforcement agencies due to the possibility of the Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway failing. Standing at 770 feet tall, the Oroville dam is the tallest in the United States. Continuous flood control released […]
‘I Will Not Stay Here’: Life Near California’s Oroville Dam Is Now Shadowed By Fear
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Business Insider (New York)by Jocelyn Gecker and Marcio J. SanchezNorthern California residents, who had spent days at evacuation shelters, were allowed to return to their homes but many stayed only long enough to pack valuables before fleeing an approaching storm that will test recently repaired spillways at the nation’s tallest dam. Authorities say the immediate danger has passed for the nearly 200,000 people living […]
Oroville Dam Update: Atmospheric River Looms As Spillway Continues To Dump Water Into Feather River
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Lillis and Dale KaslerThe water level at Lake Oroville continued to drop Thursday as state officials pressed on with the effort to drain the reservoir in light of a forecast calling for an “atmospheric river” to strike the area beginning Monday. The lake level fell by nearly 5 feet in the 12-hour period ending at 8 a.m., dropping […]
A Bee Mogul Confronts The Crisis In His Field
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Stephanie StromA soft light was just beginning to outline the Tejon Hills as Bret Adee counted rows of wizened almond trees under his breath. He placed a small white flag at the end of every 16th row to show his employees where they should place his beehives. Every so often, he fingered the buds on the […]