The crisis over the last few weeks at Oroville Dam was about how to handle large amounts of water flowing into the lake with both of the reservoir’s spillways damaged. But there also was a seismic angle to the story. As Lake Oroville swung from being at 41% of capacity to 101% in just two […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Business Insurance (Plantation, Fla.)by Judy Greenwald Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
An American International Group Inc. unit is not obligated to provide coverage in a dispute with a construction firm over a San Diego water project, based on exclusions in its policy, says a federal appeals court. Atlanta-based Archer Western Contractors Ltd. was the general contractor for the San Diego County Water Authority’s emergency water storage […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The deluge that hit the county Monday has done wonders for local reservoirs, which — buoyed by an exceptionally wet winter — were already beginning to recover from years of punishing drought. On the border of San Diego and Escondido, Lake Hodges is now 88 percent full. It was just 57 percent full 10 days […]
This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report shows more improvement in California, where winter rainstorms and heavy snowfall have washed away drought in more of the state after a five-year dry spell. Just three months ago, more than 73 percent of California was in drought, but that number has dropped to 9 percent after this winter’s powerful […]
Oroville Dam Faces Another Risk: Earthquakes From Rapid Rise In Water Levels
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin IIThe crisis over the last few weeks at Oroville Dam was about how to handle large amounts of water flowing into the lake with both of the reservoir’s spillways damaged. But there also was a seismic angle to the story. As Lake Oroville swung from being at 41% of capacity to 101% in just two […]
Policy Exclusions Shield AIG Unit In Construction Dispute
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Business Insurance (Plantation, Fla.)by Judy Greenwald Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAn American International Group Inc. unit is not obligated to provide coverage in a dispute with a construction firm over a San Diego water project, based on exclusions in its policy, says a federal appeals court. Atlanta-based Archer Western Contractors Ltd. was the general contractor for the San Diego County Water Authority’s emergency water storage […]
Reservoirs Swell After Monday’s Deluge
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe deluge that hit the county Monday has done wonders for local reservoirs, which — buoyed by an exceptionally wet winter — were already beginning to recover from years of punishing drought. On the border of San Diego and Escondido, Lake Hodges is now 88 percent full. It was just 57 percent full 10 days […]
Rainstorms Wash Away Drought In More Than 90 Percent Of California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC Los Angelesby Jonathan LloydThis week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report shows more improvement in California, where winter rainstorms and heavy snowfall have washed away drought in more of the state after a five-year dry spell. Just three months ago, more than 73 percent of California was in drought, but that number has dropped to 9 percent after this winter’s powerful […]