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Re:Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 1... by lucaspiller on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:34AM (#13633922)
> with flows of only 6,000 to 12,000 cubic feet per second

In case anyone needs something to put that into perspective, an Olympic-size swimming pool holds around 35,000 cubic feet (1 megalitre) of water.

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Re:Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 1... by wiredfool on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:44AM (#13633965)
And the 100000cfs on the main spillway is 5 million lbs/sec.

Edit: oops. Off an order of magnitude.

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