Leak in the Prado Dam - Western Riverside/Orange Counties - California

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DAM BREAK FLOOD WATCH FOR PRADO DAM BREAK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
725 AM PST FRI JAN 14 2005

...DAM BREAK FLOOD WATCH FOR PRADO DAM BREAK
IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE SANTA ANA RIVER BELOW THE PRADO DAM IN
WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO THE RIVER MOUTH IN ORANGE COUNTY.

A LEAK HAS DEVELOPED IN THE PRADO DAM.

THE SIZE OF THE LEAK HAS INCREASED OVERNIGHT BUT AN IMMINENT
FAILURE OF THE DAM IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS ASSESSING THE STABILITY OF THE DAM
AT THIS TIME AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER
THIS MORNING.

IN THE INTERIM THE RESERVOIR IS BEING EMPTIED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

ALSO...PRECAUTIONARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED JUST BELOW THE
DAM BY THE CITY OF CORONA...AND IN FEATHERLY PARK IN ORANGE COUNTY.

OTHER EVACUATIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ORDERED. AN INFORMATION HOTLINE
NUMBER FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY IS...AREA CODE 9 5 1...8 1 7 5 8 5 2.

ALL RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR OR ALONG THE SANTA ANA RIVER
BETWEEN THE COAST AND PRADO DAM SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA TO STAY
ABREAST OF LATEST STATEMENTS...EVACUATION ORDERS...OR WARNINGS.

AN UPDATE TO THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM OR
SOONER.

$$

BALFOUR

EDIS-01-14-05 0738 PST

[DeToxRox]

Someone stick their finger in it. The rest of you...run for your lives!

Not it.

[DeToxRox]

Thats crazy.

How big is the city of Corona?

[rkmsuf]

Someone stick their finger in it. The rest of you...run for your lives!

[sachmo71]

Someone stick their finger in it. The rest of you...run for your lives!
Only if it's friends call it Butch, or somesuch.

[henry296]

Thats crazy.

How big is the city of Corona?

Significant. At least 50,000 people.

Todd

[AnalBumCover]

From a report I read earlier, about 500 houses and 300 mobile homes were evacuated at 5am this morning.

[Chief Rum]

Santa Ana River goes right down the heart of Orange County, including Anaheim, Santa Ana and the "OC's" Newport Beach. In fact, it runs right between Angel Stadium and the Pond.

More to the point, though, Corona is on the dam side of the Santa Ana river valley, which narrows sharply between Riverside and Orange counties (and the freeway that runs through it considered one of the worst traffic logjams in the U.S.). On the Orange County side of that valley are the ritzy Anahim Hills and Yorba Linda (of Nixon fame) communities--and one of my jobs. In fact, I cross over the Santa Ana river whenever I am going to work at Friday's, and late on Saturday night (including tomorrow night), I ride along the bike trails along the river for most of the way to the late night bus stop I catch, several miles ride.

So if the dam breaks Saturday night and sweeps into Oraneg County, and you guys don't hear from me, you know what happened. ;)

Seriously, though, I'm not too worried (although I certainly do hope the residents of Corona will be okay, which is made all the worse by the fact I work with and know several people who live there).

CR

[rlfreeze]

The Army Corp of Engineers just happened to already be assigned to the dam. They are/were in the process of increasing the height and renovating it.

I used to live about 3 miles from the dam.

"Any other questions?"

"Yeah, where is the dam bait?"

Sorry, I like that line and use it frequently.