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Jul 2023
54m 18s

The Sunday Read: ‘The Trillion- Gallon Q...

The New York Times
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On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, two electricians were working on a warning siren near the spillway of Oroville Dam, 60 miles north of Sacramento, when they heard an explosion. As they watched, a giant plume of water rose over their heads, and chunks of concrete began flying down the hillside toward the Feather River. The dam’s spillway, a concrete channel ca ... Show More
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