RT @flowinguphill: @GlennYounger @JayLund113 Once reservoirs fill, they just bypass flood flows through their spillways. So reservoirs have…
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@JoeDelBosque Yup — and more of the major reservoirs are filling as this sequence of rain on snow atmospheric rivers (ARs) continues. While the American River had major improvements of the spillway and downstream floodways, other reservoirs have not. Flood
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@PeterGleick @Weather_West @cartermurphy218 @ClimateFlavors @drynamics Note: new dams will only help with flood risk reduction to the extent that they have empty space. In long sequences of ARs (highest flood risk) dams fill and then spill their inflow. ht
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RT @flowinguphill: @robparolek @SavetheDeltaNow @JoeDelBosque @ClimateFlavors Note: conclusion that new reservoirs would address risk of ex…