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Will consistently drain. but if you have a sun-stop, surge-stop, eventually it will go over the sink. that's what happened with the rain. you have massive storms for three or four days and surge the water everywhere. deluge. then it will stop for a couple of days. then it surged again and then stopped. that's what caused the levis to be in danger. the water is coming in significantly faster than they can get rid of it. and they were trying to help downstream. downstream remember also they have to take into account how much water is going down below. the water within 1 or 2 feet within the top....

In the history of the oroville dam which was built in 1961, i understand it opened may 4, 1968. all of that time it has been functioning as the tallest dam in the united states. reporter: right. it's huge. definitely very tall. i was here in '97 '98 when they had the last main water event which had pretty much hadn't had that kind of rain in 20 years. back then it was consistent rain. here the problem has been, you can drive for four or five days. it's been gorgeous. 65 degrees in some places. then you have four or five days when you get 6 inches. that's not normal. you have got a surge-stop, ...