We're in pretty good shape for the storm coming in (Tuesday night). We think that we won't see any reservoir spilling.
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It's an awesome responsibility to think that everyone in the county needs this water and nobody wants to get wet. You can't stay at home and monitor it.Mike Di
The reason that the smaller reservoirs cause problems is that they are not built for flood control. We don't have large flood gates to release water rapidly between storms. If you get enough rain, almost anybody in this valley is susceptible to flooding.
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It's a daily, sometimes hourly, balancing act using all the information out there.
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The storm patterns are changing in a short period of time. Since 1995 we've been having good rainfall years.
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If we make an error, we try to make it on the other side of the coin. Because once water starts flowing, you can't stop it.
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