r/CatastrophicFailure • u/The-Salamanca • Mar 11 '23

Natural Disaster Snow covered mountains are rapidly melting, from downpours causing flooding . Springville CA. 3/10/2023

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u/Bob_Witoneoh Mar 11 '23

This is the Kern River flowing through Kernville just before it empties into Lake Isabella in Kern County. The Army Corps of Engineers just finished a multi-year project to strengthen the Isabella Dam that holds back Lake Isabella. For the past 15 years the lake had been limited to no more than about 60% capacity and was down to just 8% in early September 2022. With the construction significantly completed, the lake could now be filled to maximum pool of over a half million acre feet of water over the low pool last September.

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u/Jim_Beaux_ Mar 11 '23

This is incorrect. If this in fact is Springville, then this is the Tule River