Confusion in Oroville as Thousands Evacuate

THAT ARE TRYING TO GET OUT.
THE EXIT IS NOT NORTHBOUND 99,
AND THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND
THERE, HUH?
Reporter: YEAH, TONY, THERE
IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND A LOT
OF CONFUSION.
NORTHBOUND 99 IS STILL CLOSED.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET ONTO 99
SOUTHBOUND.
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, CHP WAS
DRIVING AROUND ANNOUNCING ON
THE LOUD HORN THAT NORTHBOUND
99 IS OPEN.
WELL THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
HE MADE A MISTAKE.
WE GOT TO THE ONRAMP FOR
NORTHBOUND 99, AND CHP ARE
TURNING PEOPLE BACK AROUND.
THE EVACUATION ORDERS CAME DOWN
QUICK, GIVING PEOPLE VERY
LITTLE TIME TO GRAB STUFF, AND
GET OUT.
KEEP IN MIND, BECAUSE 70, GOING
NORTHBOUND IS ALSO CLOSED.
PEOPLE FROM OUR AREAS LIKE
MARYSVILLE HAVE TO COME THROUGH
YUBA CITY TO GET TO 99, WHICH
IS ONE OF THE FEW WAYS TO GET
OUT OF THE AREA.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR
HOURS.
BUMPER TO BUMPER.
THE LOCAL STREETS HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY GRIDLOCKED.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT
BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN
EARLIER TODAY.
BEFORE WE LEFT MARYSVILLE, WE
DID TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.
PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY SAT IN
TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES,
AND DECIDED THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, AND
HEADED BACK HOME.
BUT AGAIN, NORTHBOUND 99 IS
STILL CLOSED.
NO ANTICIPATION FOR WHEN THAT'S
GOING TO REOPEN, AND AGAIN,
GETTING OUT FROM YUBA CITY, OR
MARYSVILLE FROM HIGHWAY 70,
NORTHBOUND IS ALSO CLOSED.
SO TONY, A LOT OF CONFUSION.
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
INFORMATION WHICH WAYS TO GO,
BUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION
ACTUALLY IS INCORRECT.
AND YOU ARE NOTICING PEOPLE
PRETTY MUCH BEHAVING THEMSELVES
THUS FAR?
I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION,
BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY
INCIDENTS OF ANYTHING LIKE ROAD
RAGE OR STUFF LIKE THAT, RIGHT?
Reporter: NO.
I MEAN, I THINK EARLIER, THERE
WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE
UPSET, STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR AS
LONG AS THEY WERE.
BUT I THINK GIVEN THE SEVERITY
OF THIS EVACUATION ORDER, A LOT
OF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD, LOOK,
IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE
PROCESS FOR TONIGHT.
SO PATIENCE IS A BIG VIRTUE FOR
TONIGHT.
OKAY, APOLOGIZE UNSER, THE
PRODUCER WAS TALKING IN MY EAR.
GO AHEAD WITH THE INFORMATION?
Reporter: NO, I'M JUST,
YEAH, JUST SAYING THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE KNOW THAT TONIGHT THERE
IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
TRAFFIC.
SO THEY'VE BEEN PATIENT.
DEALING WITH THE SITUATION THE
BEST THEY CAN.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS
LIKE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IS
ACTUALLY CLEARING UP.
THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM
TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED,
AND THEN AFTER 10 OR 15 MINUTES
THEY CLEAR UP.
YOU CAN SEE NOW THE TRAFFIC IS
ALL CLEAR WHERE AS FOR THE PAST
40 MINUTES OR SO, IT WAS BUMPER
TO BUMPER.
SO I THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
TRYING THEIR BEST THAT THEY CAN

Confusion in Oroville as Thousands Evacuate

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