How crews will repair hole in Lake Oroville's emergency spillway

TOM MILLER JOINS US
NOW.
HE IS IN OROVILLE WITH THAT PART
OF OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT.
TOM: THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY
HERE AS CREWS ARE RACING TO FILL
BIG BAGS FULL OF HEAVY BOULDERS
THAT THEY WILL FLY ONTO THE
SPILLWAY.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS
YEAR.
THESE ARE THE COMPLETED BAGS
READY FOR A HELICOPTER TO COME
PICK THEM UP AS SOON AS IT'
FEASIBLE TO FLY, AND PLACE THEM
ON TOP OF THE WEAKENED AREA ON
THE AUXILIARY SPILLWAY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS TO THIS
PROCESS.
WE'VE SEEN DUMP TRUCKS COMING
AND GOING BRINGING IN THE
BOULDERS AND DUMPING THEM OFF IN
THIS BIG PILE IN THE MIDDL
FROM THERE, THE BACKHOES ARE
PICKING UP THE ROCKS AND LOADING
THEM INTO THE BAGS.
THEY THEN ARE MOVED INTO THIS
PILE AND WHILE THERE ARE NO
HELICOPTERS FLYING HERE NOW, I'M
TOLD THAT HELICOPTERS FROM
AROUND THE STATE ARE BEING
TRANSPORTED HERE TO HELP MOVE
THEM IN THE MORNIN
I WANT TO SORT OF SHOW YOU OFF
TO THE OTHER SIDE.
OUT HERE, THIS IS THE ACTUAL DAM
ITSELF IN THE DISTANCE.
YOU SEE THOSE LIGHTS IS THE
AUXILIARY SPILLWAY
THEY PROBLEM AREAS IN THE
DISTANCE.
THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL END
UP
PICKING UP THE ROCKS FROM THE
HELICOPTERS, DROPPING THEM OFF
IN THE WEEKEND AREA.
--
WEAKENED AREA.

How crews will repair hole in Lake Oroville's emergency spillway

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