Sacramento could very easily be the next New Orleans. If all this water backs up the San Joaquin delta, presto, the canal now pumps San Fran Bay saltwater.
The massive pumps that take all the central valley water up and over to LA no worky.
Further up from Oroville, the Shasta dam has to go on full release into the Sac river, which the Feather joins just north of Sacramento. Sacramento is already on flood alert from the Jan storms off the American river.
Yikes. Six ways to Sunday…