I've family in Chico and we've toured the Oroville dam... it's massive, tallest in the US, of the riskier earthen dam type and holds back a great deal of water

I've family in Chico and we've toured the Oroville dam... it's massive, tallest in the US, of the riskier earthen dam type and holds back a great deal of water (3,537,577 acre feet (4.36e9 m^3), Shore length: 167 miles (269 km) (WP)) which is sent through the California Aqueduct. Also note there are internet hobgobblins spreading false rumors (over 400k views on YT) about a risk of flooding Silicon Valley, which is over 150 miles (210 km) away, well north of Sacramento. Primarily, the risks are to lowlying areas like farmland and those immediately downstream of the dam in that area around Oroville are at most potential risk. Furthermore, the evacuations were mostly precautionary given the unstable/riskier nature of earthen auxiliary spillways. Estimates of non-auxiliary spillway repairs are already in the hundreds of megabucks. :(