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		k26dr on Feb 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Areas near Sacramento evacuated as Oroville spillw... The emergency spillway has never been needed before, so it's never had a chance to be tested by the looks of it

ChefDenominator on Feb 13, 2017 [–]

The rule for backups is that if you haven't successfully performed a complete restoration from backup, then you have no backup.

Same principle seems to apply to spillways.

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