We took in refugees

When it happened, I could hardly believe it, though we’d been preparing for days. Filling our cars with gas, stocking up on food and water, buying extra propane tanks. My dad is a civil engineer and his first job was helping build the Oroville Dam. “When it goes over that emergency spillway, the s#@* is going to hit the fan,” said Dad. “They should have concreted that wall long ago. They never did. It’s still dirt. When the water hits that dirt it’s going to begin eroding the hillside. It’s going to compromise the dam. We’re all in trouble now.” […]