Well NN...(just whistlin in the dark here...)
...the currently most important sections of both dams...is Brand New!
POTUS is a builder...
Again...disclaimer city...but...these breaches imply that they cannot safely run the gates as hard as they have been, and...
That wasn’t hard enough, and...
They are fully prepared for TWO political storms of epic proportions.
One, when all of Earth freaks out cuz “they blew the dam.”
Two, when they put that...ahhh...increased release capacity to work.
That means the alternatives, in their opinion...are...
...less attractive still.