Proof I’m an idiot, at 1:34 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLQDfv4Dfgc
Green grass, growing on the west facing elevation, of the excavation into the old Addicks embankment. They dug this out days or weeks ago. News outlets have been using stock footage, perhaps from before the storm, that show the old embankment intact, and billing them as “Breaking News”.
That’s on them. My comments are on me, and I apologize for them. Sorry for any confusion.
What I’m pretty sure we see here, is them cutting the old embankment down to base level, in prep for building a new gate structure and then rebuilding a new section of embankment over the top of it. Then there’s backflow from the large current releases, flooding the worksite.
Still, some potential issues with those old gates and dams. For one thing, they look like soda straws, trying to drain an ocean, when the camera zooms out. Debris, for another. But nothing imminent or unusual. My bad. Stand down.
Understood and thanks for the detailed explanation. It can be easy to get distorted views of reality these days. In all areas. Appreciate anyone staying open to new facts and information.