Seems confident, but they were confident in the spillway, too.
Http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92562898/
Offcials emphasized that although erosion had carved a massive hole in the Oroville Dam’s main spillway, the dam itself is structurally sound.
“Believe me, in the last several days there have been a lot of eyes on it,” said Bill Croyle, acting director of the California Department of Water Resources. “Oroville Dam is not in any way a part of the damage that occurred.”
Problem is they don’t know what they don’t know.
This is total government feel good bs. They have no clue until they can have the water coming over the parking lot, auxiliary spillway and spillway stop and dry out to see if they have any wet spots or water flows. This is all to close to the dam and deals with its integrity.
The latest picture I saw had a water cutting a path from the auxiliary spillway over the spillway higher up the dam. more and more danger spots are forming.