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To: abb; meyer; Repeal The 17th; KC Burke; janetjanet998; Jim 0216; Ray76
Evidence of numerous core/drilling on Spillway - See large White spots on concrete - plus new sidewall terracing

DWR video drone screen capture, after all of the drilling rigs are gone. DWR has hidden the activity on the main spillway by not revealing any footage or gallery pictures. However, there is "residual" evidence of their investigation work. The array of large white spots reveal areas of core/drill sampling of the substructure rock under the concrete. If this dense pattern sequence holds all of the way to the gates, there would be up to 100 core/drillings performed. Juan Browne's earlier distance photos (and a partial capture from a DWR drone "reveal") identified FOUR drilling rigs on the spillway days back. The whitish plastic boxes were for core sample storage. These boxes were seen distributed over much of the spillway, even to the gates. This is the reason why there hasn't been any pictures. If these pictures were available, it could provoke more scrutiny from the forums and from the intrigue of the "keeping information suppressed".

Another point of interest - Notice the "terracing" of the hillside next to the left side of the spillway. This is new. When the spillway is in operation again, there may be sign of water seepage in this hillside. Another interesting point is that the elevation of where the group workers are standing, it shows no "bedrock". This elevation shows "rock" to the right of the eroded part of the spillway, yet no "rock" at/near the same elevation to the left (where the group of workers are standing). The "fill" material may be covering up the rock, but I would expect some irregularity of the surface as busting this rock would take more than a dozer. It could infer that the "rock" boundary drops in elevation on the left side of the spillway. Could be why this side slumped and partially pulled in the earlier failure (due to less stable region of the hillside via a rock depth boundary - erodible material closer to surface taken away by all of the "escaping" underflow water).

Evidence of numerous core/drilling on Spillway - See large White spots on concrete - plus new sidewall terracing



3,103 posted on 04/12/2017 1:48:11 PM PDT by EarthResearcher333
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Here’s a look at the Oroville spillway today. DWR has a press conference tomorrow afternoon to discuss the need for future releases.

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3,104 posted on 04/12/2017 5:50:48 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: abb; meyer; Repeal The 17th; KC Burke; janetjanet998; Jim 0216; Ray76; EternalHope
Better View of Terracing of Hillside (West View) - Shotcrete Completion View

Full View of the Shotcrete apron recently finished before the next spillway release. Second image reveals the slope angle of the recent terracing of the west side of the spillway wall hillside.

DWR is still doing a great job of "hiding" any photo angle that shows the optical target on the Left Spillway Sidewall. These photos are in the 22 to 32 MegaByte (yes MegaByte) sizes. Thus, a good zoom on the optical target could reveal any offset of the precision black and white stripes.

This is very revealing as it is strong evidence that DWR is doing everything to hide any scrap of evidence of information they don't want revealed - while at the same time indirectly/directly re-inforcing the atmosphere of non-transparency.




3,105 posted on 04/12/2017 10:49:55 PM PDT by EarthResearcher333
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