That makes it pretty clear how the fix requires the gate come out for access to the reinforcement anchorage.
I think the State of California, DWR, has a repair opportunity that will hide all their sins. I think they better own up to it and get them all covered now while the cash is flowing.
A few clips: (emphasis mine)
"Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is using federal security regulations written to thwart terrorism to deny public access to records that experts say could guide repairs to the Oroville Dam and provide insight into what led to the near catastrophic failure of its emergency spillway."…..
“This is very, very disturbing to me,” said Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City. “We just want transparency. We want to know what happened up there and why this happened in the first place.”…...
“The terrorist issue is irrelevant – completely irrelevant – to what happened to the spillway and the damage to it,” she said. “The structural integrity of it is much more of a threat than ever a terrorist, especially at this point in time.”…...
“Keeping these documents sealed further undermines what’s left of the state’s credibility and does nothing to assure residents that the situation is being addressed responsibly,” LaMalfa said in a written statement. “As the Representative of the area in Congress, the concept of signing a nondisclosure agreement which could prevent me from alerting my constituents and neighbors to potential dangers is not just inappropriate, but offensive.”…..
Jerry Brown’s administration blocks public review of Oroville Dam records
^^Clearly a distinctive way way to say it.^^ :-)
I believe Nature is going to throw them a curve ball. Weather patterns for the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere are getting interesting. With the sudden winter pounce in Australia, and the Northern Hemisphere coming off of a record Winter & Precipitation (in parts), the flip side may be coming. An abnormally high heat average for N. Hemisphere with abnormally low temperature average for S. Hemisphere.
If this develops, quickly, any accelerated Sierra snowpack melt would be anomalous and unplanned for in the construction "windows".
(insider research info - from "Researcher" part of ER333).