Dams have to be actively managed given the water levels, snow levels not melted, and local weather. If someone can prove that the water filled up the reservoir so fast that all attempts to maintain a safe water level could not be accomplished, then I'll go along and hold the feds partly responsible. But I am guessing there was a long chain of wrong decisions that came before that would be easier to fix.
My question for the hearings would be, did faith in "climate change" prevent considering historical cyclical extreme weather?
Be interesting to see hiw the Army Corps of Engineers figures into this. Do they need to approve releases of a certain volume? If so, did they receive any requests from the state? If so, what was the ACofE’s response?