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Oroville Dam: Photos reveal extensive damage
- DrScump 10y agoFull title: "Oroville Dam: Photos reveal extensive damage as operators stop flow down spillway" The dam is undamaged, as far as we know.
- brudgers 10y agoFrom a systems perspective, spillways are part of what constitutes 'the dam.' Systems perspectives form the basis for life-safety decisions. The definition of 'is' in 'What is a dam' might make for interesting legal arguments, but the spillway and the bedrock and the water are all part of the operational definition of a dam.
- DrScump 10y agoThe title was changed by the submitter to make it less accurate.
- brudgers 10y ago$ echo 'Oroville Dam: Photos reveal extensive damage as operators stop flow down spillway' | wc -m 82 Something had to be left out to meet the 80 character limit for submission titles. (82 is 81 + null). Omitting the subordinate clause seems not unreasonable to me. YMMV.