I'd venture that a rapid loss of the record snowpacks ( say by WARM rains) are going to verify the bolded.
The question of the day being, can the gates / turbine inlets at the dam,cranked wide open, in synch with the main spillway weirs keep the level of that lake BELOW the level of the headwall that comprises the auxilliary spilloff area. I call that a spilloff area cuz' calling it a "spillway" is a phoucin' joke,....and has been a source of confusion in defining WTH is going on up there from the get go.
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