Charles D. Wilkinson: Where is the re-bar in the Oroville Dam spillway?
When I see pictures and TV coverage of the Oroville Dam and its spillway, I question the absence of re-bar or steel mesh sticking out of the broken slabs of concrete. When we have an earthquake, bridges and other concrete buildings and support structures all have steel and re-bar sticking out of the broken sections.
We pour a driveway or house slab and they have re-bar and or steel mesh embedded in the concrete. Why don’t see evidence of this at the Oroville site?
Charles D. Wilkinson, Modesto
This story was originally published March 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM with the headline "Charles D. Wilkinson: Where is the re-bar in the Oroville Dam spillway?."