== What is the flooding risk now that the Howard Hanson Dam has been deemed safe? == 

 I heard from a government worker that the Army Corps of Engineers discovered the plans to the Howard Hanson Dam and it showed that tunnels were drilled underneath but a change in plans made the tunnels unneeded so they were filled with timber. The Dam was never damaged (or the damage was already fixed) and the only thing wrong with the project was that the useless tunnels, filled with rotten timber, collapsed. So does that mean that the flooding risk has been eliminated and there will be no "Lake Kent"? That government worker commented that it was a total waste of billions of taxpayers' money.