David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: Jed, I do not see any obvious reason why the flow meter can not be lower > than the reservoir.
Of course it could have been lower, and it should have been. But it was not. If it had been, it would not have been half full. Observers saw that it was half full. They saw rust stains, as described in Exhibit 5. Rossi claimed it was lower than the reservoir. As I recall he said this after they informed him that it was half full. He was lying, as he often does. (I am not sure of the timeline. Perhaps someone more diligent than I could check into who said what when. Exhibit 5 was provided to Penon on March 25, 2016.) This is mere speculation on my part but . . . With this configuration I can see that it would be easy to confirm the flow rate by other methods, circumventing the flowmeter. It should also be fairly easy to confirm that the pipe is half full by various methods. So, I assume experts from I.H. did these things. I have not heard that from anyone, so I could be wrong. - Jed
