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1 contours off the photo, and then they can find that
2 elevation and then do their calculation.
3 MR. PHILLIPS: Is there another way to
4 calculate this that's accepted in your world of
5 measurements?
6 MR. MITTERMILLER: Like I say, it's a moving
7 target. The mean high tide doesn't vary very much over
8 time. The variables are the artificial influences. The
9 seawalls, harbor, things such as that -- those were not
10 taken into account. Those are very difficult things to
11 incorporate into this. This is a fairly simple
12 calculation that they did.
13 MR. PHILLIPS: Is a more complicated
14 calculation a better calculations?
15 MR. MITTERMILLER: I really don't know. It
16 could be more or less the same. It's really a moving
17 target, and I'm not -- to tell you the truth, I'm not an
18 expert on this. This is a very difficult -- this is a
19 very difficult thing that we're doing here.
20 MR. PHILLIPS: Well, we're glad that you came
21 anyway.
22 MR. BIERIG: Thank you.
23 Mr. Briggs, please.
24 MR. BRIGGS: Just to add a quick statement to
25 clarify this, the "16-year" period that Jerry refers
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