Ahh, you too, Tom, in a strictly manly way of course
This is one of those thing we'll never agree on. I can only tell you that from a perspective outside the Rightosphere, it's nitpicking. Breach or overtop, it's a catastrophic flood. How long it persists--"the difference between a temporary flood and draining an entire lake into the New Orleans basin"--doesn't change the initial damage and the immediate consequences, it only affects how long it takes to recover.
If you want to close the loop on your argument, tell me how the initial response to an overtop would differ from the response to a breach.