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| US warns citizens to evacuate Iraq if Mosul dam bursts | |
| 2016-03-01 | |
| Nothing new or specific. Just the ridiculousness of advising people to get out after the dam breaks. When a few million Iraqis will be hightailing it out of Baghdad and everywhere else along the river. Personally, I'd head to the nearest new concrete structure more than a storey tall. I hope there are some high def cameras trained on the dam if it does break.
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| Posted by:phil_b |
| #14 But... but... but... Me and my family had our Spring Vacation plans all made and everything! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-03-01 23:43 |
| #13 "It still leaks" > As per #4, CHINA is repor discovering that problem in various places widin its MASSIVE-n-EXTENSIVE THREE GORGES DAM SYSTEM. Main + Support Dams. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-03-01 23:18 |
| #12 Problem is, they haven't been pumping the grout regularly lately. |
| Posted by: KBK 2016-03-01 23:17 |
| #11 Someone needs to start building a big boat. Preferably out of gopher wood. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2016-03-01 18:13 |
| #10 Ebbang Uluque6305 - Your front lawn is in Basra? (The end of the flush) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-03-01 16:42 |
| #9 Then they'll bitch at me when the sprinklers come on. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-01 16:25 |
| #8 We wanna keep that dam intact then, at all costs, because if those people have to evacuate they'll be pitching tents on my front lawn. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-01 16:24 |
| #7 "Who cares about the foundation. The rest of it will be spiffy" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-03-01 13:49 |
| #6 A little history of the dam here. German-Italian Firm. Sounds like the folks constructing it didn't follow engineering recommendations with regards to the dam's foundation. Also sounds like Chicago/Detroit/New Orleans-style construction techniques. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-03-01 09:50 |
| #5 Plans to bring the surviving wet refugees to the US are in contingency discussions. |
| Posted by: Mugsy Glink 2016-03-01 09:41 |
| #4 Built on a foundation of gypsum (soluble in water) during the early Saddam Hussain era. Grout is pumped into the dam almost every day. It still leaks. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-03-01 08:16 |
| #3 Saddam's 'marsh Arabs' understand hydrology. Oh wait, they're all dead. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-03-01 08:15 |
| #2 We can only hope. I've got a floaty here somewhere. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-03-01 08:12 |
| #1 Well since the battle for Mosul has supposedly started, if one of the players gets a bit frisky, lots of contingencies need to be considered. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-03-01 06:56 |