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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Three Gorges Dam At Risk? |
| 2010-07-24 |
| Record-high water levels at China's massive Three Gorges Dam have called into question Beijing's claims that the world's largest hydroelectric project could withstand a 10,000-year flood. The water level reached 518 feet (158 meters) Saturday morning, just 55 feet (17 meters) from the reservoir's maximum capacity of 573 feet (175 meters), flood control headquarters in the central province of Hubei told The Associated Press. Water could go higher with China's national weather center issuing a warning Saturday of more torrential rains for the region through 8 a.m. Sunday. Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei urged officials to inspect and protect other dams and reservoirs in the region as well as flooding continues, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said. Probably not a good time to be hanging out downstream. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #6 A dam controls flooding to the extent that you can decide to either flood upstream or flood downstream. If you live in a dictatorship (or a corrupt democracy) this becomes a purely political decision. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-07-24 20:47 |
| #5 Memo from the Flyash Liberation Army: "toldja so" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-07-24 16:03 |
| #4 does this surprise anyone? everything the Chinese build except the Great Wall is shit. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-07-24 13:34 |
| #3 SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ [Bismarck]....." + THE GORGE-BUSTERS. d00d! Now you just know they'd be coming outta Anderson..... rolling in low, a sitting duck, big ugly fat fuckers, going up the gorge, wouldn't stand a chance in hell against the commies, well, not much of a chance, unless the pilot was good, real good,it would be hard, real hard, but sure, barrelling in at 40 feets, could he make it? Hell yes! BOOOOOOOOOOM! You damn straight he could make it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-07-24 04:56 |
| #2 Clearly NOT a good weekend for China's engineers - OIL SPILL + [alleged]DEFECTS IN THREE GORGES. Once again, wid feeling, "SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ [Bismarck]....." + THE GORGE-BUSTERS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-24 01:27 |
| #1 I'm trying to remember, in one of the 3 Gorges letters there was discussing a few years back about bringing the water level up to 175 meters to maximize power output. There was some awful study that convinced them not to. Something about massive landslides on all the tributaries? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-07-24 00:34 |