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2020-07-22 China-Japan-Koreas
China admits that the Three Gorges Dam has deformed ''slightly'' in recent floods
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Posted by Fred 2020-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Right.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-07-22 00:17||   2020-07-22 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Trials of saboteurs who caused these deformations in 5 .. 4 .. 3
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-22 00:23||   2020-07-22 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 And some people have the flu.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-22 00:49||   2020-07-22 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 ...the WuFlu which is not contagious in humans.

Do we have sat photos of the TGD? Based on the Chicoms track record of lying understatement, "deformed slightly" means washed away.

Posted by SteveS 2020-07-22 00:52||   2020-07-22 00:52|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-22 04:19||   2020-07-22 04:19|| Front Page Top

#6 "...and by 'slightly deformed' we mean, 'Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die'..."


Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-22 04:29||   2020-07-22 04:29|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by Frank G 2020-07-22 04:52||   2020-07-22 04:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Good catch, Frank.

In Firefox, Pale Moon, etc., right-click to view full image.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-22 08:03||   2020-07-22 08:03|| Front Page Top

#9 She doesn't look so stable to my eye
Posted by Frank G 2020-07-22 08:05||   2020-07-22 08:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Image artifacts, I think.
Posted by KBK 2020-07-22 09:18||   2020-07-22 09:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Link to Asia Times article
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-07-22 09:48||   2020-07-22 09:48|| Front Page Top

#12 I think KBK is right. The "before" image shows kinks in the same places as the "after." The angles differ, so it's hard to see changes.
Posted by James  2020-07-22 10:45|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2020-07-22 10:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Assuming Frank's pic is accurate, the "dam" appears to be a lost cause.

"No, no! we designed it to be all foldy!" /CCP
Posted by PBMcL 2020-07-22 10:49||   2020-07-22 10:49|| Front Page Top

#14 I got it from the AsiaTimes article linked by Mullah Richard
Posted by Frank G 2020-07-22 11:00||   2020-07-22 11:00|| Front Page Top

#15 We'll know in a few days for sure.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-22 11:09||   2020-07-22 11:09|| Front Page Top

#16 Given the enormous worldwide impacts if the dam fails, and the obvious downstream flooding that must be occurring, why WBA’s this been invisible in the MSM? A google news search yesterday turned up next to nothing about the current situation.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-07-22 11:39||   2020-07-22 11:39|| Front Page Top

#17 What does the WHO say about this? "Looks like a healthy situation to me, Bob."
Posted by Regular joe 2020-07-22 11:47||   2020-07-22 11:47|| Front Page Top

#18 Official Chicom numbers re Wuhan disease as of 7/22/20:

83,707 cases / 4,634 deaths

Why should anyone trust their information concerning the flood?
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-07-22 14:59||   2020-07-22 14:59|| Front Page Top

#19 10,000 yrs to 1,000 yrs to 100 yrs to 17 years? Just like most crap made in China; you really get less than the already low price paid.
Posted by Airandee  2020-07-22 15:48||   2020-07-22 15:48|| Front Page Top

#20 I am a bit suspicious about the second photograph.

That said, if I remember my tables right and perhaps you engineers can correct or elaborate, concrete is not known for its tensile strength, and even less for its elasticity to bend back into shape.

A mile and change stretch of dam being slightly out of place would be Big Trouble in Larger China.

Like that scene at the end of Force 10 from Navarone - the dam is broken, now its just nature taking its course.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-22 23:14||   2020-07-22 23:14|| Front Page Top

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