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2010-06-08 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-06-08 07:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "We told you so"

/Flyash Liberation Army

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-08 08:46|| 2010-06-08 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Shanghai is downstream.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-08 09:29|| 2010-06-08 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Too much sand in the concrete?

Posted by gorb 2010-06-08 10:43|| 2010-06-08 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 not too mention crappy chinese construction if it's built like everything else they make. IT's gonna be a washout wonder how much this will cost us?

Posted by chris 2010-06-08 10:58|| 2010-06-08 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Three Gorges Dam holds 32 million acre/feet of water. One acre/foot is 326,000 gallons. Two acre/feet fills an Olympic sized swimming pool.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-08 12:06|| 2010-06-08 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 The stability of a China government has historically been dependent upon the mood of the Yangtze.

My question would be whether the volume blowout would wash all that debris out into the ocean, or clog the mouth.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-06-08 12:58|| 2010-06-08 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone know if they have webcams pointed at the dam?

/planning ahead

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-08 13:16|| 2010-06-08 13:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I didn't get the impression the dam itself is in danger, but the land is settling from the massive weight of the water behind the dam.

Posted by ed 2010-06-08 13:34|| 2010-06-08 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 I didn't get the impression the dam itself is in danger, but the land is settling from the massive weight of the water behind the dam.

Seems like a backhanded way of saying the dam is in danger, but I'm not a CE.

Posted by gorb 2010-06-08 16:16|| 2010-06-08 16:16|| Front Page Top

#10 I am a CE - the dam is a POS and a danger

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-08 18:47|| 2010-06-08 18:47|| Front Page Top

#11 FrankG: The person you turn too when wondering if the side-effects are death!

*Somebody find theme music*

Posted by Charles 2010-06-08 22:13|| 2010-06-08 22:13|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL Charles - "Don't Fear The Reaper"?

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-08 22:45|| 2010-06-08 22:45|| Front Page Top

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