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China: "Three Gorges Dam deformed but safe"
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:17 am
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:17 am
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Peripheral structures buckle when record flooding from western provinces puts feat of engineering to the test
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In a rare revelation, Beijing has admitted that its 2.4-kilometer Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province “deformed slightly” after record flooding.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the operator of the the world’s largest hydroelectric gravity dam as saying that some nonstructural, peripheral parts of the dam had buckled.
The dam was a pet project of the late Premier Li Peng and a monumental pride of the nation when it blocked and diverted Asia’s largest river in 1997.
The deformation occurred last Saturday when the flood from western provinces including Sichuan and Chongqing along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River peaked at a record-setting 61,000 cubic meters per second, according to China Three Gorges Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that manages the dam and the sprawling power plant underneath it.
The company noted that parts of the dam had “deformed slightly,” displacing some external structures, and seepage into the main outlet walls had also been reported throughout the 18 hours on Saturday and Sunday when water was discharged though its outlets.
But the problem of water seeping out did not last long, as the dam reportedly deployed floodgates to hold as much water as possible in its 39.3 billion-cubic-meter reservoir to shield the cities downstream from the biggest Yangtze deluge so far this year.
It is believed that the dam’s operator must protect the central megacity of Wuhan, whose 10 million residents are still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic that erupted there in December.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:18 am to goofball
It is totally normal for dams to become deformed
Right before they burst open
Right before they burst open
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:18 am to goofball
I don't want people to die but I also want that fricker to come down because of the massive loss of face it would cause China
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:18 am to goofball
shite if they admitted that much that thing is about to blow.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:18 am to goofball
Also China: we didn't know about virus until it was too late
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:18 am to goofball
China: "Bats are infected with viruses but safe to eat."
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:21 am to Centinel
quote:
shite if they admitted that much that thing is about to blow.
I was thinking the same damn thing
Kinda like their COVID statements. "We only have a couple of cases and it isn't growing"...
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:25 am to goofball
quote:
China
Is asshoe
Now blow that fricker up
This post was edited on 7/26/20 at 11:29 am
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:29 am to goofball
Typical quality for something made in China.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:31 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I think China will blame the US when this thing fails. Sort of like how "George Bush blew up the levees" in New Orleans.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:35 am to goofball
Translated:
You should stay the frick away from anything downstream for 100 miles
You should stay the frick away from anything downstream for 100 miles
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:38 am to goofball
quote:
I think China will blame the US when this thing fails. Sort of like how "George Bush blew up the levees" in New Orleans.
CNN and BLM certainly will, and their useful idiots will lap it up.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:38 am to goofball
Sounds like a higher power is trying to wipe Wuhan from the face of the earth.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:39 am to goofball
quote:
I think China will blame the US when this thing fails. Sort of like how "George Bush blew up the levees" in New Orleans.
If Biden is president, he will get on his knees and pay to repair it.
Trump will tell those frickers to kick rocks
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:41 am to goofball
Better evacuate the people now. If now there will be massive casualties.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:42 am to goofball
If that dam busts, there is an ungodly amount of people that would be fricked.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:42 am to tonydtigr
quote:
Sounds like a higher power is trying to wipe Wuhan from the face of the earth.
CCP trying to hide the evidence....
Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:45 am to Puck82
quote:
Better evacuate the people now. If now there will be massive casualties.
Meh
Just a bunch of faceless poors
There arent any important people living down river of that dam in a flood zone
Just another day in China if they all get washed away
This post was edited on 7/26/20 at 11:46 am
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