Big Trouble in Little China

[Chris Coles]

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What I find so alarming is that the original concept of a spillway was always placed at the top of the dam, so that any overflow was at the rate of the flow at the surface. If they have designed a dam where the overflow is drawn from the base of the dam in those hugely destructive flows; then there must be every possibility of the destruction of the structure from those flows at the base. In which case the failure is only a matter of time.

[shiny!]

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That dam is just, well, "massive" doesn't begin to describe it. Prayers for all the poor souls downstream.

[Mega]

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[touchring]

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It's not the design and the facade, it's the material used.

Ever seen hollow bricks and foamcrete?

[shiny!]

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Can't see it breaking, sure its engineering is 1st rate Massively over engineered

How droll. You're the master of drollness.

[shiny!]

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Dammit. Every time I read something like this I get nervous and spend more money stocking up on stuff.

Looking around the house... Let's see...

Shoes... need another pair.
Tires... OK.
Car was just serviced, should be alright for the next year. Ah-HA! Need new wiper blades.
Meds... have enough for a year. OK.
Spare phone battery... OK.
Trash bags... OK.
Cleaning supplies... OK.
Cat food: some ingredients and probably the bags are from China. Get more.
Coffee: the bags or canisters probably come from China. Get more.
Rice, beans, staples... pretty good. Haven't been to Costco since Feb. when I saw Covid coming. Time to make another run.

Think about all the stuff that doesn't come from China, but a component or ingredient or even just the container it's in is made in China.

Think about the trucks that bring the stuff to the store. Trucks needs new tires and parts, but the tires and parts are made in China.

If this dam goes, expect prices to rise another big notch.

[Mega]

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Can't see it breaking, sure its engineering is 1st rate Massively over engineered

[shiny!]

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This is a good analysis of the devastation that would ensue and second-order effects if the dam breaks:
EDIT: this is a better link: https://twitter.com/man_integrated/s...36336012038145

The Yangtze River Economic Basin has a GDP of more than $6.5 trillion, or about half of all China's GDP. Recall, China represents 28% of all manufacturing output - globally. More than half of that is in the YREB. 15% of the world's production would go offline in 24 hours.
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Most companies do not have the cash reserves or lending flexibility to sustain a year of no revenue while they change sourcing/factories.

They'll simply fold.

[Chris Coles]

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Yes, but suddenly he (& the rest of them) are not there..........

In which case, "& the rest of them", were cover and his job is finished.

[Mega]

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Yes, but suddenly he (& the rest of them) are not there..........

[Chris Coles]

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China will have to import a LOT of FOOD, Rice & others........demand drives prices.
On a side note I had my hair cut today & Ian my stylist tells me his wife works in the Casino in Liverpool.
Its been cracked down because it was used for Drug money.......however they have new clients......Chinese students!

One lad studing at Liverpool Uni likes to loses around £11,000 on a Saturday night!

He is no doubt funding the operation.

[Mega]

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China will have to import a LOT of FOOD, Rice & others........demand drives prices.
On a side note I had my hair cut today & Ian my stylist tells me his wife works in the Casino in Liverpool.
Its been cracked down because it was used for Drug money.......however they have new clients......Chinese students!

One lad studing at Liverpool Uni likes to loses around £11,000 on a Saturday night!

[Mega]

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VERY Little is being said on the MSM............mind you the CCP own most of it, except the Marxist BBC!

[thriftyandboringinohio]

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And then this turned up. https://youtu.be/5O1w2UelZZQ

Great find Chris, thanks.

When historic flooding occurs, it gets pretty tricky to manage dams and levees.
Operators are forced into a retreating action, picking which areas to sacrifice and which areas to defend until the last.
If it rains long enough everything floods.

Once reservoirs are full the dams need to be opened to let floodwaters flow through just to preserve the dams.
So as the video said, they stop functioning as flood control.
Destroying levees is another way to surrender one area to flooding hoping to preserve another.

I recall flying over the Mississippi river a quite a few times in 1993 when it suffered huge floods.
The river was miles and miles wide in places with just the odd treetop or barn roof sticking out of the water.

[Chris Coles]

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At the end of the day, we can always rely upon the professionalism of NASA. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im...s-spill-water? There is no sign of anything wrong with the Three Gorges dam.

And then this turned up. https://youtu.be/5O1w2UelZZQ