Posted on 05/14/2008 4:29:09 PM PDT by blam
The Zipingpu dam, above the city of Dujiangyan with its population of 600,000, was said at one stage to be in an "extremely dangerous state" with cracks more than four inches wide appearing in its face, though the water resources ministry later said on its website that it was stable for the time being. Tulong dam, further north on the Min river, was said by officials to be near collapse, something which would have a knock-on effect on a series of dams and power stations further downstream. Almost 400 dams altogether were said to have been affected by Monday's earthquake – the wet and mountainous province is criss-crossed by some of China's biggest and fastest-flowing rivers. While some dams, like Zipingpu, are modern, others were built when construction standards were lower.
To quote Scooby: Ruh roh.
In much of the USA, the robbery would begin five minutes after the power went out, and go downhilll from there.
Maybe, maybe not.
In those places where the populace has been dependent on government for everything for generations, Yeah, about five minutes.
In those places where the populace has been dependent on themselves for generations, it might never start.
Except for situations in which denizens of “Region A” migrate to “Region B” after pickings in “Region A” get slim.
Until the denizens of “Region B” convince them otherwise.
This is going to get so much worse before it gets any better.
I stay up at night pondering how on earth the PRC is going to remedy this.
That’s the plot of my new book.
If the dams start breaking in a chain reaction, Act II might be worse than Act I.
I just noted one little aside above, where somebody mentioned that a landslide had created a “temporary resevoir” in a river. An instant landslide dam is even worse than their old earthen dams.
Are you flummoxed by W's offer of only half a mil in aid to China? That's pretty tacky (disclosure: I am a 3/5s Bushbot.)
No, I’m not. Can’t explain it right now, but that’s my initial reaction.
*sigh*
We’d send more but most of our money is already there?
I guess I'd rather him have said 'we can offer you aid' instead of putting a price tag on it.
What they need is our engineering help, not money.
They can kiss the Olympics goodbye, when everything comes to light.
— Alert: in this dispatch of the town again Yingxiuwan a strong aftershocks, some in the last earthquake in the collapse of the housing does not appear to collapse, landslides near the mountain.
Alert: Yingxiuwan town a strong aftershock of the collapse of a housing collapse
— Alert: in this dispatch of the town again Yingxiuwan a strong aftershocks, some in the last earthquake in the collapse of the housing does not appear to collapse, landslides near the mountain.
Are you Chinese still able to get through to US websites? Y’all seem to have dropped off since yesterday.
What’s the food situation? Are soldiers still backpacking it in or has the weather cleared enough to do aerial drops?
Are the people getting tents dropped?
Considering China's GDP and population, they don't need our aid. They have more than enough money and people to handle the situation IF THEY CHOOSE TO SEND THEM.
i hope chinese is good!
and they are stanchly pull through!!!!
chinese not need your;s baleful pitying.
chinese government pay rmb:877,000,000
and society willing donation rmb:850,000,000
and have more people donation blood and material.
so i beleive ,chinese will live through hard!
corporately,love
Why would we give China anything(?), they are at war with us. Nobody wants to say that though.
Noodles I can understand -- but cookies?
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