Expert warns China's Three Gorges Dam in danger of collapse; Residents in lower reaches of Yangtze River should brace for evacuation: Chinese hydrologist

Taiwan News ^ | 06/23/2020 | By Ching-Tse Cheng

[SaveFerris]

Yikes

[SkyDancer]

Karma?

[SuperLuminal]

Glad John Wayne got that movie made before this dam was constructed...

[jurroppi1]

First thing I thought of too.

[wildcard_redneck]

”IIRC that dam is so huge and holds back so much water that if it gives way China’s population drops by 5%.”

And then the survivors may have to survive a famine due to the floodwaters wiping out both crops and arable fields.

[Repeal The 17th]

No John Wayne in that one

[polymuser]

Michigan recently had three consecutive dams on the same river fail (the earthen dikes) after unusually heavy rains.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’ve got a Japanese Olympus OM-D digital camera. One of the rotary dials was flaky, too. Very intermittent. Probably the same Chinese switch suppler.

[SeekAndFind]

Google Maps images of China's Three Gorges Dam began circulating on Twitter and soon made their way to WeChat. The images show apparent distortions in the shape of the dam, prompting some to fear it could burst. Google Maps Image ( Left), CASC Image (Right). Operations Department of the Three Gorges Group Basin Administration, told The Paper.cn that the Google Maps image in question was not taken directly by a satellite, but had been processed by a series of algorithms. He said that the deviations were caused by some algorithms which were different from those used by the official Chinese map.

[TChad]

[WASCWatch]

The Snake and Columbia River dams systems are very secure, and safe.

[xp38]

Probably his best bit of his career. It’s interesting how so many of the heroes and idols of my youth have fallen.

[dfwgator]

I still listen to Cosby.

If he belongs in jail, so does half of Hollywood.

[Cold Heart]

I bought a made in China cast iron hand plane just to use for display. I never used it. It just broke in half on its own:)

[OrioleFan]

China will blame it on India. Of course CNN/Soros will blae it on ........... President Trump.

[xp38]

True

[AFreeBird]

Junks would probably be quicker.

[Cold Heart]

Earth quakes. Guaranteed.

[1FreeAmerican]

I guess that’s no fluke....

[montag813]

I don’t believe this expert. If the dam collapses as he says it could kill 1 million people. Easily.