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To: rodguy911

or not


19 posted on 06/28/2020 5:34:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bert
Ironically,the Three Gorges Dam was built on a fault line:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/three-gorges-dam-disaster1.htm

Three Gorges Dam sits on two major fault lines -- Jiuwanxi and Zigui-Badong. Geologists fear that rapid changes in water pressure when the reservoir levels are changed during flood season could activate already shaky ground and trigger an earthquake (a phenomenon known as reservoir-induced seismicity). In the seven months following the 2006 increase in water level, geologists recorded 822 tremors around the reservoir [source: Hvistendahl].

Just one of a number of potential problems.

26 posted on 06/28/2020 5:46:25 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic home of free because of the Brave)
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