[norsky]

“I really do expect it to blow. I have no idea how many humans live downstream but I’m sure many will perish. Much good farmland probably will wash away as well as towns, cities, etc.”

Last article I read 90 million people could be effected, those above the dam by earthquakes flooding and land slides, and below the dam the same but worse.
The do have 1,100 million people, 1.1 billion.
So ya never know, thinning the heard, bad thought.

[LonePalm]

If you see a report that the PLAN ships in Shanghai have suddenly put to sea, then you know that the Three Gorges Dam is about to fail.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[ichabod1]

That’s always in the background of discussion of any large scale Chinese disaster. We mourn the victims, the Chicoms celebrate the population reduction, and don’t think our domestic Maoists haven’t been celebrating the killing of thousands of our elderly who reliably vote, and reliably vote their interests.

[WildHighlander57]

norsky wrote:

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“I really do expect it to blow. I have no idea how many humans live downstream but I’m sure many will perish. Much good farmland probably will wash away as well as towns, cities, etc.”

Last article I read 90 million people could be effected, those above the dam by earthquakes flooding and land slides, and below the dam the same but worse.
The do have 1,100 million people, 1.1 billion.
So ya never know, thinning the heard, bad thought.”

90 million out of 1100 million is 8%.

That’s like us losing 26 million out of 328 million.