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To: numberonepal

“...3G is about to go. Chyna is preparing their people.”
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The operator of the dam was forced to admit last Saturday that it has “deformed slightly,” with peripheral parts of its 1.5-mile span buckling.

https://realmoney.thestreet.com/politics/china-s-three-gorges-dam-buckles-as-country-battles-floods-15379139


1,418 posted on 07/22/2020 4:49:49 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

I’m not that kind of damn engineer, but I’m thinking once it starts deforming and buckling, with even more rain coming, then it’s really just a matter of time. It’s not like it’s going to “get better”.


1,420 posted on 07/22/2020 4:58:23 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker; ClearCase_guy
It's not deformed. It's pinin' for the Fjords.


1,423 posted on 07/22/2020 5:06:51 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (WWG1WGA)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

HLB....

Yer:

“The operator of the dam was forced to admit last Saturday that it has “deformed slightly,” with peripheral parts of its 1.5-mile span buckling.”

Here you be! See it with your own eyes!

https://youtu.be/n6QyfrS7ARI?t=124

Apparently one critic indicated that the concrete was not connected to the bedrock below, the poured blocks are just sitting on top of it. Humm.


1,459 posted on 07/22/2020 6:34:57 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: HippyLoggerBiker
This is from 2 years ago. Imagine what it looks like now.


1,701 posted on 07/23/2020 8:38:24 AM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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