China floods: Over 140 dead as Yangtze River bursts banks

Deutsche Welle Online ^ | 7/15/2020 | (Not Listed)

[353FMG]

The wold’s oceans will be Wuhan virus infected.

[Abathar]

That satellite photo is skewed bad, recent drone footage shows it straight, Chinese have lasers set up and it’s moved a couple of MMs is all. (according to them)

If it goes, it will be catastrophic to their entire nation which means bad for us as well. I truly feel for the people having lived through a flood here at my business once. The Chinese people are mostly just good well meaning people that have been indoctrinated.

I have no problem with them, their leadership is another story. Every Chinese that I have worked with or met socially have been great people, hard working and intelligent, I wouldn’t wish this on anyone except perhaps the Taliban.

[saintgermaine]

China floods threaten collapse of world’s largest dam: The Three Gorges Dam

The following maybe of interest only to some of you. Should it happen the repercussions in some form or another may affect all of us.

I came across a mathematical study the other day in reference to the water pressure against the dam walls of the Three Gorges dam which was rather impressive with a conservative estimate of about 25 million tons of pressure. You may find this short movie clip on YouTube by searching for FORCE OF WATER ON CHINA’S 3 GORES DAM WALL.

As far as the stability of this dam is concerned, from time to time I run across the comment that the base of this dam is not anchored to the bedrock beneath, since it is known as a gravity dam. The thought crossed my mind that this may have been done on purpose, why? From what I understand is that this area is subject to frequent quakes and needless to say, should there be a solid connection to the bedrock beneath it would transfer any motion throughout the whole dam.

With the dam being constructed from individual blocks any severe motion of the ground beneath could place quite a bit of stress on any of the individual sections forcing them to move. This along with the enormous water pressure behind the dam wall, could quite possible expedite the demise of this dam. For this reason I believe, maybe I am wrong, they choose to let the ground slide independently from the structure resting on top.

Either way, I would not feel comfortable or safe living anywhere downstream of this dam. Not only that, but should this dam give way I would not be surprised to see that it would usher in some big political changes, which would be to the benefit of several neighboring countries let alone Hong Kong

[Paladin2]

“ALL flood gates on Three Gorges are open “

I’d like to see the video of that.

This upstream video is pretty awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEk_Cr-nDlg

[Rebelbase]

The apparent deformation is the result of the skewed stitching together of the satellite images.

[Covenantor]

China rushes to contain floods after record rainfall

excerpt: "....The downpours have intensified since last week, causing dozens of Yangtze-basin waterways to post record-high water levels, while more than 400 had exceeded warning levels, Vice Minister of Emergency Management Zheng Guoguang said on Monday."

excerpt: "...Authorities had been monitoring a flood crest as it neared Wuhan, the metropolis of 11 million that the Yangtze winds through and which had already suffered the vast number of China's deaths and cases in the coronavirus pandemic, which first emerged in the city.

They said river levels were decreasing after the crest passed Wuhan on Monday with no reports of major new flooding there."

Map showing provinces worst hit by flooding in China that has left more than 140 people dead as of Jul 13. (AFP/Laurence CHU)

[fso301]

I’d like to see the video of that.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3965733

The lead story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIQrOaE_Q8

[bert]

In this video of the flooding in a tourist town, a bar owner, cool bar owner, calmly explains it all......... CO2 and climate change>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M02SrVYWPWw

Thanks for your post. As an ex disaster volunteer, they have a lot on their hands

[Paladin2]

"July 9 image appearing to show all floodgates open. (India Today image)"

[WildHighlander57]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3865136/posts?page=64#64

Wow!!!

Pinging janetjanet998...

[Covenantor]

This from article that states Three Gorges Dam has halved the outflow....

Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam

excerpt:

"The company running the Three Gorges Project also said on Saturday that downstream water discharges had been halved since Jul 6, "effectively reducing the speed and extent of water level rises on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze". The total amount of stored floodwater had now reached 88 per cent of the reservoir's total capacity, it added.

But parts of the Yangtze, its tributaries and major lakes like the Dongting and Poyang have hit record levels anyway.

Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist and long-standing critic of giant dam projects, said the storage capacity at Three Gorges amounts to less than 9 per cent of average floodwater.

"It can only partially and temporarily intercept the upstream floods, and is powerless to help with floods caused by heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River," he said.

Fan said Three Gorges and other major dam projects could even make flooding worse by altering the flow of sedimentation down the Yangtze. The project's need to generate electricity has also undermined flood control, he said."

[Exit148]

Wo bu zhi dao.

[mass55th]

The whole of China is a virology lab out of control. It needs to be nuked once and for all, starting with Beijing.

[Calvin Locke]

Of course, maybe dam expert Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan suggested to the CCP “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”?

[Bedford Forrest]

This is Xi losing the Mandate of Heaven. He may need to invade Taiwan to survive.

XiXi ZingZing PingPing needn't worry about what the chingchongs have always called their 'mandate'. It is gone and it never was. When an entire people permit themselves to be led by a stinking syphilitic like Mao, for decades, they have demonstrated for all to see [except their own ilk] their contempt for freedom and their obscene xenophobia. That we have for forty years and more had many within our midst who have never had any problem cossetting the chingchong chicoms while ignoring their endless crimes is a very bad reflection on well known and powerful segments of our Republic. XiXi PingPing invade Taiwan??? What level of stupidity and insanity the question presupposes can't be known until after the fact. Does the lying thug understand what responses would then ensue? Who knows? His recent conduct toward our Republic and our two or three reliable allies definitely is not working out well for chicom land. What inferior scum they be.

[353FMG]

No Schadenfreude please. A happy ending is when the CCP all croak.

[353FMG]

>>“Corona was found in their SEWAGE”<<

No need for China to send travellers to all parts of the worl. Corona will arrive on our beaches if the dam breaks.

[Bommer]

Whats it look like 6 days later?

[Paladin2]

Good question.

I suspect that there is a web cam trained on the structure somewhere.