Posted on 07/29/2020 8:04:13 PM PDT by BeauBo
People in cities along China's Yangtze River, already swamped with water, are now scrambling to shore up embankments as the world's largest dam faces fast mounting flood pressure...
The Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze, Asia's longest river, which has become a raging torrent with storm water pouring into the reservoir of the dam at 60 million litres per second on Monday night.
On Tuesday morning, dam operator the China Three Gorges Group said water flow into the reservoir fluctuated between 50 million and 60 million litres per second.
And the peak flow has not eased, adding more than ten trillion litres to the mega-dam in just 10 days.
All arteries leading from the Yangtze River remain deluged by the third big flood this summer.
The China Three Gorges Group say they plan to hold as much water in the dam as possible to buy time for cities downstream to build up their defences.
According to local reports, the dam's operator has indicated there are 13 days left before the reservoir will fill to the brim.
(Excerpt) Read more at 9news.com.au ...
Related story, for the first time ever in history, Taiwan won’t be hit with a typhoon in July.
Time to buy more Goya.
There will be huge loss of human and animal life if it fails. But life is cheap to Chi-Coms. (They eat cats, don’t they?)
The evil Chinese regime has persecuted Christians (and others) for a long time.
A man is chosen by God to confront the evil rulers.
He threatens their economy, if they do not reform.
They do not reform.
Tarrifs follow.
No Reform.
A plague on their pigs follows.
No Reform.
A plauge on people follows.
No Reform.
Horrendus Floods follow.
No Reform.
Anyone else see a pattern here?
20% is flooded, and a large portion is dried up as a result of drought up north.
BTW, the dam was built under the usual corruption within that political system. Several engineers quit, and they claim that it wasnt even dug down into solid bedrock before they started pouring concrete.
News today from sources say that since they built it in sections, some of the sections have substantial cracks forming.
If it does not blow out, it will be a miracle.
The average flow rate at Niagara Falls is about 28 million liters/sec.
Are the recent storms significantly out of the ordinary? Timing of monsoon season has to be pretty well established. Seems like a screw up by the operators not to have previously lowered the level to have room for the typical rains plus some margin. Look back at Hoover dam in 1983....
Its called scour velocity, but you need to consider the debris in the water combined with speed of the flow. This is what will cause the damage and once that loosens the rocks that will add to more erosive action. It will become exponential
The concrete in the Hoover Dam has finally cured completely. Believe it or not.
Makes me wonder if this dams concrete is still green since it is fairly new.
"The Yangtze River can be divided into three parts: the upper, middle and lower reaches. The middle and lower reaches are at high-risk for flooding."
"Although Zhang Shuguang, director of the Three Gorges Corps Hub Management Bureau stated that the dam is sound enough to withstand twice the mass flow rate recorded on [July 19], the entire Yangtze River basin cannot only rely on the Three Gorges Dam as its safety is paramount.
As for a solution, China is developing sponge cities, which as the name implies would consist of permeable water systems to prevent flooding and could replenish water supply. Different sponge city projects have been implented across at-risk cities like Sanya, Shanghai, Wuhan and others." Pity the poor residents of those cities designated to become "sponges" by the Party's apparatchiks.
Very interesting, thanks for that info. The CCP must be extremely nervous right now.
They used plenty of concrete. I’m not sure which Cement Type was used for the mix.
And who will benefit the most?
Canadians, Australians,the United States, Brazil. India? Japan, South Korea, Vietnam?
Who will be hurt the most?
Of course, China. Then North Korea, (gives them a good opportunity to break away from China.)
But also, Africa, Bangladesh, anyone who depends on an outside food supply. Philippines? Indonesia?
Also, for how long? At least a year, maybe two. The Chinese regime may fall.
And who will get the credit for that?
None other than President Donald Trump... and God.
I think you have something there. Gravity could be the straw.....
Fascinating facts. Thanks.
I arrived at the village of Shuifu, Yunnan Province, China in late September 1976 to start up the steam plant in a new fertilizer factory. It was 1,600 miles upstream from the mouth of the Yangtze at the Pacific Ocean.
Crude barges were towed upriver by men pulling the tow-ropes. There were no draft animals and no motorized barges. They were unloaded by many children, so as young at 4 years old.
You know what? You’re right. And SOMEHOW, it would be Trump’s fault, and America’s scared responsibility to rescue them and save communism.
“Are the recent storms significantly out of the ordinary?”
Yes, they started early this year, and have been very heavy - like once in a hundred years heavy, or even more.
The Three Stooges dam? They cut corners. Bet on it.
BTW. They claim that they did the first test on it and it was leaking through underneath the thing.
How much of this is factual..we will soon see.
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