Posted on 07/26/2020 10:34:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In a rare revelation, Beijing has admitted that its 2.4-kilometer Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province “deformed slightly” after record flooding.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the operator of the the world’s largest hydroelectric gravity dam as saying that some nonstructural, peripheral parts of the dam had buckled.
The dam was a pet project of the late Premier Li Peng and a monumental pride of the nation when it blocked and diverted Asia’s largest river in 1997.
The deformation occurred last Saturday when the flood from western provinces including Sichuan and Chongqing along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River peaked at a record-setting 61,000 cubic meters per second, according to China Three Gorges Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that manages the dam and the sprawling power plant underneath it.
The company noted that parts of the dam had “deformed slightly,” displacing some external structures, and seepage into the main outlet walls had also been reported throughout the 18 hours on Saturday and Sunday when water was discharged though its outlets.
But the problem of water seeping out did not last long, as the dam reportedly deployed floodgates to hold as much water as possible in its 39.3 billion-cubic-meter reservoir to shield the cities downstream from the biggest Yangtze deluge so far this year.
It is believed that the dam’s operator must protect the central megacity of Wuhan, whose 10 million residents are still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic that erupted there in December.
(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...
“Bad sensors?”
LOL: Low-bidder. That, or cutting corners & kickbacks.
The trail of kickbacks to CCP leadership in the region should portend a number of “retirements” over this engineering failure (”embarrassment” is what they’ll call it).
Don’t forget Bang Ding Ow.
Norman Angell wrote a book, published in 1909, titled “The Great Illusion”, arguing that there would never again be another great war in Europe, because “the economic cost of war was so great that no one could possibly hope to gain by starting a war the consequences of which would be so disastrous.”
I think we all know how good Chinese rebar is.
Yep... Know what you mean... Thanks for the reminder, Scully...
Smart people know that "real" conspiracies are everywhere around us, but are kept ultra-secret so that only an unfortunate few of us are aware of them...
The truth is out there... So I've heard or read...
Mulder & I will remain vigilant in our pursuit of the truth...
And I’ve got some downstream real estate at bargain prices.
Now I'm going to have to wait a couple of hours before eating the shrimp-fried rice we just had delivered...
Famous last words.
Tic-toc-tick-toc......
Is “deformed but safe” the Chinese version of “fake but accurate”?
That is some serious deflection.
Watched a Aussie weather forecast this morning.
They predict another 200mm of rain for that area by next wed. Thats about 40 inches or so.
I believe that the man upstairs is sick and tired of all the BS over there.
BTW, About two weeks ago I watched a special on the corruption involved in the building of that thing.
They never even dug into solid bedrock before they started pouring the concrete.
Your two images are fake, well at least not accurate. Using Google maps satellite, you see the image on the left, a top satellite view. Click on the 3D tool and the 2nd image appears. The dam is straight. Not saying it will not blow. Just pointing out the fakery of your photos.
Photos from original poster’s source...something you would have known if you would have taken time to look at the link from the OP:
https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/three-gorges-dam-deformed-but-safe-say-operators/
Careful about personally attacking freepers...
“It’s only a flesh wound” said the knight with no arms or legs.
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