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.
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As a Christian I cannot help but wonder if there is a divine hand at play here. If that damn has a catastrophic failure and Wuhan is hammered will the Chinese deem that as a revocation of the “mandate from heaven”?
RE: will the Chinese deem that as a revocation of the “mandate from heaven”?
One thing is certain— because the ruling party is atheistic, they don’t believe in heaven or hell, much less a mandate from God.
Not to cast any doubt on the USACE, but do they have their own ways of monitoring the dam, or do they rely on Chinese data?
I don’t know. Satellite imagery?
The dam is safe as long as it holds...
“I believe that the man upstairs is sick and tired of all the BS over there.”
Interesting comment. If the dam goes millions will die including thousands of children. God shrugs? Shouldn’t have pissed him off and all that. But remember...god loves you.
Just remember in scripture the times he wanted to rid the earth of the Israelites. Moses managed to convince him other wise.
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