To: cuban leaf
A source within the USACE says even if the dam was overtopped it would not fail. An earthen dam, yes. A concrete dam, not likely.
13 posted on
08/21/2020 7:52:47 AM PDT by
meatloaf
To: meatloaf
Since your info comes from the Army Corps of Engineers I’d say it’s pretty reliable.
Were it coming from our intel agencies (who are rarely right about anything) I’d say an Irwin Allen movie is hours away.
23 posted on
08/21/2020 8:11:24 AM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: meatloaf
“ A concrete dam, not likely.”
Factor in Chinese material and a Chinese labor force.
35 posted on
08/21/2020 8:38:40 AM PDT by
gasport
(Vote Democrat . . . Win stupid stuff)
To: meatloaf
"A concrete dam, not likely." Ancient Chinese Sakrete!
38 posted on
08/21/2020 8:42:17 AM PDT by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: meatloaf
An earthen dam, yes. A concrete dam, not likely. A concrete arch dam, anchored in bedrock on the sides and bottom would most likely shrug off an over topping.
Three Gorges is a gravity dam, just resting on dirt. Would over topping scour out enough dirt out from under the downstream side to make it fail? Dunno.
46 posted on
08/21/2020 9:03:59 AM PDT by
null and void
(Forward by God! Forward we lurch into the dim horizon! We all go together where we all go alone!)
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