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2010-06-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by 3dc 2010-06-01 12:54|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 In addition, they have witnessed large parts of the Karakoram highway - which connects Pakistan with China and is the only means of transportation for these people - submerge into the rising lake, leaving them cut off from the outside world.

Posted by 3dc 2010-06-01 12:59|| 2010-06-01 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 You'd think that with the amount of explosives floating around in P'stan that they could come up with a way to clear the landslide (unless those explosives are only allocated for 'non-peaceful' or 'non-humanitarian' usage).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-06-01 13:08|| 2010-06-01 13:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Lakes are frequently threatening to overflow,or bust or have bad storms. Ya just can't please them.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-06-01 13:48|| 2010-06-01 13:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The lake wants to do jihad? Only in Pakistan...

Posted by john frum 2010-06-01 15:42|| 2010-06-01 15:42|| Front Page Top

#5 These kinds of landslide dammed lakes are very dangerous because sooner rather than later they will overflow and rapidly cut an overflow channel likely causing a wall of water downstream.

I'm surprised the authorities haven't dealt with it before now, but then this Pakland.

Posted by phil_b 2010-06-01 20:36|| 2010-06-01 20:36|| Front Page Top

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