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2010-07-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I'm trying to remember, in one of the 3 Gorges letters there was discussing a few years back about bringing the water level up to 175 meters to maximize power output. There was some awful study that convinced them not to. Something about massive landslides on all the tributaries?

Posted by 3dc 2010-07-24 00:34|| 2010-07-24 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Clearly NOT a good weekend for China's engineers - OIL SPILL + [alleged]DEFECTS IN THREE GORGES.

Once again, wid feeling, "SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ [Bismarck]....." + THE GORGE-BUSTERS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-24 01:27|| 2010-07-24 01:27|| Front Page Top

Posted by Shipman 2010-07-24 04:56|| 2010-07-24 04:56|| Front Page Top

#4 does this surprise anyone? everything the Chinese build except the Great Wall is shit.

Posted by chris 2010-07-24 13:34|| 2010-07-24 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Memo from the Flyash Liberation Army: "toldja so"

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-24 16:03|| 2010-07-24 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 A dam controls flooding to the extent that you can decide to either flood upstream or flood downstream. If you live in a dictatorship (or a corrupt democracy) this becomes a purely political decision.

Posted by DMFD 2010-07-24 20:47|| 2010-07-24 20:47|| Front Page Top

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