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| Chinese Government Urges Dam Operators at Maximum Capacity to Hold Back the Flood |
| 2020-08-24 |
| Guest essay by Eric Worrall [WattsUpWithThat] Authorities have ordered dam operators to try to hold back incoming flood water, as Chinese manufacturing and farming heartland cities in the Yangtze Delta are bracing for yet more severe flooding. The same order given by Chinese authorities in similar circumstances in 1975 led to the deaths of up to a quarter of a million people. China on alert for Yangtze River flooding as storms close in |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #3 Nature to the Central Communist Party: "Heh" |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-08-24 12:51 |
| #2 Wise guidance from modern Huangdi: "Confucius say, 'Every Chinee Must help absorb strain From this surplus of rain By increasing consumption of tea!' And, needless to say, holding pee." |
| Posted by: Squinty Cherert1278 2020-08-24 07:06 |
| #1 Bob boder August 23, 2020 at 6:33 am I think the Chinese government is evil, but we should do everything we can to help them in this situation. Scissor August 23, 2020 at 7:46 am Let’s buy up the world’s supply of sand bags. Heh. That really is the Snark O'The Day. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-08-24 02:32 |