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2020-06-23 China-Japan-Koreas

Expert warns China's Three Gorges Dam in danger of collapse after heavy rains

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Posted by DarthVader 2020-06-23 16:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Who had biblical floods on their 2020 apocalypse cards?

Posted by DarthVader 2020-06-23 16:33|| 2020-06-23 16:33|| Front Page Top

#2 2020 the year of the jackpot?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-23 16:36|| 2020-06-23 16:36|| Front Page Top

#3 about 200 mi down river from the Dam in Wuhan

also, the Dam is near a geological fault

Posted by lord garth 2020-06-23 17:39|| 2020-06-23 17:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Expect notable Chinese hydrologist Wang Weiluo to be jumping from a tall building any time now.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-23 17:47|| 2020-06-23 17:47|| Front Page Top

#5 It contains 39.3 km3 (31,900,000 acre⋅ft) of water and has a total surface area of 1,045 km2 (403 sq mi). On completion, the reservoir flooded a total area of 632 km2 (244 sq mi) of land

Posted by 3dc 2020-06-23 17:55|| 2020-06-23 17:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Normal elevation: 175 m (574 ft)
Capacity factor: 45%

Posted by 3dc 2020-06-23 17:58|| 2020-06-23 17:58|| Front Page Top

#7 *chuckle*
Flyash Liberation Army

Posted by Frank G 2020-06-23 18:47|| 2020-06-23 18:47|| Front Page Top

#8 2020 the year of the jackpot?

Pray God no, g(r)omgoru. But at least if it does, all the Black Bloc groups and their fellow travellers will be the first to not survive.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-23 22:43|| 2020-06-23 22:43|| Front Page Top

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