If it goes, 10 billion cubic metres of water will wipe out China's manufacturing base and kill millions of people.

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Rather, when it goes...
In other news, the CCP is putting up flyers on the street telling people to abide by air raid sirens, don't look directly at atmospheric explosions, find underground shelter, and be prepared...
What are the chances China blows up its own dam and blames it on the West.
As a side note, Wuhan would be decimated by a dam break....thus spreading covid even further...
Something smells fishy...
(Not you, Shen...) ac_hithere
True. I posted it a cpl of weeks ago
Made in China. Any shift indicates it will go at some time.
Concrete structures do not bend without some crumbling
It will kill and displace 100s of millions when it goes & set China back years
....and plunge the world into economic and supply chain hell....
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373827 time=1596407626 user_id=1676
If it goes, 10 billion cubic metres of water will wipe out China's manufacturing base and kill millions of people.

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Rather, when it goes...
In other news, the CCP is putting up flyers on the street telling people to abide by air raid sirens, don't look directly at atmospheric explosions, find underground shelter, and be prepared...
What are the chances China blows up its own dam and blames it on the West.
As a side note, Wuhan would be decimated by a dam break....thus spreading covid even further...
Something smells fishy...
(Not you, Shen...) ac_hithere
Hooray ac_dance
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373831 time=1596413652 user_id=1676
....and plunge the world into economic and supply chain hell....
Yes, it will take out lush produce areas
Well it's about time we made ourselves independent from China .. especially on food and of course meds
I don't get the economic part, except for China
:yuk: Quote from: cc post_id=373838 time=1596415163 user_id=88
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373831 time=1596413652 user_id=1676
....and plunge the world into economic and supply chain hell....
Yes, it will take our lush produce areas
Well it's about time we made ourselves independent from China .. especially on food and of course meds
I don't get the economic part, except for China
It is corporatist crap.
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Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373831 time=1596413652 user_id=1676
....and plunge the world into economic and supply chain hell....
Yes, it will take our lush produce areas
Well it's about time we made ourselves independent from China .. especially on food and of course meds
I don't get the economic part, except for China
So many base items, minerals, components are sourced from China, even if the end product is designed and built in the West.
Plastics pellets for instance...
There would be huge shortages of filaments for a wide array of industries, and that's just one substance.
Just because the West has the appetite and manpower to reenter in manufacturing, doesn't mean they have the machinery to begin with (old stuff shuffled off to Asia decades ago and modern units manufactured in China now), the process oils used in plastics manufacturing, and a lot of the experience flushed down under billions of cubic metres of water, conceivably.
I suspect the same goes for pharmaceuticals.... the West can't reproduce to scale anytime quick...
Shortage breeds economic instability.....
Still, I hate China and the Western corporations they control.
China long ago decided to be our enemy .. "some" of us were the only ones who didn't know that
Today we are in the position where they could cut off everything in a heartbeat
The sooner we act to be independent from them the better .. It is the most urgent need we have on our plate
Quote from: cc post_id=373842 time=1596416919 user_id=88
China long ago decided to be our enemy .. "some" of us were the only ones who didn't know that
Today we are in the position where they could cut off everything in a heartbeat
The sooner we act to be independent from them the better .. It is the most urgent need we have on our plate
Trudeau is happy with the status quo of being dependent on China and so is Joe Biden.
Quote from: cc post_id=373842 time=1596416919 user_id=88
China long ago decided to be our enemy .. "some" of us were the only ones who didn't know that
Today we are in the position where they could cut off everything in a heartbeat
The sooner we act to be independent from them the better .. It is the most urgent need we have on our plate
We willingly signed away our ability to manufacture to them over the course of decades. They don't want to return it and it will take decades to claw some of it back.
The disruptions will be historical in nature.
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373827 time=1596407626 user_id=1676
If it goes, 10 billion cubic metres of water will wipe out China's manufacturing base and kill millions of people.

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Rather, when it goes...
In other news, the CCP is putting up flyers on the street telling people to abide by air raid sirens, don't look directly at atmospheric explosions, find underground shelter, and be prepared...
What are the chances China blows up its own dam and blames it on the West.
As a side note, Wuhan would be decimated by a dam break....thus spreading covid even further...
Something smells fishy...
(Not you, Shen...) ac_hithere
Shen Li was born not too far from Three Gorges Dam.
There's a joke in that... :evilthoughts2: :laugh3:
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373855 time=1596432716 user_id=1676
There's a joke in that... :evilthoughts2: :laugh3:
:confused1:
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Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373855 time=1596432716 user_id=1676
There's a joke in that... :evilthoughts2: :laugh3:
:confused1:
Gourges...
...ahem.... must I be vulgar about this... ac_unsure
:wink:
No need.
:howdy:
I am not an engineer, why can't they reinforce the dam.
That would be very difficult to do effectively, virtually impossible if the bottom is sliding as many think is happening
Further, concrete cannot move without some of it crushing, further weakening structure
I'm a tad embarrassed. Mate's filthy rich contractor uncle was heavily involved in the concrete and re bar part of it .. As the entire structure is concrete and re bar, that includes the parts in the middle and right side that are moving ac_blush
He had a lifetime of building concrete structures like huge bridges etc so they contracted with his company to oversee and advise.
His son, mate's first cousin, lived there for a few years to manage construction
As it was built by China and they consulted / managed construction for the Chinese company, I don't think they gave a warranty ac_smile
Fash: They also did several large projects in Taiwan .. his uncle was in Taipei during the last big earthquake

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Have heard it stated that the base is sliding - My instinct tells me it would be anchored with piles.
I'm not sure if its sliding or bending .. and of course China's is saying as little as possible
Quote from: cc post_id=373923 time=1596475115 user_id=88
That would be very difficult to do effectively, virtually impossible if the bottom is sliding as many think is happening
Maybe, they could place something or things at base to prevent further sliding. Just thinking out loud.
The picture is distorted..
Look at the building on the left..
Its not shaped like a cooked spaghetti in real-life.
The whole picture looks kinda wonky... Like it has been distorted by the rising warm air.
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373827 time=1596407626 user_id=1676
If it goes, 10 billion cubic metres of water will wipe out China's manufacturing base and kill millions of people.

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Rather, when it goes...
In other news, the CCP is putting up flyers on the street telling people to abide by air raid sirens, don't look directly at atmospheric explosions, find underground shelter, and be prepared...
What are the chances China blows up its own dam and blames it on the West.
As a side note, Wuhan would be decimated by a dam break....thus spreading covid even further...
Something smells fishy...
(Not you, Shen...) ac_hithere
No problem, we'll just get Odi to stick his finger in a dike. ac_razz
He might need two hands.
Dikes sometimes take two hands to plug....
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=373948 time=1596491685 user_id=1676
He might need two hands.
Dikes sometimes take two hands to plug....
Like most of Odi's dates.
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=373945 time=1596491244 user_id=56
No problem, we'll just get Odi to stick his finger in a dike. ac_razz
Most dykes don't want guys sticking their fingers in them ... although, for sure that will stop them from dripping for "dam" sure ac_smile
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Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=373945 time=1596491244 user_id=56
No problem, we'll just get Odi to stick his finger in a dike. ac_razz
Most dykes don't want guys sticking their fingers in them ... although, for sure that will stop them from dripping for "dam" sure ac_smile
A picture of Odi or even mentioning his name will have the same effect.
This thread took an unexpected turn..
Well, not really, Shen Li showed up.
I dont know what the hell is going on here..
I´m offended and turned on at the same time.
Quote from: Odinson post_id=374008 time=1596561565 user_id=136
I dont know what the hell is going on here..
I´m offended and turned on at the same time.
I don't know what's going on either Odi, but I can assure you, I'm not turned on.
Shen wee'd on this thread....
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=374017 time=1596563663 user_id=1676
Shen wee'd on this thread....
Yes, she did, BUT, you did kind of antagonize her here before she derailed this thread.
ac_biggrin
Who? Little old me?
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=374033 time=1596570752 user_id=1676
ac_biggrin
Who? Little old me?
Yes, you were mean to me. ac_sothere
:(
Dike is a lesbian, correct?
Quote from: Odinson post_id=374044 time=1596580289 user_id=136
Dike is a lesbian, correct?
It's a slur for gay women.
I confess that I didn't help it any
and for gay women, it's correctly spelled dyke
Quote from: cc post_id=374064 time=1596590966 user_id=88
I confess that I didn't help it any
and for gay women, it's correctly spelled dyke
With old Bricktop not around, someone has to pick up the spelling nazi slack. :laugh3:
Quote from: Herman post_id=374066 time=1596591152 user_id=1689
Quote from: cc post_id=374064 time=1596590966 user_id=88
I confess that I didn't help it any
and for gay women, it's correctly spelled dyke
With old Bricktop not around, someone has to pick up the spelling nazi slack. :laugh3:
LOL .. Now for a shot of good scotch
Bricktop logged in today.
nice. I miss him
Quote from: cc post_id=374071 time=1596591804 user_id=88
nice. I miss him
#metoo
UPDATE on the 3 Gorges dam and entire area upstream and downstream
The rains are not stopping
Typhoon, Floods Batter China as Heavy Rain Threatens Three Gorges Dam (//https)
Heavy downpours in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the nearby megacity of Chongqing, and Gansu Province have left many areas submerged in water as the Yangtze River and several of its tributaries overflowed.
The severity of the rainstorms led China's Ministry of Water Resources to issue a stark warning late on Aug. 18 about the water level at the Three Gorges Reservoir, which is located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The water coming into the dam is expected to reach more than 74,000 cubic meters per second in the morning on Aug. 20, the highest level since the dam was commissioned in 2003, the ministry said, according to a report by Chinese state-run media Xinhua.
U.S.-based think tank the Heritage Foundation warned in early August that excessive flooding put dams located on the upstream of the Yangtze River under increasing stress.
Should the Three Gorges dam collapse, the think tank said the massive torrent of water would affect millions living downstream, inundating cities including Wuhan and wiping out extensive cropland, with China already threatened by a food shortage.
In Sichuan, local authorities raised the flood control response to the highest level (level one) of China's four-tier system on Aug. 18, one day after raising its level from three to two, according to Xinhua. Floodwaters forced local authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Aug. 18, some of them residents of Ya'an, who had to escape after the city's water banks burst on Aug. 17.
China has been grappling with heavy rainstorms since June. Floods have affected at least 54.8 million people in 27 provinces and regions, according to the latest data from China's Ministry of Emergency Management. But some Chinese netizens question the authorities' data and believe the true number of casualties to be higher.
Meanwhile in Wuhan, people are celebrating water. Thousands of people with no social distancing and no masks turn out for a water park party.

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That looks fun....
...not
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376544 time=1597891840 user_id=1676
That looks fun....
...not
Yeah, your libtard lock down is waaaay more fun.
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376545 time=1597892047 user_id=56
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376544 time=1597891840 user_id=1676
That looks fun....
...not
Yeah, your libtard lock down is waaaay more fun.
It's more hygienic than standing shoulder to shoulder in knee deep bath water with thousands of smelly Mainlanders hoiking up lung butter and flicking sinus slugs...
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376546 time=1597892243 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376545 time=1597892047 user_id=56
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376544 time=1597891840 user_id=1676
That looks fun....
...not
Yeah, your libtard lock down is waaaay more fun.
It's more hygienic than standing shoulder to shoulder in knee deep bath water with thousands of smelly Mainlanders hoiking up lung butter and flicking sinus slugs...
It's a hell of a lot more healthy than a bunch irrational smelly lazy white libtards stuck in their houses getting even fatter.
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376542 time=1597891515 user_id=56
Meanwhile in Wuhan, people are celebrating water. Thousands of people with no social distancing and no masks turn out for a water park party.

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This is in the city where the pandemic originated.....an insult to the rest of the world.
:negative:
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=376553 time=1597894190 user_id=3254
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376542 time=1597891515 user_id=56
Meanwhile in Wuhan, people are celebrating water. Thousands of people with no social distancing and no masks turn out for a water park party.

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This is in the city where the pandemic originated.....an insult to the rest of the world.
:negative:
That dam can't burst fast enough...
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376554 time=1597894285 user_id=1676
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Beaches and pools in Southern Europe are crowded like that too. I was in a hot spring in British Columbia that was packed.
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=376553 time=1597894190 user_id=3254
This is in the city where the pandemic originated.....an insult to the rest of the world.
:negative:
They are rubbing the world's noses in it.
Quote from: Herman post_id=376557 time=1597894880 user_id=1689
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376554 time=1597894285 user_id=1676
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Beaches and pools in Southern Europe are crowded like that too. I was in a hot spring in British Columbia that was packed.
I avoid any wet environments shared with the unwashed masses...
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376559 time=1597895234 user_id=1676
Quote from: Herman post_id=376557 time=1597894880 user_id=1689
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376554 time=1597894285 user_id=1676
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Beaches and pools in Southern Europe are crowded like that too. I was in a hot spring in British Columbia that was packed.
I avoid any wet environments shared with the unwashed masses...
I do the same if it's white people in the water. They all have COVID. ac_razz
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376560 time=1597895458 user_id=56
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376559 time=1597895234 user_id=1676
Quote from: Herman post_id=376557 time=1597894880 user_id=1689
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376554 time=1597894285 user_id=1676
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Beaches and pools in Southern Europe are crowded like that too. I was in a hot spring in British Columbia that was packed.
I avoid any wet environments shared with the unwashed masses...
I do the same if it's white people in the water. They all have COVID. ac_razz
I can always tell when Chinese Mainlander Tourists are about at the beach... sounds of a bubbling Jacuzzi and fish fleeing from bits of seaweed that aren't seaweed...
...and the seagulls are scared silent. :laugh:
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376563 time=1597895908 user_id=1676
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376560 time=1597895458 user_id=56
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376559 time=1597895234 user_id=1676
Quote from: Herman post_id=376557 time=1597894880 user_id=1689
Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376554 time=1597894285 user_id=1676
Let's look at the metrics on that.... thousands of putrid Mainlander peasants stewing their fetid anuses, armpits, cunts, and feet in what amounts to a kiddy pool vs me wearing sweat pants and sheepskin boots while eating popcorn and listening to death metal.
Yeah, nah...
:laugh3:
Beaches and pools in Southern Europe are crowded like that too. I was in a hot spring in British Columbia that was packed.
I avoid any wet environments shared with the unwashed masses...
I do the same if it's white people in the water. They all have COVID. ac_razz
I can always tell when Chinese Mainlander Tourists are about at the beach... sounds of a bubbling Jacuzzi and fish fleeing from bits of seaweed that aren't seaweed...
...and the seagulls are scared silent. :laugh:
Did China dump their prison population on Australia's shores like Castro did to the USA.
Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376542 time=1597891515 user_id=56
Meanwhile in Wuhan, people are celebrating water. Thousands of people with no social distancing and no masks turn out for a water park party.

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I don't want to imagine how much pee is in the water, lol.
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Quote from: "Shen Li" post_id=376542 time=1597891515 user_id=56
Meanwhile in Wuhan, people are celebrating water. Thousands of people with no social distancing and no masks turn out for a water park party.

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I don't want to imagine how much pee is in the water, lol.
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Did China dump their prison population on Australia's shores ......
Naw. It was the Limeys what done that
My family proudly claimed a horse thief in its heritage
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Did China dump their prison population on Australia's shores like Castro did to the USA.
That was a sly move that Castro did when he emptied Cuba's mental hospitals and sent them to the US. Imagine if China did the same to the West. Expect more Vince Li's.
Chinese Officials Warn That Worst Yet to Come as Flooding Reaches New Record (//https)
Months of sustained downpours have battered China with floods unseen in decades, displacing millions and testing the limits of the world's largest hydroelectric dam.
Such rainfall is far from over, according to Chinese officials who, in a rare admission, said grim challenges are ahead.
July and August usually bring some of the heaviest rains in China, which swell the flood-prone Yangtze River. Yet, Zhou Xuewen, the vice minister of water resources tasked with containing floods, said the rain season will continue through September, with a "very high likelihood" of severe floodings, according to a recent State Council Information Office press conference.
The flooding since June has affected at least 63.5 million people and caused close to 179 billion yuan ($25.9 billion) in direct economic losses, according to authorities. Stormwaters have overwhelmed more than 600 Chinese rivers and destroyed harvests in 1.14 million hectares (more than 2.8 million acres) of arable land in the lower reaches of the Yangtze.
Typhoons and more rains are expected to befall northern China in the coming weeks.
The Three Gorges Dam saw its water rise to 16.81 meters (55.15 feet) above warning level on Aug. 20, the highest peak since the dam was commissioned in 2003. It's predicted to climb by another 3.7 meters (12.1 feet) on Aug. 22. Eleven discharge gates were opened on Aug. 20 to ease pressure on the dam.

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While Beijing has consistently asserted that the site, built along the upper reaches of Yangtze River, has shielded surrounding regions from flooding, experts have raised concerns that the structure has made matters worse.
"Whether the Three Gorges can play a role in preventing flooding in the current situation, or if the Chinese government has deceived the Chinese public from the beginning—this has been made pretty clear for people throughout the years," Wang Weiluo, a Chinese hydrologist based in Germany, told The Epoch Times in a recent interview.
The megacity Chongqing experienced its most widespread flooding in four decades on Aug. 18, forcing authorities to raise the flood alert to the maximum level. The city's officials shouted via loudspeakers for anyone on the streets to "take urgent safety measures" before the flood water rushed in.
Take urgent safety. You have thirty seconds.