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Water Inside China's Three Gorges Dam Nears Maximum Levels

posted by martyb on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the going-with-the-flow dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Al Jazeera:

Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on Friday.

With 75,000 cubic metres per second of water flowing in from the Yangtze River on Thursday, the reservoir's depth had reached 165.6 metres (543 feet) by Friday morning, up more than two metres (6.6 feet) overnight and almost 20 metres (65.6 feet) higher than the official warning level.

The maximum designed depth of China's largest reservoir is 175 metres (574 feet).

Authorities raised the discharge volume to a record 48,800 cubic metres per second on Thursday to try and lower water levels, and they might have to increase it again to avoid the possibility of a dangerous overflow.

Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai are all downstream...

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:42AM (1 child)

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:42AM (#1040245)

    It's the god's punishment to Xi's CCP.

    This doesn't punish XI. It might punish the thousands of common people down river who had ZERO power to stop X but we will have to see how badly the dam overflows (fails?).

    If your God REALLY wanted to punish XI he would be diagnosed with a rare and deadly aliment that had no cure, and even if it did the treatment would not work because it was "God's Punishmentl". If this was really God's Punishment then Xi would suffer for years as he wasted away in agony and pain.

    But where is Xi while thousands of people are at risk of being killed in a flood? Oh right, he is safe far from danger in his "Presidential" estate being pampered by his attendants. Warm and Dry.

    So much for your "God's punishment". Same can be said of all the tyrants in the world.

    Maybe God has given us everything we need to make something of ourselves and said "Its all yours my children. Make me proud!".

    And my how we have failed! But instead of taking responibility for our own actions Humanity as always has gone running for Daddy screaming "Daddy!! Daddy!! We fucked up the gift you gave us and need you to fix everything!".

    Personally if my children made as big a mess of what I gave them as Humanity has of God's gift I'd disown them in a heartbeat.

    Ever consider that maybe He has?

    --
    "Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:57PM (#1040343)

    This is the prophecy (Ezekiel 34:2-6) against far too many of the governments of the world:

    To the shepherds, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been pasturing themselves! Should not shepherds pasture the flock? You consumed milk, wore wool, and slaughtered fatlings, but the flock you did not pasture. You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the stray or seek the lost but ruled them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and became food for all the wild beasts. They were scattered and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; over the entire surface of the earth my sheep were scattered. No one looked after them or searched for them.