I think that we have to consider the possibility. It is undeniable that we're at war with China (certainly they are at war with us), and this is a hell-of-a coincidence, considering Covid (Trump: 'China Virus'), Houston consulate, and myraid other things going on. HAARP is fact.I read posts above with source material claiming Trump is "engineering" the dam collapse.
I reject this and INNUMERABLE similar claims
Someone posed the question about the Yangtze drainage basin. The first one shows the location of 3GD, about middle right.
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Right but water will move down river in waves and takes time to move. Under normal water levels you would be able to see below these portals. They are working the numbers of what they can let out at a top rate.
I will go out on a limb here and postulate that most of the land under this potential rain is Already saturated. If they get another whack it all ends up in a short period in the Yangtze upstream of 3GD.
If that much rain falls in 24 hour period the water would hit the dam not over a week but in a possible 24-36 hour window.
The CCP has already made a decision to flood Chengdu to save Wuhan, this could create the 3 hit flood #3 that swamps (again) Chengdu, then Wuhan then Shanghai, with massive stress on 3GD that is possibly damaged from flood #2.
China better hope this forecast is wrong.
Countrymouse you have the right idea but are way underestimating the problems. Major projection for immediately more rain. Flooding is way above 100 year levels. More like 1000 year level right now. To top that off with all the water about to come down they have for some reason closed the gates on the Dam. It appears they stopped releasing water. Speculation is cavitation is causing instability in the dam. I guess they are going to let it top over. Should be interesting what all flows over the top. Doubtful they will be planting anything this year on the land that has been flooded. Toxic chemicals and just plan clean up time will be monumental. If the dam unzips well just stop counting because it is all never before seen territory.
I'm not an engineer of any sort, so is there someone here who understands more about dam systems that can explain why they haven't already opened all the gates on the 3GD? I would think that at this point, a controlled release of as much water as possible, so as to preserve the dam, would be preferable even in light of all the existing downstream flooding, because otherwise the dam is going to go and everything downstream is going to get flooded anyway and it'll be much worse. That way, the minute the rain slacks off, they can close the dam off and relieve the downstream areas.
I have to assume that there is some consequence of opening all of the gates on the dam that is somehow more detrimental to the dam and the downstream areas than allowing it to fail completely. That, or it's not more detrimental than the dam failing but the CCP is gambling that the dam won't fail at all, and that by only opening some of the gates they avoid causing any damage to the dam (or at least much less).
Posted for the pic. Article is WSJ behind a firewall
View: https://twitter.com/El_Deano/status/1287391166250520576
I'm not an engineer of any sort, so is there someone here who understands more about dam systems that can explain why they haven't already opened all the gates on the 3GD? I would think that at this point, a controlled release of as much water as possible, so as to preserve the dam, would be preferable even in light of all the existing downstream flooding, because otherwise the dam is going to go and everything downstream is going to get flooded anyway and it'll be much worse. That way, the minute the rain slacks off, they can close the dam off and relieve the downstream areas.
I have to assume that there is some consequence of opening all of the gates on the dam that is somehow more detrimental to the dam and the downstream areas than allowing it to fail completely. That, or it's not more detrimental than the dam failing but the CCP is gambling that the dam won't fail at all, and that by only opening some of the gates they avoid causing any damage to the dam (or at least much less).
OK--I just got on--so someone else may have already reported this--
BUT SOMETHING IS MAJORLY WRONG WITH 3GD RIGHT NOW.
It appears only TWO--maybe three---- of the floodgates are working--
and for the one on the right (as you face it---it would be the gate near the TOP of the picture above---the one that ALL of the pictures have shown pieces flying out of---
the flow is now shooting up HIGH into the air---from UNDER --- repeat UNDER -- the water---IN FRONT OF and AWAY from the DAM!
In other words---it's like it's shooting up from BENEATH the dam, INSTEAD OF OUT OF THE FLOODGATE!
And you can't see anything flowing out from most of the OTHER gates at ALL---just two other gates.
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I had noticed the brown, almost reddish colored water earlier.Note how brown the water looks.
Cavitation.
They DID have them all open.
They just 7 hours ago HAD TO CLOSE SOME OF THEM again due to cavitation---it was literally washing itself out underneath the dam.
A member posted something (check back last 2 pages) that the Chinese Government ADMITTED there's cavitation going on & that's why they closed the gates.
Read back over the last couple pages--my posts and others about how bad the debris being thrown out got, how they shut down some of the gates, etc.
So now the problems are just compounding....
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I don't know the source of this picture, it's just an image I found. Has anyone seen a more detailed cross section through the flood gates?
I’m using this link:
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhddcv7p2QM
and it had today’s (it’s already Monday in China) date and close to correct time there only three roostertails not sure where the rest is going. Under the dam is a likey answer as any
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I doubt they can control the flood gates theI'm not an engineer of any sort, so is there someone here who understands more about dam systems that can explain why they haven't already opened all the gates on the 3GD? I would think that at this point, a controlled release of as much water as possible, so as to preserve the dam, would be preferable even in light of all the existing downstream flooding, because otherwise the dam is going to go and everything downstream is going to get flooded anyway and it'll be much worse. That way, the minute the rain slacks off, they can close the dam off and relieve the downstream areas.
I have to assume that there is some consequence of opening all of the gates on the dam that is somehow more detrimental to the dam and the downstream areas than allowing it to fail completely. That, or it's not more detrimental than the dam failing but the CCP is gambling that the dam won't fail at all, and that by only opening some of the gates they avoid causing any damage to the dam (or at least much less).
Every couple of seconds there's a noticeable spurt of extra water that flares up from the top of the outflow.
Mountain, I finally can see the fourth one, wish I hadn’t that looks nasty, the dam is eating itself. Those surges are probably the dam puking out concrete and rebarI can see four roostertails. The third is so deep in shadow that it's hard to distinguish, but there is, and the fourth, all the way at the back, is experiencing interesting surges. Every couple of seconds there's a noticeable spurt of extra water that flares up from the top of the outflow.
I think the only one who knows for sure is The Creator, however you may view them....but my engineering housemate who as she said "is an engineer in the Water Industry," thinks this does not look good.For those of us who are not engineers can you please let us know if the dam is going to collapse or not? I will have to run to Costco (an hour long trip) to get some more OTC meds and Vitamins if so. Thanks
I am starting to suspect (along with others here) that the gates may no longer be operational and are either closed or open and stuck there.
I also think that if that stuff in the current live-stream is water shooting up from under the dam we really have a "Dead Dam Standing."