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Neat to think about, but a bit arrogant regarding our abilities. Each of those dams would have been a single point of failure, the failure of which would have m
by elsurudo 9y ago
Neat to think about, but a bit arrogant regarding our abilities. Each of those dams would have been a single point of failure, the failure of which would have meant utter devastation of a scale probably not seen... ever.
- Mountain_Skies 9y agoGlad I'm not one of the millions who live below the Three Gorges Dam.
- vidarh 9y agoIt would make Banqiao dam failure minor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam#1975_Banqiao_Dam_Flood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam#1975_Banqiao_Dam_F...
- worldsayshi 9y ago> the failure of which would have meant utter devastation of a scale probably not seen... ever Well, actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclean_flood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclean_flood