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  1. Jul 25, 2020, 08:27 PM #1
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    Reinforcing a cliff face - GIF

    Reinforcing a cliff face in Chongquing, China.




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  3. Jul 27, 2020, 06:48 PM #2
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    That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?

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  5. Jul 27, 2020, 06:53 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by McDesign View Post
    That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?
    To guarantee high ground when the dams collapse?
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  7. Jul 27, 2020, 07:20 PM #4
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    The landslides from such cliffs are contributing to the flooding and eventual failure of the Three Gorges Dam.
    This effort is a fools' errand, since nothing will prevent hydrologic pressure from underground plus the earthquakes from forcing landslides.
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  9. Jul 27, 2020, 07:37 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by McDesign View Post
    That's just nuts - incredible labor and danger and cost; what for?
    Landslides can cause massive waves, like tidal waves but amplified to be much worse by the valleys downstream from the dam. I believe they are trying to prevent that. There is a fictional movie about this type of failure on Netflix called The Wave.
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  11. Jul 27, 2020, 07:51 PM #6
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    That has to be the most scaffolding on one job site I have seen.
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  13. Jul 28, 2020, 12:19 AM #7
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    3 Gorges reservoir is 375 miles long and about 600 feet deep at the dam. How long would that even take to drain all that water?
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    Why not demolish it and drive it away. long term solution(although expensive), but no future maintenance or risk
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  17. Aug 1, 2020, 05:46 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralphxyz View Post
    That has to be the most scaffolding on one job site I have seen.
    Yup. Same. To the point where I'm not entirely convinced it isn't CGI.
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    The mind boggles, It would take half the day just to get to the top. They must be living and sleeping on the job.
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