Comment Comment by stephanheijl > has less catastrophic failure modesGiven incidence of dam bursts like the 1975 Banqiao dam failure[1], with an estimate death toll of 26,000 to 240,000 people and flooding of over 12,000 square kilometers, I'm inclined to disagree with this assessment.[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure parent stephanheijl 5 years ago
Given incidence of dam bursts like the 1975 Banqiao dam failure[1], with an estimate death toll of 26,000 to 240,000 people and flooding of over 12,000 square kilometers, I'm inclined to disagree with this assessment.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure