Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
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Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
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Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#2The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#3The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
It's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts.
I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#4The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
It's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts. I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
Scientific American went straight downhill in the last few years, particularly devoting itself a great deal to social issues that have nothing to do with it.
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts. I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
Scientific American went straight downhill in the last few years, particularly devoting itself a great deal to social issues that have nothing to do with it.
Scientific American has had problem with women before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American#Controvers...
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#6The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
It's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts. I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
The moment I observe an article overzealously relying on direct quotes and anecdotes of everyone the 'reporter' was able to get their hands on, it's tab close time.
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#7The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
It's a generally poorly written article, with a lot of speculation and short on facts. I particularly dislike the way it starts "Sunday, an flood..." Which Sunday? What date?
If you are going to use quotation marks, it should be a direct quotation, not an ungrammatical paraphrase.
It's also talking about the most recent Sunday, so perfectly sensible, though I agree it is not the best form for the statement.
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Scientific American went straight downhill in the last few years, particularly devoting itself a great deal to social issues that have nothing to do with it.
Scientific American has had problem with women before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American#Controvers...
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Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#9The Feb 07 flood in India [1] was first thought to be a burst glacial lake but:
> Other reports have suggested that satellite images imply that a landslide may have triggered the events... In satellite images, a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) scar is visible on the slopes of the Nanda Ghunti, a peak on the southwestern rim of the Nanda Devi sanctuary, a wall of mountains surrounding the Nanda Devi massif.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Uttarakhand_flood#Cause
Re: Satellites Reveal Cause of Uttarakhand Flood That Devastated Hydroelectric Dams
#10The buried lede: A landslide blocked a river and water backed up.
Maybe. The landslide is clear but the mechanism by which the landslide may have caused the flood is unclear. A team of geologists is hiking to the area to investigate more closely.