Photo: TAS
Is that a spout in the middle of a mountain? Actually, yes it is. Pruned blog has a neat article about Gazex, an anti-avalanche system that uses explosive gas to trigger controlled (smaller) avalanches to avoid the big fatal ones:
Link | Gazex website - via PicditFrom a distance, they look like disembodied talons jutting out from the rockface, ready to prick at imminent disasters. With their array of remote sensors, they are constantly reading the landscape; the mountains are kept under constant surveillance, lest they want to endanger quaint Alpine hamlets and new luxury ski resort developments above Denver or lose skiers to the wintry wilds.
When an avalanche is deemed likely, it detonates a mixture of oxygen and propane gas in its explosion chamber. The resulting hot gas is then directed downwards to the zone at risk.
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Like all of the wackos who thought 9/11 was predicted after the fact.
No offense, just sayin...
Thanks a lot, China.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/19/comics-about-china-e.html
Oh Good Lord! Cursed mascots! I remember seeing this on Boing Boing and the rest of the comics about the Earthquake were sad.
Nice one. You should check out Blogadilla's C'thulu post from last year: http://www.blogadilla.com/2007/07/21/what-is-it-of-the-week-cthulhu/
- generalized air and water pollution
- no human rights whatsoever
- lack of politicall freedom
- rampant corruption
- other countries starting to complain about generalized corporate spying and economical dumping?
May you live in interesting times...
Since the ability to allow pro athletes sullies the games itself.
And
China needs to have more natural disasters and hopefully the next will be a major shift in the continent. as in, like atlantis, it just slips entirely under the sea.
Like daddy always said, "only good red is a dead red."