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palatayesterday at 9:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

Again, destroy a dam and you get a catastrophe. Don't do anything in particular and watch how many people die in the mid-term due to climate change.

It's all about risk management.


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leonidasrupyesterday at 10:37 PM

The most deadly industrial accident was the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure, with estimates of the death toll ranging from 26,000 to 240,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure

DANmodeyesterday at 11:07 PM

Is this a Katrina reference?