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America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen (www.wired.com)
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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 21 points 3 months ago

I mean, most of the country is a a catastrophe waiting to happen.

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

https://archive.ph/2024.07.13-155442/https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-failing-aging-dams-us-america-catastrophe/

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

not gonna lie, I read that as "america's aging dems are a catastrophe waitng to happen".

just gonna let that sit here a while. :-(

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 6 points 3 months ago

They're already a catastrophe for wildlife, particularly fish.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

America’s ~~Aging Dams Are~~ a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

[–] apocalypticat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Memorial honors victims of imminent dam disaster