tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887258513611422728.post4714594559068993476..comments2024-01-30T09:11:42.605-07:00Comments on New Advent: Here’s an illustration of the jaw-dropping scale of the world’s largest damsKevin Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01253238173611529310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887258513611422728.post-83599339702966956502020-07-29T14:03:14.678-06:002020-07-29T14:03:14.678-06:00"Richard, do you want to get shot?" Tom..."Richard, do you want to get shot?" Tommy Lee Jones as U. S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive", not a goatDanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887258513611422728.post-84640703478663103152020-07-29T13:09:57.560-06:002020-07-29T13:09:57.560-06:00Quite impressive. I still remember, from an anthol...Quite impressive. I still remember, from an anthology in high school English, an essay on dams as seen from the air. It was by Wolfgang Langewiesche. He was a well-known test pilot and freelance writer in the 40s and 50s.<br />His point was that an airplane gives the "most accurate" view of a dam's size because it shows the link of the structure joining the reservoir upstream, and the watershed downstream. In a well-designed dam system, the two will balance the water impounded, with the acreage to be watered for the people- to light their homes, to grow their crops, to furnish their recreation. Thus the link will be not too big, not too small, but just right!Doug Prunernoreply@blogger.com