Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022

Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by newsclues on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:57AM (#49464153)

Have you ever been in a river valley in a mountainous region?

Hard to build on the mountain, and the valley has transportation, easier to build, fertile land, food and water.

It’s very obvious why humans settle where they do (despite the risks).

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by srean on Thursday August 27, 2026 @09:25AM (#49464581)

> Have you ever been in a river valley in a mountainous region?

Brought up there.

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by pmontra on Thursday August 27, 2026 @09:37AM (#49464730)

And all the good places have been taken centuries ago.

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by cucumber3732842 on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:48AM (#49466754)

And most of this "well obviously nobody should build anywhere where there will be serious destruction every couple generations" type sentiment ultimately just to funnels wealth and power to whoever took that good land previously.

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Re:Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundar... by pmontra on Monday August 31, 2026 @07:35AM (#49508450)

If there is serious distruction every couple of generations it happens either to you or to your children. So, do you really want to build our buy there? If it happened to your parents there is no you.

Every five or ten generations, different risk.

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