User talk:66.90.206.195

Qattara Depression Project article:

Where the article cautions that flooding the area to (Mediterranean) Sea Level would eventually result in a HYPER-saline lake a LARGE ENOUGH Canal would encourage TIDAL water movement countering the Evaporation effect leading to increased salinity. To ALSO counter this effect Egypt would be able to install WIND FARMS in addition to the planned Hydroelectric facilities. With that INCREASED generating capacity it is logical and >simple< to construct pumping and piping equipment to COUNTER Tidal inflow below the surface. The outflow plumbing (powered by a portion of Wind Farm output) INTAKES will pump from the DEPTH of the inland sea basin and 5 kilometers or more OFFSHORE.

A second immediate Long Term benefit of flooding Qattara is the MASS of water pressing on the bottom geology of the basin. With SO MUCH WEIGHT bearing downward the pressure will cause Capillary Permeation at Subterranean strata levels. THIS slow outflow will naturally spread outward (East, West and SOUTH) underground. Passage through permeable geology will act as DESALINATION over distance (reducing the hyper-saline effect of continuous evaporation) eventually appearing at Oasis village wells in Egypt, Libya, Chad, Mali? (Timbuktu?) and finally becoming a tributary; surface or subterranean of the Niger River.

IF THE PLANNERS (Debaters or Nay-sayers) haven't considered this THEY SHOULD and EGYPT should be demanding INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT to make this HAPPEN! --66.90.206.195 (talk) 01:48, 28 July 2018 (UTC)John Hooker, USN (RET) Corpus Christi TX U.S.A.

SALTON SINK inundation.
EARTHQUAKES FASCINATE ME. I was in 3rd grade elementary school during the 1964 Good Friday Alaskan quake. 9.1 magnitude that lasted longer than 5 minutes! GEOLOGISTS have recently (2016 - 2018) publishing "discoveries" found studying the probability of a large magnitude earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault. OH MY -- The Fault lies adjacent to the eastern slope of the Salton Sink; where the Salton Sea was created "by accident" in 1905 when farmers/engineers were trying to exploit the Colorado River for irrigation. From the U.S./Mexico border north-northwest toward Indio/Palm Springs/Coachella the Salton Sink is BELOW Sea Level. The Geologist "experts" have "discovered" >sub-faults<(?) called "Durmid Ladder" structures. These are smaller, separate faults that are roughly PERPENDICULAR to the main San Andreas (hence the "ladder" description). The "experts" interpreted Slow-Slip Events (SSE's) occurring from one "rung" of the ladder to the next as Precursor signals that a Major Event ( +/- Magnitude 7) is imminent east of Southern California's Megalopolis (Santa Barbara southward to San Diego).

THEY'RE WRONG. Here's how: The San Andreas is SEVENTY PLUS YEARS OVERDUE for the "BIG ONE" @ the southern U.S. length of the fault. The SSE's are mostly NOT FELT by Californians (humans). Unlike "micro-quakes" @ volcanoes prior to an eruption, which reveal Magma movement, increasing pressure and are a major signal the USGS uses to publish WARNINGS and Evacuation orders the SSE "micro-quakes" act as Pressure Releases across minor 'subordinate' faults but the San Andreas (strike/slip -- make two fists press your knuckles together -- the line >between< is the fault -- the knuckles are where the fault is LOCKED.) The imminent "BIG ONE" stress "burps" the subordinate minor cracks (faults, fractures) but AREN'T signals that a major quake is more likely -- the MAIN Fault is locked in MORE THAN ONE area (North in and South of the "ladder" faults).

MY SUBJECT is Salton Sea inundation. Here's why -- If CALIFORNIA (with Mexico) digs a canal suitable for maritime shipping the controlled INFLOW of the massive amount of seawater -- UM-m-m-m, REDUCES the extent of drought across Southern California. PERMEATES the geology of the Salton Sink. thereby Lubricating the "stress points" along the San Andreas Fault and by cautiously allowing in the WEIGHT of the water you get minor quakes instead of the MASSIVE "BIG ONE" everyone dreads. With properly installed seismic monitors operating shut off the inflow, let the "ladder faults" and the San Andreas >slip a little< -- minor movement instead of DISASTER events. EVENTUALLY when the water level reaches maximum the SHIP CHANNEL allows natural Tides to work. The "Inland Sea" justifies creation of a Brand NEW Port City (and another at the Mexican entrance of the channel! Jobs IN Mexico -- less reason to CROSS THE BORDER!) All around the new shoreline, due to EVAPORATION the water surface will generate CONSTANT WIND -- Nonpolluting Wind Farms!

The EVAPORATION will extend the annual Sea of Cortez/Gulf of monsoon for year round irrigation (evaporation makes clouds; clouds rain). Predominant wind patterns dump the existing rain reaching across to Texas. INCREASE cloud generation from the Salton Sea! (Hey! Californians -- CANCEL the "elitist" High Speed Rail project and DO THIS to enjoy MORE BEACHES!)