The Pumps That Must Run Forever, Or Part Of Germany Floods
The Ruhr Valley, in north-west Germany, is an industrial coal-mining area. And because of that kilometre-deep mining, parts of it have sunk, the drainage patterns have changed: and now, if the pumps of Emschergenossenschaft ever stop, quite a few towns and cities will end up flooded.
Filmed safely in September 2020: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/
REFERENCES:
https://www.derwesten.de/region/rhein-und-ruhr/wenn-die-pumpen-stillstaenden-id12358775.html
https://fxreflects.blogspot.com/2008/12/ruhr-valley-secrets-richard-serras.html
-- and of course, my interview with the team from Emschergenossenschaft
Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin
Thanks to Bela Lempp and Daniel Fischer for the suggestion.
(Alternate title: "Iffen Pumperschtoppen, Der Deutschehabitaten Unterwasser". Alternate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LvY6vQQET8 )
I'm at https://tomscott.com
on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott
on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott
and on Instagram as tomscottgo
Видео The Pumps That Must Run Forever, Or Part Of Germany Floods канала Tom Scott
Filmed safely in September 2020: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/
REFERENCES:
https://www.derwesten.de/region/rhein-und-ruhr/wenn-die-pumpen-stillstaenden-id12358775.html
https://fxreflects.blogspot.com/2008/12/ruhr-valley-secrets-richard-serras.html
-- and of course, my interview with the team from Emschergenossenschaft
Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin
Thanks to Bela Lempp and Daniel Fischer for the suggestion.
(Alternate title: "Iffen Pumperschtoppen, Der Deutschehabitaten Unterwasser". Alternate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LvY6vQQET8 )
I'm at https://tomscott.com
on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott
on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott
and on Instagram as tomscottgo
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