Proverbs 1 popped into my head when I read your comment.  Yet, I truly am conflicted over this. Part of me, does not want that dam to break. What I am writing is not merely a thought after careful consideration. I just want to say this out loud here, keeping in mind that the second wave has passed, apparently without any harm to the dam ... But ...  there is in uptick in seismic activity and ..... switching pressure on the vault lines, by lowering the amount of water from 170 to 160 meters over 230 square kilometers, cannot be a good idea. I mean we are talking a downward facing pressure differential of (170-160 = 10 meters cubic = 100.000 kilos or 100 tons per m squared. Now, it may be that this differential is somewhat alleviated by the accumulation of silt, but all it does it deminish storage capancity for the next run approaching, as torrential rains are continuing .... (probably till half September)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UddiOhAd63c Note carefully the initial pictures These Chinks are so secretive the below report of there being 66 Nuclear power plants may very well be true. But even if it were on 1 or two ..... https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/07/the-greatest-upcoming-disaster-in-history-and-they-dont-want-you-to-know/ This report indeed has some issues to consider in terms of effects on our local economy.  What peeked my interest was the issue of increased value of the US dollar, while today the dollar touched 1.19 against the Euro, and China keeping the 7:1 peg (from 6:1) Let' s say the dam will break. A third of the population will be affected. Tens of millions of dead of motherfuckers, 40% of GDP is gone, causing a banking problem.  Meaning, external parties willing to deliver China to alleviate demand for food, building material, heavy equipment, advice, medical equipment, medicine, the lot, it may have to be paid not in yuan, not in dollars but in gold.  If the economical data is not deceiving, it seems China is moving out as much as it can, though Wuhan and Chinqong are out of order. These are important silk road hubs.  So, my guess would be, that we will see consequences of this disturbance of the supply chain in the coming months, as China is merely depleting it's stock. You may want to keep an eye out on the price / availability of Philips bulbs, connected lighting appliances. That region is a major player in lighting.  My guess is .. for now ... many companies will think to be able to ride this one out.  Also keep an eye out on garbage. Especially in the cradle to cradle life cycle and falling prices in transport costs.  The sheer fact that no pictures and video is available of the dam holding up, I would say, is a very bad indicator. For a dam being touted as holding a 1 in a 10.000 year flood, as prestigious as it is touted, the absence of glorious clarions does not inspire great hope.  Part of me wants that dam to fail. It would be a tremendous twisting dagger in the back of the DS. The other part .....  .....the sheer size of human suffering is for me beyond imagining.  Surely, biblical.