France drains lake under Mont Blanc glacier

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

French engineers have begun an operation to drain a lake under a glacier on Mont Blanc which threatens to flood the Saint Gervais valley.

The lake, which is said to contain 65,000 cubic metres (2.3m cubic ft) of water, was discovered last month during routine checks.

The engineers are drilling a hole into the ice to pump the water away.

In 1892, water from an underground lake flooded the same valley, killing 175 people.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11080827

[mikelgb]

1. move the water instead of the people

that is smart

I'm sure it will never cause problems

[izquierdista]

2. Where are the supply siders?

All that supply of water and no demand? Looks like a tax cut for bottled water distributors is in order. If they didn't have such high taxes, they would be bottling it and putting it on store shelves. :crazy:

[txlibdem]

3. Uh... Yeah...

They could call it Perrier.
:hi: