chauncey [he/him]

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    1 month ago

    See those “pinch points”? The river will eventually form meander cutoffs, and become a sinuous system rather than a meandering river. This will lead to localized increases in channel slope (due to a reduction in channel length), and therefore increased local velocities, shear stress, and sediment transport.

    Rivers are always seeking equilibrium, so the channel will actually start to move (bank erosion / lateral shifting) to reduce that localized slope and bring things back in order.

    Rivers are so fucking cool.















  • Lots of folks in here debating what he wrote as correct or not.

    When I first took the time to actually read Bin Ladens reasoning I remember being caught really off guard as we were blasted with messaging via the news and through political speeches that 9/11 happened because “terrorists hate our freedom” etc.

    So just taking the time to actually read what the guy said - regardless of whether he was correct or not - and realizing the disconnect with what I had been told to be his reasoning, had an impact on me. This was over a decade ago.

    I think that alone is important.