08-25-2010, 12:32 AM
X-posted.. Very good work JamesB
JamesB posted in TSP thread.....
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I have looked at the all major Pakistani airbases through google earth, it is with deep regret that I say that none of them got affected due to floods. I have posted below the pictures of airbases most nearest to the Indus river which were most likely to have got affected but they are not affected. I have also made an overlap satellite flood situation images from NASA earth observatory as of August 11 to get a perspective.
Sukkur Air base (not a major airbase to speak of)
![[Image: sukkurairbase.jpg]](http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3050/sukkurairbase.jpg)
![[Image: sukkurairbaseflood.jpg]](http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9929/sukkurairbaseflood.jpg)
Mianwali Air base (a major PAF air base)
![[Image: mianwaliairbase.jpg]](http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3707/mianwaliairbase.jpg)
![[Image: mianwalibaseflood.jpg]](http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8012/mianwalibaseflood.jpg)
Looks like the Indus flooded to 70 km wide swath. And per records this i stwice in ~100 years. So could such a flood have swamped Harappa in ancient times?
JamesB posted in TSP thread.....
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I have looked at the all major Pakistani airbases through google earth, it is with deep regret that I say that none of them got affected due to floods. I have posted below the pictures of airbases most nearest to the Indus river which were most likely to have got affected but they are not affected. I have also made an overlap satellite flood situation images from NASA earth observatory as of August 11 to get a perspective.
Sukkur Air base (not a major airbase to speak of)
![[Image: sukkurairbase.jpg]](http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3050/sukkurairbase.jpg)
![[Image: sukkurairbaseflood.jpg]](http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9929/sukkurairbaseflood.jpg)
Mianwali Air base (a major PAF air base)
![[Image: mianwaliairbase.jpg]](http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3707/mianwaliairbase.jpg)
![[Image: mianwalibaseflood.jpg]](http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8012/mianwalibaseflood.jpg)
Looks like the Indus flooded to 70 km wide swath. And per records this i stwice in ~100 years. So could such a flood have swamped Harappa in ancient times?