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"For centuries, the rock was seen as a warning. When it began to emerge from
the Danube, beneath Gellért Hill in Budapest, it meant the river had fallen so
low that floating mills could no longer operate, crops were probably failing,
and hunger would almost certainly follow. That is why, in the Hungarian
capital, where over time the boulder became little more than a legend, it was
named
Ínség-szikla – the Rock of Starvation.
Today, amid record-low water levels on the Danube, the rock has not only
emerged from the water, but surfaced almost in its entirety, along with the
sandy riverbed on which it rests, astonishing geologists and government
scientists sent to examine it. And, much as the rock was said to warn, Hungary
is now facing an unprecedented energy crisis that has forced the country to
shut down all but one of its Danube-cooled nuclear reactors for the first time
in 44 years.
The
Guardian travelled for more than 100 miles (160km) along the banks of the
Danube, the EU’s longest river, which sustains the 10 countries it crosses,
visiting villages and towns where residents are struggling to secure drinking
water and farmers are fighting to keep their crops alive."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
