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01-14-2024, 09:56 PM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
So does Willy |
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01-15-2024, 03:46 AM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
I'm not surprised there was a landslide. Look at the steep angle the ground was at!!!
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01-15-2024, 12:15 PM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
As soon as I read the title, I heard this. Now if someone was crafty enough to cue it up to the video of the landslide...
__________________ "Here lies the body of Mary Lee, died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity, not a bad record for this vicinity." |
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01-15-2024, 09:59 PM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
Agree. The original roadbuilders cut the hillside for the road, but did not stabilize the cut. Soil is a fluid and it will always seek its original angle of repose, unless it is held in place with a retaining wall or similar.  |
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01-16-2024, 01:47 AM
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In tropical climates, the soil grows extremely fast. Coming from temperate climes where soil develops at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per century, Americans and Europeans have trouble understanding this. In tropical places with year-round warmth, sunshine, abundant rainfall, and extremely fast growth, the soil grows and collects at rates of feet per year, rounding off even the best-cut angles. It is a constant battle with nature to cut back road embankments and cuts.
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01-16-2024, 01:50 AM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
Added to above^ Retaining walls are not an ideal long term solution in these climates because even well-engineered walls soon buckle and bow forward from the weight of the soil building above them. There's no real good engineering solution, just constant maintenance with heavy equipment. |
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01-16-2024, 01:52 AM
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You really can't fathom how quickly jungle plants and trees grow, live, and die and convert to soil unless you see it with your own eyes.
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01-16-2024, 06:41 AM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
No need for rescue attempts...They are dead and buried already! Hey, nothing beats a free funeral...You're welcome.
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01-16-2024, 06:44 AM
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Re: At Least 33 Killed in Landslide After Heavy Rainfall
Like my ass after fucking hot curry  |
