8.5 million pound boulder falls 850 feet onto a Colorado highway
Gives a whole new meaning to those road signs, don’t it?
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May 27, 2019, 08:31 AM
Sportshooter
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Originally posted by sns3guppy: That's a big rock.
We gonna need a bigger slingshot.
May 27, 2019, 08:33 AM
UTsig
We live in the Zion N.P. area, rockfalls are pretty common. A couple of years ago a rock fell and crushed a home, killing the husband and wife! The town was Rockville.
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May 27, 2019, 08:51 AM
Patrick-SP2022
I recall a rock-slide from a few years back that occurred in Italy. Drone video footage below.
May 27, 2019, 09:14 AM
snwghst
Reminds me of when Senaca Rock fell in WV many years ago
I had stood on top of it a week prior
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May 27, 2019, 09:20 AM
gearhounds
Time and the elements will bring down the largest mountains. Do a search for "massive landslide" on youtube. There are some truly humbling vids that make that pebble seem insignificant.
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May 27, 2019, 09:35 AM
Balzé Halzé
"Watch For Falling Rock" and "Watch For Fallen Rock." I've seen both signs and could not discern why one one location might get one phrase over the other. Just something I've always thought about since my first memories camping in the Adirondacks. In this case, it's kinda hard not to miss that fallen rock!
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May 27, 2019, 09:55 AM
XinTX
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy: That's a big rock.
Que the Kingbees
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May 27, 2019, 10:03 AM
Skull Leader
Leave it. Looks like it's out of the road way. Just fix the road.
May 27, 2019, 10:07 AM
redstone
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Originally posted by Skull Leader: Leave it. Looks like it's out of the road way. Just fix the road.
If they can, that is likely what will happen. in Palisade (Colorado wine country) you can see a number of spots where big rocks have fallen down the Bookcliffs and into the valley and they just leave them there. I tried to find a picture but couldnt find mine from the last trip.
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May 27, 2019, 10:12 AM
Sig2340
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Originally posted by gearhounds: Time and the elements will bring down the largest mountains.
No, gravity brings them down.
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May 27, 2019, 10:22 AM
architect
"drilling and blasting?" Why don't they just shoot it with a 10mm, and sweep up the gravel?
May 27, 2019, 10:39 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by architect: "drilling and blasting?" Why don't they just shoot it with a 10mm, and sweep up the gravel?
One must consider over penetration.
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May 27, 2019, 10:39 AM
sigfreund
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Originally posted by architect: Why don't they just shoot it with a 10mm, and sweep up the gravel?
What gravel?
There might be gravel left if they used explosives, but with a 10mm? Nah. Just granite vapor.
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May 27, 2019, 10:48 AM
bendable
it's a sign
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May 27, 2019, 10:48 AM
Skull Leader
I think the one you see get sploded is the "smaller" boulder.
May 27, 2019, 11:14 AM
XinTX
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We gonna need a bigger slingshot. 
