8.5 million pound boulder falls 850 feet onto a Colorado highway

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May 27, 2019, 12:32 PM

gearhounds

8.5 million pound boulder falls 850 feet onto a Colorado highway

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No, gravity brings them down.

Yes of course, but it has a lot of help. Without weathering, they'd be there a lot longer.

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May 27, 2019, 12:42 PM

ArtieS

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Originally posted by Dtech:
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Originally posted by ggile:
According to Fox News, http://video.foxnews.com/v/6041568807001 they blasted it to smithereens....

Well that was anti-climactic. Whoever did the math (and the drilling) on the explosives did a hell of a job using "just enough" and not a pinch more.

Yup. They should talk to the Whale Shooters. Those guys know how to blow stuff up spectacularly. If you are going to have a media event, have a MEDIA EVENT!

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May 27, 2019, 12:51 PM

Eponym

That's how they get their rocks off on Colorado.

It's a hard rain gonna fall. - Bob Dylan

May 27, 2019, 02:39 PM

darthfuster

I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine Katy
Who embroideries on my jeans
I got my poor ole grey haired daddy
Drivin' my limousine
Now it's all designed to blow our minds
But our minds won't really be blown
Like the blow that'll gitcha when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone

May 27, 2019, 02:46 PM

wrightd

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Originally posted by snwghst:
Reminds me of when Senaca Rock fell in WV many years ago

I had stood on top of it a week prior

Well Damn. That's creepy right there. Glad you're still with us.

May 27, 2019, 02:50 PM

wrightd

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Originally posted by architect:
"drilling and blasting?" Why don't they just shoot it with a 10mm, and sweep up the gravel?

Exactly. Since 10mm can tear Superman a new asshole (a Parabellum original IIRC) then it should work fine on this little rock.

May 28, 2019, 11:16 AM

SigSentry

They had to build a road to blast it

June 06, 2019, 06:59 AM

Pipe Smoker

“A boulder the size of a house that crashed onto a southwestern Colorado state highway last month will stay put.

State officials plan to reroute the highway around it - saving taxpayers money and possibly creating a tourist attraction.

Democratic Gov Jared Polis said Tuesday that Colorado will save about $200,000 by not blasting the 4,250-ton boulder…”

https://mol.im/a/7108963

June 06, 2019, 09:27 AM

matthew03

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Originally posted by operator81:
I blame legal weed for getting the road stoned.

Oh, that's good.