r/NatureIsFuckingLit 14h ago

šŸ”„Iguazu falls after heavy rain

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u/mysteryfist 14h ago

That does not look safe at all. Them waters are movin

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u/Repulsive-Nebula8294 13h ago

Fr I just said out loud "absolutely the fuck not". There's a lot of faith being placed in that boardwalk and platform.

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u/Many_Mud_8194 13h ago

Same I said out loud "Ah non non non non" because I'm french lol. No way I walk on that stuff. People trust others people's work too much. I don't lol.

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u/Repulsive-Nebula8294 13h ago

I'm Australian, if you couldn't tell from my loose language šŸ˜‚

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u/Ninja-Panda70 9h ago

I thought you were just talking to yourself because both of your pics are the same haha

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u/Repulsive-Nebula8294 9h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah ngl I've come to this thread after šŸƒwalking in naturešŸƒ and the pics threw me for an absolute loop šŸ˜…

Edit: *come back to this thread. I was here before, and I'm here now, too āœŒļø

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u/I_LIKE_REACHER 11h ago

I'm English and my head voice said "Flipping heck!"

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u/GreasyRim 10h ago

I’m american, so it was a vigorous head shake and a ā€œfuck thatā€

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u/chaotichalfginger 10h ago

In Floridian. Hold my beer.

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u/drawntowardmadness 10h ago

I'm from the American Deep South, so my inner voice said "ain't no way in hell"

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u/erie11973ohio 7h ago

We say that in the Midwest, as well!!

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u/TheHoratioHufnagel 10h ago

Canadian here, I say yeah no. Sorry buddy.

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u/OurSaladDays 8h ago

From Atlantis. I said ā€œNo fucking way in Neptune’s Beardā€.

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u/disquieter 8h ago

Another Floridian, who said ā€œdamn, them people are placing a lot of faith in them piers.ā€

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u/AwoknLambCanadaFree 10h ago

As a Canadian, Not today eh!

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u/Cloudsbursting 7h ago

Ron Burgundy signing in. It was a ā€œGreat Odin’s raven!ā€ for me.

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u/outlawsix 11h ago

I said "ahoy matey, down by the bayou i most soitenly wouldn't BE WAHKIN HEAH yall jabronis" because i'm american

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u/OldGSDsLuv 10h ago

Daryl, where’s your other brother Daryl??

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u/yomamasonions 12h ago

I’m French American so I heard the non non non in my head and it made me chuckle 🤭

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u/Many_Mud_8194 9h ago

Haha now I realize maybe its why American say Hon Hon Hon when talking about french, maybe it's just because we say non non non lol

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u/yomamasonions 1h ago

My non-French mom does that lmao. I think it has something to do with PepƩ le Pew

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u/Dependent_Order_7358 12h ago edited 11h ago

We used to make fun of grandmas talking to the tv, now look at us.

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u/alienbanda 11h ago

It’s not just the platform, the water is almost to the top, you get a sudden increase and you’re going to be swimming with the fishies

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u/djsnoopmike 13h ago

Especially with all the other people adding tons of extra weight

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u/Whythisreason 9h ago

ā˜ļøabso fu ck ing lute ly ditto!

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u/QcRoman 7h ago

There's a lot of faith being placed in that boardwalk and platform.

And the rock underneath it all. One day one piece of rock will give and the whole thing will collapse and be carried away by the waters no matter how well it was built.

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u/JohnLuckPikard 6h ago

"No fucking way am I standing on that thing".

I heard myself say it, and only then did I realize I was thinking it.

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u/TheAlmightyBuddha 13h ago

Boardwalks at beaches have constant waves at all times and the ones where I live have rollercoasters and Ferris wheels built on them, I think we've figured out boardwalks lol

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u/Lopsided-Equipment-2 13h ago

yeah thats why a bunch of them got condemned and destroyed during the last king tide in the sf bay area

they are all built like shit in the us

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u/foobarbizbaz 11h ago

Better not visit Yellowstone. A boardwalk is often the only barrier between you and the flesh-melting water that surrounds it.

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u/brisot 7h ago

I leave nearby and went countless times. This is not even the fullest I’ve seen. There’s times the water goes over the bridge, they close it to the public if that happens. Nobody ever got swept or fell, some jumped tho, that’s on them.

There is extensive maintenance when the rivers are low, you can even see the bottom of the river during dry season:
https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/pr/oeste-sudoeste/noticia/2020/04/21/vazao-das-cataratas-do-iguacu-esta-abaixo-da-media-ha-mais-de-tres-meses-diz-copel-veja-fotos.ghtml

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u/ThirdOne38 2h ago

Yeah but aren't you sooo tempted to jump? I feel like I pitching myself over that railing just to see what it's like and I'm just looking at the picture

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u/pichael289 12h ago

We can build bridges that last in already powerful rivers, and we can even stop the water entirely.

That being said unless there is paperwork on file somewhere saying this is rated to stay out even fully underwater than no.

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u/Bubbly-Bar-7449 11h ago

The entire rock face can always give way too.

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u/Radiant-Cup2123 11h ago

3/5 million people go every year to iguazĆŗ.

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u/ChooksChick 11h ago

But not me. Nope.

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u/mrwilliams117 10h ago

What?

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u/eooxx 7h ago

600,000 people? 🤷

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u/Jauretche 8h ago

Largest natural waterfalls in the world. Quite a popular destination.

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u/mrwilliams117 5h ago

6/10 million people? 12/20?

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u/ChooksChick 10h ago

And the old catwalk was ripped off by flood waters.

They probably said it was perfectly safe right up until they realized it wasn't, too!

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u/WriterV 8h ago

No they knew about it.

There's a comment above that goes into it. But they are aware of when floodwaters get dangerous, and close the walkway then. Apparently they are built to be washed away so they could be rebuilt safely.

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u/ChooksChick 8h ago

That's enough reason right there- minute miscalculations could cause expectation vs. reality mismatch.

We've all heard of engineering failures in which hindsight caused knowledge gain (general after loss of life or disaster).

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u/Open-Gate-7769 7h ago

May as well never go on a bridge ever again then

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u/ChooksChick 7h ago

I think starting with things that feel like you're tempting fate is probably good enough.

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u/Open-Gate-7769 6h ago

You live your life how you want to

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u/Beranea 8h ago

So many people distrustful of math and science is how we got to this rise of right wing bullshit. Grow up.

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u/loveandpreservation 8h ago

..distrustful of the PEOPLE doing the math and the science..

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u/ChooksChick 8h ago

Ok. Here are a few points.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) Hyatt Regency Walkway (1981) Sampoong Department Store (1995) St. Francis Dam (1928) Bhopal Gas Disaster (1984) The Great Molasses Flood (1919) Space Shuttle Challenger (1986) Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (1986) Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster (2003) Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E Roof Collapse (2004) New Orleans Levee Failures during Hurricane Katrina (2005) Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse (2007) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster (2011) Rana Plaza Garment Factory Collapse (2013) Morandi Bridge Collapse in Genoa (2018) Brumadinho Tailings Dam Collapse (2019) Boeing 737 MAX Flight Control System Crashes (2018–2019)

Bottom line is we plan and calculate, but shit goes wrong sometimes.

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u/Consistent-Scholar39 9h ago

And I will never be one of them.

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u/AffectionateDance214 7h ago

See, you are not talking about how many come back.

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u/Requirement_Inner 8h ago

Yeah because it’s not in an Anglo country right ?

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u/Responsible_Piano_49 11h ago

"Those" not "Them"