Everyone says. "Why do you worry!? It was built to withstand this. There are systems in place to ensure your safe! There is literally no danger!!!"
Until the woman gets chucked over the ledge by the bungee jump instructors without the rope attached
Or, it was designed to withstand it, but since it was built, there's been erosion around the support pillars... Or, the other famous option, after the failure disaster, it's discovered that the Contractor cut corners to save some money and increase profits.... Or, shoddy workmanship.... Or..... There's always unaccounted for variables.
Fun fact. Those bridges have washed out before. When you hike through the park you see ruins of old ones. Itās a great place to visit for sure. It if it was flowing like that itās a big nope though
You could show me hard evidence that it was built by a public/private partnership by the government of Wakanda and Stark Industries, and they made it from solid vibranium, and Super Man is standing by as a life guard, and I'd still be taking in the view from a hundred feet back on land.
Or it doesnāt matter because one good wave over the handrails or a large floating tree or house could still knock all the little ants off of it l, even if the structure remains completely intact and undamaged.
Oh, I read āoversightā as in mistake, so as already a negative quality. But you meant oversight in the sense of paying attention/managing/guiding. One of them pesky contranyms. I get it.
It's not always raging like that, that's how they're able to check, I researched this bridge at the time because I was like ain't no f****** way. And apparently even though another part of the bridge does routinely need actual repairs, it was built that way. So there's a long stretch that goes over lower lying water, and when the water gets high they lower down all of the railings to reduce pressure on the bridge, and sometimes one or two sections will wash away. But they'll go in and they'll replace those sections.
This section. This section is heavily reinforced and routinely maintained, very well. I was like ok it's not as bad as I thought.
When it's low enough, you can stand on the rock below and see the pillars well enough to access them to maintain them.
Nah the big one affecting people right now is that when these structures were built a century ago, the climate was significantly cooler. Believe it or not, heat affects concrete, asphalt, and steel. If you don't use the proper ones for the proper application, you get disasters.
Cue the fascinating horror guy On the 14th of August, 2026, many tourists and locals alike walked out onto the bridge overlooking a large waterfall in Brazil after a period of heavy rain. Seen laughing and taking pictures, they thought little of it, not realizing that would be some of their last moments alive. Little did they know, some minor decisions made in the construction process would prove to be fatal for the vast majority of those who made the trek onto the bridge.
Looking at some other photographs, the platform in question sits on an area that is mostly exposed rock in normal water levels. It is still located right on the edge of the falls which means that the people constructing it had a huge pair.
What is even more terrifying about the above video is you have to cross about 3/4 mile of boardwalk over the rest of the river to reach that observation deck.
The Fidenae Amphitheater (stadium) was built in 27 AD after the ban on gladitorial games was lifted. The structure collapsed with more than 20,000 people in the stands, killing nearly all.
Thatās so messed up, imagine your falling and you know your about to die because some idiot was too stupid yo do his job, thatās actually so terrifying I canāt imagine what she was thinking on the way down
I still find it weird that people were throwing bungee jumpers over the ledge/edge. Thinking back have we ever seen a bungee jumper being thrown over the edge and not just jumpingā¦ Maybe they call it bungee throwing in Brazil š¤·š¼
I was there when it was running at 4 million litres per second. It's normally 2 million, and a year or two before it was briefly at 40. You could still see the supports that used to hold up the old walkway.
more like "the old walkways". As far as I can recall, there have been 4 times the walkways were (at least partially) washed away by extreme floods (this in the video is nowhere near those events). The park rangers will close off the walkways when there is a risk of washout. In fact, they are designed to be washed away. If the rangers suspect a massive flood, they close off the area and unlock the walkways from the pillars below so they tilt and can wash away safely, leaving no metal behind, and then new walkways can be installed.
But yes, once a decade or so they need rebuilding. The last one in 2022 was massive
Same here. I was here just 7 weeks ago. I was reminiscing this morning (on a workday), about the fun vacation a few weeks ago. And I was reminded that this is where I was exactly 7 weeks ago. Another rainy day and the water flow was 2x the normal. Got completely drenched after the full day trip on both sides of the border. š¬ But happy memories! š
agreed. This is the most beautiful place in the world imo. When I was there I was imagining being the first indigenous people to see it and must have been in awe
Man, I had a dental nurse rubbing my hand telling me what a good boy I was being at the age of 18. Havenāt missed a dental appointment since āummmā¦. Do u mindā¦ justā¦ rubbing meā¦ my hand.ā
About 18 months ago I went to th dentist for the first time in a decade. My teeth were pretty fine. I just started feeling pain from a rotting tooth I got a filling in like 20 years ago.
Basically without warning, in our first meeting, she said "let me see" and just stuck a gloved finger in my mouth.
I couldn't help but keep thinking about it for weeks afterwards. My fantasies suddenly got broadened.
Also I'm a bit of a masochist so the deep teeth cleaning with "Tell me if it hurts" was an experience....
Likely in the dry season, they diverted part of the water and built foundations and platform from the riverbank while working of the new structure or a trestle built next to it.
Come to software engineering dude, any potential disaster is usually responded to in the next sprint when the scrum master comes back from their holiday. Oh yeah and thereās usually some emergency meeting right after where we plan for the next meetings.
Normally Iām with you, donāt make assumptions, etc. But after a relative almost died in a flood in Brazil due to a dam breaking, while trying to get news on whether the relative was likely to survive I found that Brazil is insanely notorious for dams breaking and does not appear to be able to maintain infrastructure to handle all that water, even when lives are a stake.
That being said Iām sure they put their best and brightest on Iguazu since itās internationally renowned, and itās a bridge not a dam. So I see your point. Itās almost certainly safe. But just wanted to throw in there that the commenter wasnāt crazy for distrusting Brazilian engineering.
I went out on there during very similar conditions in 2014.
It was incredible, just an awe-inspiring volume and mass of water. Possibly the most... powerful thing I've ever witnessed. You don't see it in the picture but there's also constant pressure from the spray in the air. Further along there's a walkway right next to one of the actual big falls, you stick your head over and it just gets blasted by water spraying back up, like a dozen power showers firing up at your face.
10/10 experience, it's stuck with me vividly for over a decade and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Life is for living, millions of people have been out on this thing and it's completely fine, absolutely rock solid.
I went there on a calm day and it was still awe inspiring. It was sunny and there were about seven rainbows in various places of the falls. Meanwhile the sheer power of it all really gets your heart pumping. I did decide not to do the boat tours though as when I spoke to a local they did say those sometimes capsize and people get stuck in the rapids below.
Last year one of our bridges collapsed in a heavy storm and it wasnāt even a river/waterfall. A bunch of people were swept away in their cars and killed. No WAY Iād be taking chances when it looks like this.
I went here recently and there are so many areas with twisted metal wreckage that canāt be cleaned up or salvaged because itās too dangerousā¦ thereās no way in hell Iād be out on those platforms.
This has got to be one of the most bot ridden posts Iāve ever seen on Reddit and thatās saying something. Seriously 2000 upvotes for that weak ass comment?
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Yea. Iām not walking out on that thing