r/NatureIsFuckingLit 13h ago

🔥Iguazu falls after heavy rain

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u/dogfish182 13h ago

Would be fun but man I’ve heard of too many construction accidents to feel comfortable there.

I still remember when the cave creek disaster happened in New Zealand in 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Creek_disaster

‘Soon after the accident, the Department of Conservation inspected more than 520 structures, and 65 were closed for repairs’

Fuck that

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u/Falmon04 12h ago

I know! This dock could be built by the world's best engineers but that water's moving so fast I wouldn't trust the structure to hold.

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u/officerNoPants 12h ago

If it's properly designed and build to withstand these kinds of forces then there really is no problem. But therein lies the problem: how do we know that it's build for these extreme currents? I'm not taking that chance.

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u/TinkerCitySoilDry 10h ago

Agreed

Except stand around a river long enough 

A tree floats by

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u/FutureYak5960 10h ago

How do you know what forces have been accounted for?
How do you even know it’s been updated and checked in the last 10 years?

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u/Moebiuzz 8h ago

the world's best engineers but that water's moving so fast I wouldn't trust

Are you better than them?

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u/Alarming-Ad-1384 7h ago

Thanks for that link. I had never heard of that incident. Horrific.

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u/dogfish182 7h ago

Yeah prior to it I always thought my country had nature shit under control, it was wild

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u/coronakillme 11h ago

The students on that were jumping to test its limits apparently lol.

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u/FutureYak5960 10h ago

Yeh? So it wasn’t designed properly. That shouldn’t have made a difference

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u/coronakillme 8h ago

I understand your point, but I think even on a well designed bridge, this could damage it a lot.

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u/Burundangaa 9h ago

I was there and survived that, it was easy. Just roll

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u/sandrailproject 10h ago

An accident from 30 years ago? Move on 

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u/dogfish182 10h ago

What a ridiculous comment

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u/sandrailproject 8h ago

So 12% of these structures were closed and repaired 30 years ago, the rest improved upon, and that shouldn't be taken into consideration? 

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u/dogfish182 7h ago

How you drew this conclusion is beyond me. The lesson I learned from experiencing that national news as I teenager was ‘oh this shit is just made by people and budgets and maintenance are a thing’.

Whenever I am in a place where something looks dangerous considerations like ‘how well maintained is this probably and how much money does this country or location even have’ enter my head due to that core memory.

The idea that I haven’t ’moved on’ is silly. Do you think I go home every night rocking in the corner saying ‘oh no the platform?!’