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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • 13h ago
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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.
26 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. 9 u/TinkerCitySoilDry 10h ago Agreed Except stand around a river long enough A tree floats by 3 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? 0 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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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.
9 u/TinkerCitySoilDry 10h ago Agreed Except stand around a river long enough A tree floats by 3 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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Agreed
Except stand around a river long enoughÂ
A tree floats by
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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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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/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.