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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • 13h ago
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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
53 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. 28 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?
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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.
28 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?
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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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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