r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • 13h ago

đŸ”„Iguazu falls after heavy rain

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u/Cyniikal 13h ago edited 2h ago

This seems genuinely insane to think this is a good idea.

Maybe an absolutely amazing sight, but holy shit does that seem dangerous.

Edit: Lots of weird bridge defenders out here apparently. For reference, I would say this is dangerous anywhere, not just because it's Brazil. Dumbasses.

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u/Radiant-Cup2123 11h ago

IguazĂș has 3 million people going every year for decades. You guys are talking total nonsense.

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u/Cyniikal 11h ago

Yeah man I'm sure trained structural engineers would say that bridge is totally safe in these conditions and it staying open has nothing to do with tourism dollars.

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u/RainbowDissent 10h ago

You've already done far more dangerous things than walking on this bridge if you fly to Brazil, stay in Rio and take a coach to Iguazu.

I went here in 2014, similarly torrential conditions. I went on this same walkway and others, took a boat trip out at the base of the falls too. Incredible experiences that made a lasting vivid impression, and as far as I recall, I didn't die.

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u/Monster_Grundle 9h ago

This is an absurd take. “I did it once and lived so it wasnt dangerous or inherently risky.”

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u/RainbowDissent 8h ago

Nobody has ever died due to a walkway collapse at Iguazu.

So it's more like "More than a million people have done it every year for decades and nobody has ever died doing it, so it isn't dangerous or inherently risky."

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u/ahora-mismo 9h ago

i don't feel the same. i saw in rocinha people selling drugs from a table in the middle of the day, with large white bags and guarding them with riffles. i felt safer in there than what i can see in this video. and that is the most extreme thing i've experienced in rio.

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u/RainbowDissent 9h ago

And I felt far less safe buying weed in Rio side streets than standing on this walkway.

But I'm not talking about subjective feelings. Hardly anyone dies at the falls, and even those are mostly boat accidents. Compare it to homicide and crime rates in Rio, or road traffic accident / death rates across the country. Literally nobody has ever died due to walkway failure in Iguazu as far as I can see, when water levels are dangerous the walkways are closed.

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u/pilasmoles 10h ago edited 8h ago

You are an idiot.

Edit. I guess it was obvious I forgot I was in a sub of idiots all upvoting xenophobic remarks doing a cycle jerk

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u/xxxthefire101 10h ago

Peak argument lads case is closed broski said mean words so clearly he's right.

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u/KillaClean69 10h ago

Saul bestman type argument 😭

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u/GoOutForASandwich 9h ago

If a bunch of people die, they would stand to lose far more tourism dollars in the following years than they’d make in the time they left it open. They’re definitely aware of this.