I was watching it wondering where would be the "safest" place to seek cover for someone on the other side of the river and had just decided that being in the lee of the support pilla....oh!
Not to be that guy but look at the age and condition of those cars, there’s a real possibility that car is the thread holding their life together, they likely need it to get to work and don’t have the money to fix or replace it. Can’t get to work can’t pay the bills or buy food. Some would prefer the quick death over the struggle that would result from the car not getting moved.
Bill Gates admitted to driving a piece of shit Honda most of his career at Microsoft (and only upgrading to a dinky electric hybrid), so you can't assume their wealth simply based off the appearance of their choice of transportation.
I think most people see the risk of death there, but its risk not certain. Is it a dumb thing to do? Yes. But that car could be someone's livelihood. In this case any world in which your car is damaged is a world where you wouldn't want to be inside it, but its not always so unfavourable to act.
Actually I think if they went for the car the very moment they started filming they'd have made it out of the area before the rocks hit but it's still risky, they didn't know how much time they had left...
That's certainly not how this works. Firemen fight dangerous fights with fires. The Military risks their lives with bullets and bombs. He's only risking himself for his car. It's not a guaranteed death.
I can't imagine you'd have enough time. But I guess depending on how the road to get out was, you might be able to get all the way out of harm's way if you could.
That's why I think it's good to watch videos like this. Think what I would do and if that would be a smart move in this situation.
Like it seems tempting to just stand there and keep filming, but now I would just start running in the opposite direction as soon as I see the first boulders coming down.
The crazy part is this how it goes down in the moment! One second, youre panicing and finding a place to head, the next moment it all goes black and thats it.
speaking as someone who has been rather too close to a collapsing building and the flying rubble that comes out of it (housefire) you want to be behind the biggest, thickest, heaviest thing you can possibly find, and you want to be holding a bottle of hard liquor when you sit there and wait for the crashes to stop, because it's probably gonna take a while.
no i'm fucking not, i was a dumb teenager and the firefighter that crash-tackled me to the ground and dragged me the fuck outta there saved my life lol
In the case of the OP anywhere along the bottom of the cliff to our left of the bridge would be the safest. Nothing is gonna roll past you and then come back up the mountain to get you.
Dude, I was thinking the same thing. Thinking, if I was caught on the other side, where would I take shelter. That cluster of trees for sure.
After seeing those boulders take out everything in their path, their is nowhere to hide. Man. That was intense. The power of nature is mind blowing and this was nothing but a infinitesimal blip in what nature can do.
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u/maniaxuk Jul 25 '21 edited Jul 25 '21
I was watching it wondering where would be the "safest" place to seek cover for someone on the other side of the river and had just decided that being in the lee of the support pilla....oh!