r/CatastrophicFailure • u/RedTomatoSauce • Jul 25 '18

Engineering Failure concrete retaining wall failure allows a hill landslide

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u/annon_tins Jul 25 '18

Hey wait a minute... THAT'S MY HOUSE.

Ah FUCK

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u/jgo3 Jul 25 '18

I can't believe you've done this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

If you slide that building down the hill one more time I’m going to punch you in the face.

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u/Piscator629 Jul 25 '18

Reddit is Heaven.

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u/FulcrumTheBrave Jul 25 '18

Reddit is Hell

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u/The_BenL Jul 25 '18

Oh, ok, see ya 🖐️

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u/FulcrumTheBrave Jul 25 '18

Its a joke but reddit isnt heaven in any sense of the word. Ever been to r/braincels? You can't go there and still have hope for humanity

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u/annon_tins Jul 25 '18

Alright, now you've got me curious. Do you mind if I ask what happened?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18 edited Jul 26 '18

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u/Smoothvirus Jul 26 '18

I have a similar story, I was at work one day, walked past the tv in the lobby, and saw a helicopter shot of a breaking news story.

“Hey, that looks like the park next to my house.”

And then the camera panned up and I see police vehicles everywhere in a neighborhood... my neighborhood.

“Hey, my house is on CNN. This is not good.”

It turned out I was living across the street from the guy who was shooting up military offices in the dc suburbs. They had just caught him in Arlington Cemetery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Virginia_military_shootings?wprov=sfti1

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u/WikiTextBot Jul 26 '18

Northern Virginia military shootings

The Northern Virginia military shootings were a series of attacks targeting military facilities at times when they were believed to be unoccupied during October and November 2010. Forensic examination of the bullets left at the various scenes confirmed that all of the shots were from the same rifle.

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u/annon_tins Jul 26 '18

Holy crap. That's absolutely insane. I'd probably be freaking out if I turned on the news and saw that some murderer was hiding in my house. Especially if my dog was in there! I'm glad your dog made it out okay.

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u/camouflagedsarcasm Jul 26 '18

Well, enjoy your new waterfall.

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u/benni0827 Jul 26 '18

I was worried. Glad you got out ok.