Rockslide In Tennessee Caught On Tape (VIDEO)
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A news crew in Polk County, Tennessee caught this massive rockslide on video. The rockslide closed the highway for at last a week, CNN reports.
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My guess is that there were rock slides long before the dawn of man.
The greenies are really stretching on this one.
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Posted 09:42 AM on 11/12/2009
well that's obviously a direct result of carbon emissions creating man made global warming
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Posted 07:44 AM on 11/12/2009
Lucky it happened this time of year. A bit earlier and the road would have been full of autumn color sightseers or in the summer, full of rafters and day hikers.
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Posted 04:39 AM on 11/12/2009
The countdown starts to see how long it takes Glen Beck to blame this on Obama.
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Posted 03:33 AM on 11/12/2009
Oh that was great. LMAO. I'll bet he doesn't get ten minutes into his show before he blames him.
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Posted 10:43 AM on 11/12/2009
God's judgement on Southern Baptists...
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Posted 10:31 PM on 11/11/2009
Maybe next time he will go after some stupid people from the north.....case closed....
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Posted 07:08 AM on 11/12/2009
Those Jersey Bumpers were tossed away like Tinker Toys!
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Posted 09:19 PM on 11/11/2009
WOW!!! Incredible to have it live.
http://eye-on-washington.blogspot.com
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Posted 09:11 PM on 11/11/2009
I've seen avalances, but never a rock slide like that. Pretty cool.
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Posted 09:09 PM on 11/11/2009
OMG. I go through there often.
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Posted 07:39 PM on 11/11/2009
Fortunately not today. Good luck! (And take those Falling Rock signs seriously.)
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Posted 03:34 AM on 11/12/2009
That was a small slide. Nothing but a speed bump. When the road is 20 (higher than your house roof) or more feet under the rubble, then you've had a slide.
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Posted 07:32 PM on 11/11/2009
Correct! The Union Pacific railroad had a slide in Oregon earlier this year that dumped 60 acres of hillside on 1,600 feet of track. And railroad lines are not nearly as steep as highways, usually being held to less than 2% of grade (2 feet rise in 100 feet). The rail line was closed for three months earlier this year, buried 30 feet deep over much of that half mile of track, in an area of the Cascades where there are no roads and no towns. Next to that, cleaning up this one will be fairly straightforward.
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Posted 03:43 AM on 11/12/2009
The last time I saw a rock slide like that, I was watchin' Deep Throat swallow it!
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Posted 07:10 PM on 11/11/2009
Was that the GOP??
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Posted 06:29 PM on 11/11/2009
No, the slide stopped
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Posted 11:12 PM on 11/11/2009
Caused by, you guessed it: George W. Bush!
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Posted 05:18 PM on 11/11/2009
don't F with mother nature!
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Posted 05:14 PM on 11/11/2009
Cool!
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Posted 04:06 PM on 11/11/2009
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First Posted: 11-11-09 01:12 PM | Updated: 11-11-09 01:34 PM