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07-26-2009, 01:24 AM | #1 |
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July 26, 2009: Nachterstedt Landslide
StereoMike sent me a link to pictures of this tragic landslide in Germany.
In 1994 they turned a huge open pit mine into a lake, and a few days ago a section of land, about 400 by 1200 feet, slid into the lake without warning, at about 5 in the morning. Three people were sleeping in a semi-detached house that went with the slide and are presumed buried. One picture I saw looked like there was a lake on the other side of this village also, but I'm not sure of that. link
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07-26-2009, 07:34 AM | #3 |
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07-26-2009, 02:44 PM | #5 |
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Welcome to the Cellar, Zarquod. Thanks for the information.
If you go to Zarquod's link for the German Wikipedia, and click on Koordinaten numbers in the upper right hand corner, it'll take you to a GeoHack page with tons of maps of this lake and the surrounding area.
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07-26-2009, 03:36 PM | #6 |
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What kind of mines were those (there's a much smaller pit mine.lake on the other side of the little village)?
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07-26-2009, 10:38 PM | #7 |
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"... a semi detached house ..."
I think its fully detached now. That is a huge engineering failure. Someone is going to be in TROUBLE about this.
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Edit: A Babelfish translation of the Wikipedia entry says the houses are from the 30's. Quote:
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07-27-2009, 03:31 PM | #9 |
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The drop-off from houses to lake level is about 150 feet.
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