Been a landslide next to the bridge/entrance to Chiao Jing Park
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Looks intense!
Source: the UDN report linked above
All this heavy rain brings new risks. It reminds me of the much more serious landslide recently in PNG. That one looked brutal!
Guy
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Landslides are terrifying. Always stay alert, sometimes they can be spotted if people are looking up.
That scooter is frigging lucky!
And the guy driving it!
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What’s worse is that it happens a lot in Taiwan too. It’s why it’s not always good to live on a hill, it could just give way.
Heavy rain, earthquakes, or whatever, which happens really often. It makes living in the mountains dangerous. A landslide in the wrong place and you’re cut off.
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The best of Keelung its the coastline,
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Yes, this was actually in Taiwan… not abroad.
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Obviously a small slide, but anywhere that has high population densities, we worry more and come out in force. Thankfully no one died. Overall quite lucky considering how things sometimes can go. No one survives a 5 ton rock to the head.
A super tiny slide by taiwanese standards, but as always: location, location, location. And: timing is key.
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That’s not a landslide. Now this is a landslide from 2010
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The hillside collapsed. It counts. No one is claiming it is the largest or deadliest of all time.
Guy
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Dam !! People are frickin lucky to survive that one
There are huge boulders buried in that mud
They should study more why that is , its shown us what those hills are made of
They should
Given the photos above. I’m not sure why some dynamite sticks arent more common to reduce the degree of slope with those weak ass rocks. especially given its already toppled down. Just bring down more and clean it up. Seems easy. I’m an always somewhat confused why it isn’t more common (to prevent slides), especially with EASY fixes like this one with very simple work that can make that spot safe.
Shave off a little on the top. Not only is it easy, it could be very profitable if farmed out (which this work always is anyways).
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again now: you seem to be an interesting guy, and I really wish I could decode some of the things you post. Not even google lens translate can help here, it seems. 
Guy
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I feel taiwanese government seems extremely adverse in using explosives for civil engineering projects. I’ve not seen explosive demolition of structures in Taiwan at all for example. I also get the sense that many hills and mountains in Taiwan seems to compose of loose, poorly cemented rubble of rock and dirt and is very prone to landslides.
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I would be incomplete without you to show me how shockingly terrible my typing is. Edited, and appreciated.
I’m glad we got this one right quick, if I saw your reply tomorrow I too wouldn’t know what the fug I was trying to type hahaha
Fuck yeah. At least you are on my side with this. Blow up a little off the pinacle. The trees will grow back and people won’t die in the future. Seems obvious
I’m not sure there’s a way to do it without causing damage. I mean you could blow off a mound, but it would destroy structures as well.
That’s my point. Structures are already damaged. Jsut get it done while there is already a huge project to do. Why wait until later and with possible deaths?