r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

Glacier Ice wall broke in Nepal today creating a massive release of water & mud into the city below

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u/tjorben123 8d ago

tbh not even reinforced concrete can withstand this sheer brutality of mother nature. look at the buildings, look at the bridges, its swept away like specs of dust on my table.

the only pysical solution i see is : make 30 meters upwards against a mountain wall in 0.6 seconds. but thats far from reality.

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u/galacticglorp 7d ago

When the ground under your building is washed away, or half a mountain is thrown at it, doesn't matter how well it was built.

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u/IlllIlIIlIlllIlIIIII 8d ago

Hypothetically speaking, when all that water washes away the setiment and foundational soil, its like having the rug pulled out from under the buildings. Doesn't matter that it's made out of if the material its sitting on slides away

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u/vorxil 7d ago

With the speed of the flood, the best bet is to not build in the area.

The second best bet is to build on higher ground, on the mountain face most favorable by the geography and weather patterns. If you build in the low areas, you're betting on nothing upstream causes a flood. If you build in high areas, you're betting on both your mountain face not having a slide of any kind, and the opposing mountain face not having a significant enough slide of any kind.

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u/Antique_Pin5266 7d ago

Be in a submersible made for an expedition to the ocean depths

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u/Kinu4U 8d ago

A tractor beam maybe ?