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re: Before & after Blatten Switzerland was destroyed by a glacier collapse yesterday
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:58 am to GCTigahs
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:58 am to GCTigahs
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Those geologists saved a bunch of lives. Good on them and thankful that they listened.
It’s sad they sent the college boys in to “fix” the problem when they could’ve sent in a team of roughnecks to keep this from happening
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:06 am to TT9
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Hmmmmm, wonder why?
Global cooling caused the ice to build up to a point the weight couldn't be sustained any more.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:10 am to TT9
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Hmmmmm, wonder why?
Because nature gonna nature?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:10 am to junkfunky
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:13 am to hawgfaninc
mother natures pothole crew at work.
see a hole, fill the hole quickly and completely
see a hole, fill the hole quickly and completely
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:13 am to chew4219
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Switzerland is a place you have to see to believe it. It doesn’t even look real while you are there.
Lake Oeschinensee is probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen. It was easily my favorite stop we made while in country.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:19 am to hawgfaninc
Going to be near Blatten in a couple weeks so been following the evacuation over the last few days. They got everyone (except perhaps the one missing) as well as cattle and livestock out of there. Terrible situation for everyone who lost their homes and land.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:22 am to JiminyCricket
Here’s a couple pics I took while we were there.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/cpKv4Ng.jpeg>
[img]https://i.imgur.com/cpKv4Ng.jpeg>
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 10:30 am
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:24 am to JiminyCricket
Is that at base of Matterhorn?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:29 am to hawgfaninc
I see they are reporting only 1 missing. Is that correct? If so, it appears most of the people evacuated prior to the collapse. If so, how were they warned?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:30 am to GumboPot
They were evacuated for a few weeks now
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:31 am to Cosmo
No it's in the Bernese oberland. Matterhorn is apparently way further south. I had to go back and look it up.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 10:33 am
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:34 am to AbitaFan08
From Grok:
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The people of Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated prior to the Birch Glacier collapse on May 28, 2025, due to proactive monitoring and warnings from geologists and local authorities. Geologists had been closely observing the glacier and the surrounding mountainside for weeks, noting signs of instability. Specifically, they identified that the mountain behind the glacier was crumbling, with cracks appearing in the ice and rockfalls occurring, which suggested an imminent risk of a large-scale avalanche or landslide. Estimates indicated that between four to six million cubic meters of rock and debris were unstable, and the glacier's movement had accelerated to about 1.5 meters per day by May 27.
On May 19, 2025, based on these assessments, authorities ordered the evacuation of Blatten’s approximately 300 residents, along with all livestock, as a precautionary measure. This decision was informed by reconnaissance flights, webcam monitoring, and expert analysis, which provided evidence of the glacier's rapid destabilization. The early warning and evacuation likely prevented a greater tragedy, although one person, a 64-year-old man, was reported missing after the collapse.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:36 am to JiminyCricket
What a beautiful place. Heavenly.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:39 am to hawgfaninc
Acht Der lieber
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:41 am to hawgfaninc
Beautiful!!! So, bottle line, only one person in that town slower than a glacier.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:41 am to hawgfaninc
Bold strategy to build it in a valley surrounded my mountains
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:42 am to jeffsdad
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only one person in that town slower than a glacier.
as the old saying goes, you don't have to be the fastest....
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:51 am to Lawyered
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Bold strategy to build it in a valley surrounded my mountains
Curious where they should build towns in mountainous regions if not in the valleys.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:01 am to GumboPot
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What a beautiful place. Heavenly.
It really was. I'll tell you what though, that lake water was frosty for sure
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