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Bullet
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Neat, I don't even remember hearing about this last year.

http://www.wral.com/utah-avalanche-was-largest-in-modern-history/13279699/

1/8/2014 2:13:50 PM

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Avalanche Landslide

1/8/2014 2:29:42 PM

rflong
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Yeah it definitely looks like a landslide more than an avalanche, but I am sure that is just some sort of semantics in terms of how each is defined.

The part that is amazing is that no one died, but the company buried 14 of the giant dump trucks. Aren't those things like a few million $$ each?

1/8/2014 2:39:20 PM

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1/8/2014 2:42:46 PM

0EPII1
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^ fuck, is that a real pic???

1/8/2014 2:47:38 PM

BrickTop
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you ask the stupidest fucking questions

1/8/2014 2:50:52 PM

Bullet
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Quote :
"Avalanche Landslide"


Oh yeah. The AP really dropped the ball on that one.

1/8/2014 3:05:04 PM

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North Americas least snowy avalanche

1/8/2014 4:16:34 PM

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"The avalanche near Salt Lake City last year was North America's largest such disaster in modern history"


Quote :
"The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington unleashed a landslide 57 times larger than Kennecott's."


does not compute

1/8/2014 4:27:13 PM

moron
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^^ lol...

1/8/2014 4:37:36 PM

jbtilley
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^^"such disaster" meaning largest landslide caused by a big hole that was dug?

[Edited on January 8, 2014 at 4:57 PM. Reason : -]

1/8/2014 4:56:17 PM

ncsuapex
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1981 is the start to the modern era. Duh.

1/8/2014 5:06:18 PM

dtownral
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WOW

such disaster!

1/8/2014 6:40:23 PM

Hoffmaster
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It is correct to call a landslide an avalanche.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche

The more you know!

1/14/2014 8:28:59 PM

Smath74
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it's an obscure and inaccurate description.

1/14/2014 8:29:58 PM

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