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Ghost
October 26th, 2009, 05:41
Just saw this and thought I would share.

http://www2.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/rockslide_forces_permanent_closure_of_i-40_in_haywood_county/28664/

http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/massive_rockslide_could_close_part_of_interstate-40_for_three_months/34729/

Anyone planning on coming south on I-40 for the next 3 mounths needs to take a detour.
MoparManiac
October 26th, 2009, 05:49
What a sweet commute that would be.

Wheeling on the way to work anyone?

:D
Ghost
October 26th, 2009, 05:52
What a sweet commute that would be.

Wheeling on the way to work anyone?

:D

Yea I thought about that till he said one of the boulders was the size of a locomotive. :roflmao:
CherBear
October 26th, 2009, 06:17
Yea I thought about that till he said one of the boulders was the size of a locomotive. :roflmao:

So what you are saying is that we might need 35s? :confused1
tbburg
October 26th, 2009, 07:11
And good skids
Joshooha
October 26th, 2009, 07:33
that is actually right before a good place to jump off the interstate and go wheeling....if your going west bound.
GrimmJeeper
October 26th, 2009, 07:41
hope nobody is under that mess. can you imagine what that must have sounded like?
DrMoab
October 26th, 2009, 08:31
hope nobody is under that mess. can you imagine what that must have sounded like?

X2 that was my first thoughts.

What I found kind of funny was when I watched the video, the ad at the first was for Limestone Collage.
ehall
October 26th, 2009, 10:43
This used to happen all the time in East Tenn area. Usually there'd be a bus-sized boulder in the middle of the road with cars and trucks squished against it (pretty much instadeath for the occupants).

The interstate there is split 1/4 mile wide, they just knock the remaining side into one-lane and divert traffic while they replace the closed one. In the video there it looks like the interstate is almost joined together.
CherBear
October 26th, 2009, 11:30
How would you even know if there were cars under there? There is a literal mountain on top of them...
Maybe in a month or two they will uncover the road to find a vehicle under there. It could happen...
Ghost
October 26th, 2009, 12:15
This used to happen all the time in East Tenn area. Usually there'd be a bus-sized boulder in the middle of the road with cars and trucks squished against it (pretty much instadeath for the occupants).

The interstate there is split 1/4 mile wide, they just knock the remaining side into one-lane and divert traffic while they replace the closed one. In the video there it looks like the interstate is almost joined together.

That part of I-40 is all together. They have had slides in the past but nothig near like this.
wolfpackjeeper
October 26th, 2009, 15:48
at least the road is still there. I remember a few years ago when US321 washed away just short of Boone, NC.
DrMoab
October 26th, 2009, 20:56
at least the road is still there. I remember a few years ago when US321 washed away just short of Boone, NC.

I think I can one up that.

We had a truck loaded full of explosives blow up on US-6 between SLC and Moab a few years ago.

He vaporized the road.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g265/DrMoab/TRUCK-3.jpg
Ghost
October 28th, 2009, 07:38
I think I can one up that.

We had a truck loaded full of explosives blow up on US-6 between SLC and Moab a few years ago.

He vaporized the road.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g265/DrMoab/TRUCK-3.jpg

Just curious what kinda stuff makes a bang like that?
DrMoab
October 28th, 2009, 08:00
Just curious what kinda stuff makes a bang like that?

I can't remember what it was called. It was a whole trailer full of high explosives. It rolled, caught on fire and then blew up. Amazingly no one was seriously hurt. I saw a video of the explosion from a camcorder in a car about a 1/4 mile away and it was damn impressive.
Ghost
October 28th, 2009, 08:05
I can't remember what it was called. It was a whole trailer full of high explosives. It rolled, caught on fire and then blew up. Amazingly no one was seriously hurt. I saw a video of the explosion from a camcorder in a car about a 1/4 mile away and it was damn impressive.

So is said video available? :) Driver survived too?
DrMoab
October 28th, 2009, 09:12
So is said video available? :) Driver survived too?

I looked and couldn't find it. It was on the news.

Yeah driver and his co-driver walked away. It didn't blow up right away. It was several minutes...maybe a half hour after the wreck that it blew up.
DrMoab
October 28th, 2009, 09:17
Found this.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=92793

Can't find the video though.
GSequoia
October 28th, 2009, 10:23
Ryan fails to mention that the highway got blown up again, what, two months later?


I suggest not driving that highway if your load is in any way combustible, it's cursed! :firedevil
Carol.92124
October 28th, 2009, 10:56
If your load's combustible, quit eating flammable food!!
bjoehandley
October 28th, 2009, 19:44
I think I can one up that.

We had a truck loaded full of explosives blow up on US-6 between SLC and Moab a few years ago.

He vaporized the road.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g265/DrMoab/TRUCK-3.jpg

I remember when that one was originally posted on here, talk about one hell of a video:explosion
Texas Twitch
October 28th, 2009, 21:39
that crater is crazy! Closest thing i've got is when a tractor-trailer wrecked between two parts of the northbound part of I-75 a few years back and exploded....nothing NEAR that though!
DrMoab
October 29th, 2009, 08:23
Ryan fails to mention that the highway got blown up again, what, two months later?

The second time it didn't really blow up. A gas tanker rolled and burned. They had to repave...right over where they just repaved(it was within 20 feet of the explosion) but it didn't blow up.