Raw Video: Falling Rocks in Tennessee

[tilian9990]

GF road

[soccerguy5525]

i think i saw chuck norris come out of the dust

[xam113w]

Watch those solid concrete barriers get ripped out of the way like nothing, gives you a good idea of how dead you could be.

[billhaley1868]

'Cue the mudslide... aaaaand cut!'

[njensen98]

This video has the AP logo on it because it was picked up by them afterwards. The raw footage is available on the Chattanooga Times Free Press website.

[dec458]

They are not expecting to have the rock slide cleaned up till January according to the latest news reports. They won't build the new corrider through the Ocoee Valley because it will cost 1 billion dollars.

[penguinluther]

@dec458

Oh dear, I have to travel this road to get home and now I am afraid I will have to take a detour :( Anyone know how long the detour is?

[njensen98]

In continuation, this was caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Ida and recent minor earthquakes in the area, no dynamite. This is a highway they want open, and it will now be closed for a month. Even though it doesn't look like much, it is a major route for the area, especially with Interstate 40 closed between Tennessee and North Carolina from an even bigger rock slide. It's now very difficult to get between Tennessee and North Carolina if you're a truck driver.

[njensen98]

Okay, just to clear this up for everybody, since I live in the area where this happened. This is totally real, no dynamite involved. There were two rock slide that day, this Tuesday, in this area. The first early in the morning, which is why there was already heavy equipment, workers, a reporter, etc. on the scene. Then the second one, which is shown here, happened in the afternoon. The video was shot by a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The full video can be found on their site.

[karena222fu]

there was nothing special cause it was dynamite that did it it was not natural but thanks anyway=(

[wncoutdoors]

No, it wasn't dynamite that triggered this slide. It was dynamite that created the road bed, and the rock slope itself, so in a way you could say it was not natural. However, the slide happened "on its own" with no explosives. The reason they were filming is because a smaller slide had happened earlier (see the rock sitting on the road at the beginning). They knew the slope was unstable, and guessed right that it would slide again.

[Juntahh]

OH JESUS!

[jackmap]

UH OH! That can't be good! :-(

[jenisoutofhermind]

wow

[PY2RPJ]

Macacos me mordam!!!!!

[pubtor]

wow dangerous

[JOS3EMMANUEL]

pfff thats nothin compare to the rock slides in peru and bolivia

[cjm2783]

shut the hell up

[stretch34318]

Did they know it was going to fall? If not, why were they filming?

[studogg120]

They keep the camera rolling in case something like this happens.

[nlcraine]

No they don't! This was totally planned....notice guys already there with helmets and stuff on and notice they are laughing....and that was filmed by AP....not a road crew people....that's a new organization in case you don't know....they were not shocked at all about it...oh and no cars....they most likely didn't know it would fall in that magnitude....but they were expecting it.

[mapmanic]

"falling rocks"!?!?! what a euphemism!

[daedalx]

Wait.. that's a major highway?

[daedalx]

Oh. wow. I wasn't expecting that. The camera man must have nerves of alloy.

[TheRealDavlion]

HAHA the earth was like "Take that stupid street!" and the street died.

[folion37130]

lolz

[rjgirly]

i am even now more stupid for having read your post!

[TheRealDavlion]

I guess anything is possible.

[WiiGoGetter]

nature most hate the high war

[WiiGoGetter]

i ment way not war

[Vleesball]

holy fuck nugget that was awesome !

[screwopenborders]

glad nobody got crushed.

[palmrockbermuda]

wow

[DaFinisherBX]

ROCK ON

[NB5BHVL]

Help! I've fallin and I can't get up OUCH!

[Eve777adam]

Watch for falling rocks!!!

[daguy1234]

Nature win