the_cole•2mo agoMost Upvoted

Watched a dig site shift overnight in Death Valley and it still bothers me

I was out near the old mining camp last November and saw these rock patterns that looked totally stable, then came back the next morning after a flash flood and the whole layout had slid three feet downhill. The water basically rearranged thousands of years of natural stratigraphy in a few hours. Has anyone else seen a site get wrecked like that by weather?

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ben2062mo ago

Damn that's wild! I can barely keep my couch from sliding around when I watch a movie marathon, Mother Nature out here rearranging whole landscapes like it's nothing lmao.

james_singh72mo ago

Is it really that serious though? People act like earthquakes are the end of the world but most of them are just a little shaking. You see it on the news and everyone panics but 99% of the time it's just a mild tremor. We get a few cracks in the drywall and suddenly it's a disaster. I've lived through a few and barely noticed until someone mentioned it. Feels like everyone overhypes nature's little hiccups.

uma6851mo ago

Totally agree, I once slept through one thinking it was my cat knocking stuff over until my roommates freaked out.