Freeport Maine Culvert Failure and Road Collapse
Video by photojournalist Kevyn Fowler of WMTW. Thanks to Bob Cummings of Saguaro GeoServices, Inc. for the heads up.
Video: Freeport Maine Culvert Failure and Road Collapse
Failures
Retaining Wall Failure and Rebuild 6041
Another case study from RetainingWallExpert.com, this one for the failure of a 38-ft high geogrid-reinforced modular block MSE retaining wall. They note that the failure of the retaining wall follows their typical recipe, ‘Just Add […]
Geologic Hazards
ASCE: Cease and Desist over Video Spoof
The American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE sent a cease and desist letter to the owner of the Levees.Org website notifying them to remove a video spoof of its post-Katrina levee inspection. Of course, through the wonders of the internet, Levees.org removed it from YouTube, but someone else posted it again. And because of all the fuss, it’s more popular than it would have been otherwise with over 16,000 views at the time of this post. Click through to watch it.
Geologic Hazards
Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle
I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]