Sedalia Dave Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Major Landslide Destroys 8 Homes In Northern Norway Notice that when the guy filming walks up to the gray house there are no cracks in the drive but when hew starts leaving there are cracks in the ground in front of the RV. The wide angle footage is the area he was just in sliding into the sea. Quote A major #landslide of more than 400-500 meter long and 30 meter high occurred in Alta, northern Norway on Wed. afternoon and has taken several houses into the sea. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has reported a minor landslide in this area on May 29, 2020 (https://lnkd.in/gziBAFe), a few days before occurring the main/major landslide. According to local media reports, several smaller landslides occurred in the hours following the main incident and the instability continued for several hours (see drone Footage). NVE district engineer Anders Bjordal was on site and said that NVE is conducting investigations of the failed area. As per him, it was a “Quick Clay Landslide”. Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is any of several distinctively sensitive glaciomarine clays found in Canada, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the United States, and other locations around the world. The clay is so unstable that when a mass of quick clay is subjected to sufficient stress, the material behavior may drastically change from that of a particulate material to that of a watery fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pay Dirt Norvelle #90056 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I saw the video somewhere, that was something else and scary. Hope no one was hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Sound like southern California every couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dog Doug Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 In the SF bay area 10 houses and 3 apartments slide in ocean but alot slower build in the 60s with great ocean view . then the coast line moved east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Hard to believe the fellow recording that event never said anything. I probably would have let a couple of expletives slip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I wonder if they’d have insurance for that type of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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