TN Rock Slide

[epcIII]

Cool video of a rock slide here in TN (near where the Olympic kayaking was held during the Atlanta games). The geologist who told everyone to move back was my teacher for an engineering geology class I took. She was cool cause you could really tell she loved her work. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...lated

[ou.grizzly]

I heard stories of a mountain in KY or TN actually sliding off killing people at a campground and creating a lake, this was years ago. Now sure how accurate it is...

[epcIII]

Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »I heard stories of a mountain in KY or TN actually sliding off killing people at a campground and creating a lake, this was years ago. Now sure how accurate it is... You're probably thinking of Quake Lake in Montana that killed 28 campers in '59.

[ou.grizzly]

Quote, originally posted by epcIII »You're probably thinking of Quake Lake in Montana that killed 28 campers in '59.That may be it! Think one of the survivors is a Geologist Professor from my understanding - once again, may be wrong.

[Kari]

There are currently boulders the size of houses sitting on I-40 on the TN/NC border...it's expected to be closed for months for cleanup and additional blasting to get some even larger boulders off that are barely hanging on.

[epcIII]

Quote, originally posted by Kari »There are currently boulders the size of houses sitting on I-40 on the TN/NC border...it's expected to be closed for months for cleanup and additional blasting to get some even larger boulders off that are barely hanging on.We studied that area in my class that she taught and we've been there for a geology trip--it never looked too safe!

[lovemyraffe]

Quote, originally posted by epcIII »You're probably thinking of Quake Lake in Montana that killed 28 campers in '59.My dad was there.