Brazilian Landslide Destroys Port - Neatorama

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On October 17th, a landslide destroyed the pier at Chibatão Port on the Amazon River in Brazil. This video from a security camera shows the destruction as it happened. The river had been at it lowest level since records started being kept in 1902. A cracked developed along the river bank and cargo containers were sucked down as the banks collapsed. Link -Thanks, Chris!

How did this not make the news?

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For those interested in this matter, the Landslide Blog has some informed comments -

http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2010/10/29/an-amazing-landslide-video-from-manaus-in-brazil/

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AWESOME!!@!!!!11112

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I like the way the camera moves: you can "hear" the guy at the commands OMG!OMG!OMG!

And : the landslide blog? gotta be a blog for anything on the web ;)

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Talk about sitting on a time bomb.

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A little Benny Hill music goes a LONG way.

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Ouch. That gotta hurt.

I have always imagined myself getting in a situation like this, BEFORE it happens, kudos to camera man.

Elli

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