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Cleanup continues after 10 million pounds of boulders crush stretch of Colorado highway
KKTV ^
| 25 May, 2019
| Lindsey Grewe
Posted on 05/26/2019 6:48:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: Freedom4US
“Psst: Someone tell the Editor - Every 2000 pounds = 1 Ton”
Yeah, but “10 million pounds” helps fill the writer’s “Hype Quota for the Week”!
I’m surprised they didn’t list ounces.
Most folks dealing with moving rock & dirt would have said “yards” (cubic yards, about 2 tons)
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posted on
05/27/2019 2:33:54 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
( crawl up inside the)
To: 21twelve
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posted on
05/27/2019 3:21:25 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
To: Ezekiel
Think henges darling. Henges
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posted on
05/27/2019 5:39:17 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*I'm living the dream.* & :))
To: Freedom4US
Carats even though that doesn’t appear to contain too many gems. So it 5 per gram. What do we have grams per oz? about 29 or 30.
I need that ballpark in how many carats!
To: Alas Babylon!
I’m guessing they will throw a rope around that rock and pull it away with the 4 wheeler?
To: Joined2Justify
Avoirdupois or Troy ounces?
No, I have it!!
GRAINS - 7000 Grains in a Pound.
To: 21twelve
To: octex; volunbeer
From one angle it looks well clear of the road. Although it isn't anywhere near as satisfying as a vigorous application of explosives, they could just leave it where it sits.
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posted on
05/27/2019 8:04:13 AM PDT
by
null and void
(The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
To: george76
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posted on
05/27/2019 8:33:38 AM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: MtnClimber
Pretty wet spring so far loosening up the rocks.
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posted on
05/27/2019 9:22:00 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Build the wall, deport them all.)
To: null and void
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:29:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
To: 21twelve
Did you see the video? Above is a long ridge with a cliff at the top that runs for a long distance. Below the cliffs is a fairly steep incline, approx. 45 degrees or steeper, that descends a good 1/4 mile or so to the highway/valley below. The boulders did travel a fair distance.
My takeaway from the video was that there are more huge boulders, in the form of the gradually decaying cliffside, that will eventually all come down. Over a very long period of time of course.
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posted on
05/27/2019 2:56:17 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/05/2019 5:45:49 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
("God love ya! What am I talking about")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
A boulder the size of that second house would have wiped out the dinosaurs...
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posted on
06/05/2019 6:02:28 PM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
06/05/2019 6:10:23 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of ColoraTake up ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: PLMerite
Colorado should route the road around the boulder and then make it a state park with admission fees for those who want to take a selfie.
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posted on
06/05/2019 6:13:29 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of ColoraTake up ado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
That's what they said about the meteor in that 1953 movie:
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06/05/2019 6:34:15 PM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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