22 March 2012
Boulder vs house
Posted by Dave Petley
A rather impressive coming together of a boulder and a house occurred in Athens, Ohio on Tuesday. The is the source area (with the boulder in the foreground):
http://www.athensohiotoday.com/news/article_bb3e0152-730c-11e1-80ab-001871e3ce6c.html
And this is the aftermath:
http://www.athensohiotoday.com/news/article_bb3e0152-730c-11e1-80ab-001871e3ce6c.html
The rock, which is about 8 m in diameter, detached at about 10 pm. Fortunately no-one was hurt and the house is thought to be repairable.
The boulder is also featured on a CNN video (thanks to Peter Weisinger for the tip-off). It is worth watching just for the commentary. So very erudite…
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
The house may be repairable but I am not so sure about the car!
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