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It looks like something badly CGI'd into a disaster movie, but it's real: an 11 million ton iceberg, slowly moving toward a village, threatening to destroy everything in its path.
Just look at this thing.
A massive section of the iceberg falls off at around 30 seconds in, which gives you a sense of the scale here. If the iceberg becomes destabilised, and a larger chunk is broken off, it could create a tsunami, which could potentially destroy the town of Innaarsuit. This sped up GIF does a good job of illustrating the iceberg's movement.
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Watch This Gigantic, Terrifying Iceberg Slowly Move Toward a Tiny Greenland Village
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(Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Monday July 16 2018, @05:24PM (1 child)
I like the idea of cheap artillery pieces more than sending over expensive drones shooting even more expensive Hellfires. However. How about simply rigging the mountain with conventional explosives?
Or how about not doing anything until there is an actual problem and only if there ever will be an actual problem?
Admittedly the 33 people who have left the village together with the 169 who so far have stayed, will enjoy the fireworks show of the artillery command doing the shelling from the top of that mountain at the other side of the point where the camera was set up of that video made by this local resident. I'm sure the homeowners there can organize a nice barbeque with a nice after party inviting the soldiers for some sangria later in the evening.
Maybe they should bring some tents, in case it's cloudy that day and it starts raining.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday July 17 2018, @09:15AM
I think they use conventional explosives to clear mountains above some of the Canadian highways. But I take your point that doing nothing is a sensible option.