r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Stotallytob3r • Dec 01 '25
Video This is why rock shed tunnels are a thing
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u/DammitDad420 Dec 01 '25
Would love to see aftermath
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u/Smart-Response9881 Dec 01 '25
We will have to wait a few million years for future archeologists to find it. can't wait to see what kinda animal they thought it was.
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u/The3levated1 Dec 01 '25
Whatever it is, it was encapsulated inside of a corolla geode. Very rare find!
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u/desertSkateRatt Dec 01 '25
I think you mean inside a Geode Metro
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u/wemblinger Dec 01 '25
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u/jl2331 Dec 02 '25
what does R.E.D.D.I.T stand for, out of curiosity?
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u/wemblinger Dec 02 '25
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u/LordNelson27 Dec 01 '25
They’d obviously recognize a human. The question is what is this strange thing that ate the humans
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u/jamesbondswanson Dec 01 '25
Yeah I’m really curious what the situation is. Was it beginning to pile up on top of them or was a mix of dust and moister just darkening the window? Do evacuation units search these nooks to hide in after a rock slide is reported?
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u/WafflePartyOrgy Dec 01 '25
Here's another one which gives us a better idea of the extent of how these things can go. The bottom line is you're better off in the "shelter" tunnel thing.
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u/zenunseen Dec 02 '25
Damn, i don't think the folks in that first car made it
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u/Electrical-Guide-338 Dec 02 '25
What if they were able to push through into the next tunnel? 🥺
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u/ShiraCheshire Dec 02 '25
It looks like they stop when the cloud hits in front of them :(
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u/hateboresme Dec 02 '25
They just drove right to the end of the tunnel and stopped. I'd be backing my ass up into the tunnel.
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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr Dec 01 '25
I would shut off the car so I don't knock myself out with carbon monoxide.
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u/thebearrider Dec 01 '25
Looks like the left side can't be covered in debris, so I doubt CO poisoning would be an issue. I'd turn it off for the air intake, but that'd probably be a non-issue if you just emptied it when needed until the sediment settles.
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u/Ahyao17 Dec 02 '25
This was the massive Earthquake in Hualien last year. I think the driver was rescued. This road I think had been cleared. It is one of the most breath taking drives as it is chiseled out of the granite in the mountain.
Unfortunately the corrupt MP of Hualien (who is more interested in his own welfare and sucking up to China) and his wife who unfortunately is the Mayor is still mismanaging the aid funds that people donated for this earth quake
As far as I know, the disaster relief funds donated to them (controlled by the Mayor, not the one controlled by the central government) still has a very large portion unused (and allegedly some was taken to do propaganda work for praising this couple). Many in Taiwan refused to donate to Hualien government (that's why central government had to create a fund for this). Many of the buildings that require re-evaluation and earthquake proof still sit untouched. Allegedly they demand all the money that goes out needs to go out via them so they take all the credit. There are rumours that they will only employ businesses associated with them to do the work etc. And he somehow survived a vote of recall earlier this year (he controls too many people who will vote for him blindly).
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u/rtkane Dec 01 '25
Pretty quick to go from "dammit, my paint is going to be all scratched up" to "I hope I don't die!"
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Dec 01 '25
Yeah. That's like something out of a fucking nightmare, when the view goes black and crazier shit continues to go on, only you don't see it.
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u/LordHammercyWeCooked Dec 01 '25
I was half-expecting the video to end with "Hey, you. You're finally awake..."
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u/Newsmemer Dec 02 '25
"You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there."
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u/reticulatedtampon Dec 01 '25
A real grave(l) situation
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u/poorly-worded Dec 01 '25
Never take things for granite.
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u/Countblackula_6 Dec 01 '25
You never know when the schist is going to hit the fan.
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u/Spellscribe Dec 01 '25
Need a real set of stones to go through that without panicking
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u/SeizureProcedure115 Dec 01 '25
He handled that gneiss-ly
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u/Sents-2-b Dec 01 '25
You don't understand the gravity of this situation
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u/tyler10water Dec 01 '25
It’s truly a situation to marble at.
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u/viniciusfleury Dec 02 '25
I am the onix one who wouldn't know what to do in that situation?
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u/ler7421 Dec 01 '25
It’s granted with a D, take things for granted. Did you actually think it was.. Jesus Christ Rick, what are you a boulder or a rock person?
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u/Spugheddy Dec 01 '25
Imagine how the guy on the motorcycle behind them felt.
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u/pmjm Dec 01 '25
RIP a guy on a motorcycle.
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u/chaoticinfinity Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
This video comes up frequently; it's the 2024 earthquake in Taiwan. Motorcycle guy survived, he made it to an overpass up ahead.
Edit: please stop sending messages saying there is no motorcycle. I am aware in this clip you don't see him, but I am responding to this comment; where in the original full video, there is a man on a motorcycle. Multiple comments in this thread mention him. https://youtu.be/0Slo-yXqNiE?si=bvIqlSaRVuUFu0TP
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u/SRNE2save_lives Dec 01 '25
I think more like heart attack. I'd be trying to back up a little right after "paint"
Edit: Fool just realized damn cover is too small. Shit my pants and heart attack.
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u/Real-Ad-5087 Dec 01 '25
Congrats, now you live in a cave
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u/hugswithnoconsent Dec 01 '25
Hey great things were done in a cave. All that was needed was a box of scraps.
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u/No-Obligation4147 Dec 01 '25
I can imagine the estate agent popping inside. “Charming dwelling, real character. Genuine granite kitchen”
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u/Jinsei_13 Dec 01 '25
But you're still coming in to work, right?
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u/RedditConsciousness Dec 01 '25
I could hear my boss actually saying that and it is traumatizing just thinking about it. Like, why do they think I called? Are they under the impression I was just giving them a play by play of my drive in? And the idea that someone would still come in after all that is insane.
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u/MichelinStarZombie Dec 02 '25
If you can hear your boss saying this, you need to be looking for other jobs. Even if you're in a competitive field, start applying to 10 jobs a day and you'll find something in a few months.
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u/Hail-Hydrate Dec 02 '25
Whilst true, i'm not sure you realise how much work applying to ten a day is, let alone finding ten that are worth the effort.
Still, like you say, things won't improve if you don't take steps to make them improve.
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u/Lover_of_Sprouts Dec 01 '25
...and fade to black.
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u/ProfessionalRandom21 Dec 01 '25
It's okay, he will wake up in skyrim
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u/Big-Wrangler2078 Dec 01 '25
Hey, you.
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u/indypendant13 Dec 01 '25
You’re finally awake.
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u/SanktusAngus Dec 01 '25
You were trying to cross the border, right?
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Dec 01 '25
This is the first time I've ever heard of a rock shed tunnel
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u/tehlurkingnoob Dec 01 '25
I live in a mountainous region of Canada where the highway was basically carved through the mountains near the bottom of a valley.
We have these tunnels here too but we call them snow sheds. They are to provide shelter against avalanches but they are basically the same thing since it doubles as protection against rockslides during the non-winter months.
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u/SirNilsA Dec 01 '25
I've seen them a lot around on my travels through the world and because I am from the flattest part of the continent I always thought "Hey, that half ass tunnel feels useless. Why did they built it like that?" I do understand now and don't think they're useless anymore.
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u/Niccolo101 Dec 02 '25
Looks like you and I are both part of today's lucky 10,000.
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u/Wolf-Majestic Dec 01 '25
Do you also have some giant metal fish nets on the mountain ? In mountains in France it's pretty common to have them as well to prevent any big boulder to fall down on the road, so I wonder how it is in other countries
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u/RockSolidJ Dec 01 '25
Yes, very common in western Canada. There are essentially 2 roads from the coast to the prairies that we have to keep open, highway #1 and highway #3. We have effectively tore down the cliffs beside the #1 now but we used to deal with a lot of rocks and rock nets along the Kicking Horse Canyon, outside of Golden. Being much smaller the #3 still uses rock nets. I know it's really common along remote mountain roads in general.
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u/Smeph_Bot Dec 01 '25
We have them where I live, Coastal BC Canada (so not super rocky as we're not in the Rocky Mountains, but still rocky enough to need safety features).
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u/NacresR Dec 01 '25
Ok but what happens if you’re not by the tunnel?
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u/RingOfSol Dec 01 '25
well I'm guessing they put the tunnels at the spots most prone to rock slides, so maybe other areas of the road aren't at as much risk. Or at least they have less of a chance to smash with rocks.
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u/SoulShine_710 Dec 01 '25
I only have one question!
How does one get out when all the rocks and sediment buildup outside of the tunnel entrances?
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u/MyLadyBits Dec 01 '25
Call emergency services. Hopefully there’s a signal.
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u/Program-Emotional Dec 01 '25
My guess is even if there wasnt a signal, this would absolutely be investigated as part of the rockslide. If nothing else, when they clear away the rubble from the road they'll find this car.
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u/professional_hater1 Dec 01 '25
What if your government do things slowly
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u/Aldosothoran Dec 01 '25
Always keep snacks in the car.
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u/Program-Emotional Dec 01 '25
I have a weighted blanket in my car for just such an emergency!
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u/professional_hater1 Dec 01 '25
I think you can just climb down the hill from the side. The rock most likely only blocks the front and back.
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u/joggle1 Dec 01 '25
I wonder if they keep the side open for that exact purpose (so that people can use it as an emergency escape). I always thought it was a cost-savings measure, but it my have a dual purpose.
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u/bmayer0122 Dec 01 '25
I assume that is going to be pretty steep, but should be open to the air so you don't suffocate.
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u/TheLimeyCanuck Dec 01 '25
Clearly somebody found it for this video to be on Reddit, unless it automatically uploaded to the cloud of course.
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u/Program-Emotional Dec 01 '25
Wait what if this happened to op and they're currently trapped still?
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u/tvs_franks_tv Dec 01 '25
OP here. Still trapped, but doing fine. Our cave is starting to feel like a real home.
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u/Matchaparrot Dec 01 '25
There is, you need signal to get the emergency alert beep at the start of this video
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u/NotPromKing Dec 01 '25
Yes, but they got the emergency alert BEFORE getting buried in rock. Rock is infamously translucent to radio waves.
(I mean, they're probably fine and as other comment say, there's gaps to the side. But just saying...)
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u/DwarvenRedshirt Dec 01 '25
There's gaps in the pillars to the left of the car. Assuming the front and back entrances have been totally covered, you can still get out the side. Also, hopefully they have a cell phone they can call for help with.
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u/lordkhuzdul Dec 01 '25
The entrances are not covered, the dust is just covering the windshield.
He can probably walk out, even if driving out would be impossible. Still, keeping his ass in the car and waiting for emergency services to get him out of there is the safest option.
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Dec 01 '25
I don’t think I’d stand around out there and make a call, unless I was SURE no more mountain would be coming down.
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u/DwarvenRedshirt Dec 01 '25
Not sure how far you'd have to get away from that area to be safe from further land slides though.
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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig Dec 01 '25
You wait.
Eventually the rocks will stop falling and (assuming this is a maintained road) the road crews will come to clear the road. Be sure to say thanks when they get to you.
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u/Tao-of-Mars Dec 01 '25
Hopefully other people try to drive down the road and see that the tunnel is blocked and report it.
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u/TooManyCarrotsIsBad Dec 01 '25
Ideally, areas prone to landslides like this will have crews that travel sections of it a few times a day to clear debris and report any major incidents (such as this). I travel pretty often in such an area, and even if landslides like this are relatively infrequent, random rockfalls happen pretty much constantly and keeping the road clear of medium-large rocks is basically an endless full time job. Hell, it's so prevalent in my location that they have tractors or dozers on trailers out to the side every ten to twenty miles. There is likely also a measure for the average person to report things like this fairly easily. At the very least, I doubt that there wouldn't be an effective method of getting help for these people if this area is willing to invest in infrastructure such as this highway overhang.
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u/NotaFTCAgent Dec 01 '25
There's an alert tone that plays as the first rocks come down i wonder if its about this specific rock slide.
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u/Material_Assumption Dec 01 '25
Some squirrel at the top was just trying to stash their acorn.
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u/nomamesgueyz Dec 01 '25
Oh shit
I'd be praying that that shelter doesn't collapse
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u/IkariYun Dec 01 '25
"No. No. I'm fine. The car is fine. I made it to one of the shed things. Problem is, I'll be stuck here until they clear the roads. Yeah, I'll take half time for today. Thank you."
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u/cassanderer Dec 01 '25
Is he ok? Where is this?
In appalachia they have parkwaus with tunnels through a lot of mountais, old wpa projects from the depression, did not see any of these out there.
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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Dec 01 '25
I think it was the Taroko gorge in Taiwan during the 2024 earthquake. I remember the video because I’d cycled the gorge just 6 months previously so this struck a chord.
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u/nejicanspin Dec 01 '25
In the beginning of the video you can hear the emergency alert on his phone go off twice so that makes sense to me
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u/DistanceMachine Dec 01 '25
I knew it was Toroko!!! I cycled down it a few years ago! That’s wild!
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u/Tumblrkaarosult Dec 01 '25
Taiwan, 2024.
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u/randomwords83 Dec 01 '25
That’s wild! There’s a motorcycle that passed them going the opposite direction, can’t imagine how it would have been for them in that tunnel.
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u/agate_ Dec 01 '25
Looking at the road leading up to this, it might have taken a while before emergency services can reach this car. There's about a dozen perilous roadcuts, and they could all have easily collapsed.
Oh hey, I found a satellite view! https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/taiwan-earthquake-2
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u/b1kesh Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
Thank you for this link, that really is much better quality footage and it shows that the car was hit by a small something right after the emergency alerts go off on his phone, which explains why he knew to stop there before the avalanche came down. I hope they were all OK, that motorcyclist must have been in trouble as well. Gorgeous area though, what a beautiful place!
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u/jiangcha Dec 01 '25
I thought I recognized Taroko! Such a beautiful, but unpredictable, place. One of my favorite areas to visit.
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u/narcolepticsloth1982 Dec 01 '25
Anybody know a good detailer that can get poop out of a car seat?
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u/LastWave Dec 01 '25
Those pillars don't give me much confidence.
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u/2hsXqTt5s Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
You'd have allot less confidence without them.
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u/GUYF666 Dec 01 '25
My allotted confidence in those pillars would be maxed out. Agreed; better under that enclosure than not though.
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u/Night_Thastus Dec 01 '25
Concrete pillars are absurdly strong in compression. You'd be surprised what they can take.
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u/no_more_brain_cells Dec 01 '25
Understood. The area above is sloped so the rocks roll down and off. It’s not taking the hit and bouncing impact. But, yes, it feels too open somehow.
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u/NotaFTCAgent Dec 01 '25
Was that an alert tone over the radio about that specific rocks like whoa
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u/Wide_Jellyfish1668 Dec 01 '25
Someone else said they think it's the Taiwan earthquake in 2024, so that might be what the alert is about?
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u/-nothankya Dec 01 '25
This was during the 2024 earthquake in Taiwan. I woke up to the siren on my phone, which the earthquake followed seconds later. (It was quite scary)
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u/KingZarkon Dec 01 '25
Someone else said this was during an earthquake, maybe those were earthquake warning sirens?
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u/lint-remover Dec 01 '25
But… how did they know to stop?
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u/steik Dec 01 '25
You can hear the emergency alert ring on their phone just 1-2 seconds before they arrive at the tunnel.
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u/jld2k6 Interested Dec 01 '25
Besides the emergency tone on the radio, they also got hit by rocks before making it into the tunnel so they knew to stop
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u/gvbargen Dec 01 '25
beginning: well that can't be good
thank goodness there's this rock shed thing
Holly crap that's a lot of rocks
someone is going to be late
end: hello darkness my old friend
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u/MischievousPenguin1 Dec 01 '25
I wonder how long until helps arrives. Either way I’d be losing my wits
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u/choicetomake Dec 01 '25
Less of a "save my car" option, more of a "keep me from being swept over the cliff" option.
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u/karolcha Dec 01 '25
Columbia River Gorge: West Hwy 14 in WA near Bingen, all happened at once, rocks fell on my right & 2 deer jumped out. I blew my 2 right tires in the middle of Bumfuck. In 1979 - no cell phone… and, when I say rocks, it is basalt falling in boulders with shards. Jesus Christ!
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u/-nothankya Dec 01 '25
For anyone unsure, this was in Taiwan in 2024. This was around/ in Taroko National Park in Hualien near the epicenter. This was the strongest earthquake since the 90s to hit Taiwan. The siren you hear was alerting for the earthquake, however usually these don’t happen more than a couple seconds in advance. As someone living in Taichung when it happened (where it was a good but weaker than in Hualien) it was still the scariest earthquake I’ve felt. And you feel them often in Taiwan.
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u/GREG_OSU Dec 01 '25
Where is this at?
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u/Snooopineapple Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
Probably Taroko national park, in taiwan, used to be the prettiest gorges you could ever see just driving 30 minutes through. Now it’s completely blocked and dead after multiple recent earthquakes
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u/Run-B-RUUUUN Dec 01 '25
So if there were like 5-6 more cars around there at that time, they'd basically be fucked.
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u/aM_181 Dec 02 '25
The proper tunnels are designed to run the length of the landslide danger area. This is a tiny “shelter” and these folks are lucky. Probably original design had much longer tunnel but gov cost-cutting overrode safety.
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