Climate change?

If you ever drive through, the interpretive centre is a great stop. Very informative with great interactive exhibits.

Ahead of it's time if it was.

70 to 90 people. Accuracy and accountability for human lives.👌🏼

I’m not sure I understand your point. Are you remarking on the imprecision of the estimate?

It would’ve been more interesting but, Canada

It was 1903, most bodies were never recovered so the actual count could not be officially confirmed

Not a fan of Oh Canada Eh?

Coal mining operations and an already unstable geological structure

Think about that, 1903. It's almost 2023. So 120 years ago. In the middle of nowhere. It's amazing that we have records!

Didn’t they know who lived there? I may be over estimating the knowledge everyone had the at the time

Same is true for now.

That horse went out like a fuckin' man!

TIL of the Frank Slide. In 1903, 44 million tons of rock fell in one of the largest landslides in Canadian history, which partially buried a town and killed 70-90 people. A horse, Charlie, survived for a month underground, only to die after being overfed oats and brandy after being rescued.

^ For those who are also really tired and trying to read the title.

I was there last summer, It’s not far from where I live. It is an absolutely insane amount of rock, you really have to see it in person to understand the level of destruction it caused. Drive through it on highway 3

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There was a transient camp of 50ish people at the bottom and they had no idea how many had “moved on” at the time of the slide. (It’s in the article-do not be impressed, I almost never read the article)

Frank Slide sounds like a great name for a comic book detective. A no-nonsense anti-hero that's not afraid of rattling a few cages to get the job done.

It is a haunting area to drive through. Vast majority of the rock is still where it came to rest after the slide. The interpretive centre and path into and overlooking the boulders is fascinating.

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A giant barren up hill field covered in giant boulders, it is insane!

Seriously, what is UP with the 7-year old grammar these days?

What style of grammar is only 7 years old?

Did Shatner write this title or something?

The debris field is still there. They moved enough rubble for the highway and train tracks and that’s it.

aerial view

You can hike through it and so many of the boulders are house sized that climbers have bouldering routes up them. It’s really interesting to see in person. It’s pretty much half a mountain of debris. And for those that only look at titles, this occurred in the middle of the night when everybody was sleeping.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FwL6QP5n1pV4Dcmq7
Such an amazing place. So much rock spread for kilometers. My son says it is his favorite place on earth. He explored around the rocks for more than half a day. Until I all but dragged him away.

.....and will drop 44 million pounds of rock on the bad guys

The band Rural Alberta Advantage wrote a song about it. One of my favorites.

Here’s the song

Edit: wow my first award! Thank you!

came to the comments to see if someone had translated.

much appreciated!

It was a town owned by a mining company, they didn’t care that much about their slaves

The local indigenous called that area, “The moving mountains”; maybe the mining company should’ve done some consultation first?

It was the start of the 1900's. H&S wasn't exactly a thing back then.

They knew about Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (Black lung disaster) but didn’t care either too

And that’s where the Charlie Horse is from

No problem. It was like the third titlegore in a row that I'd seen last night on this sub alone, I guess I'm getting old because formatting and structure bothers me.

*110 million tonnes

Good catch, not sure how I screwed that one up. I blame the alcohol.

The title isn't that bad, it's pretty funny in fact

It’s terribly worded. It’s unclear what it’s even saying

Actually they just added a period after Charlie that throws the whole thing off

what doofus thought it was a good idea to give the horse any brandy at all let alone enough to be considered to much

I found that odd too. Last thing I would do is give an animal alcohol.

I'm almost certain Patrick Warburton stars in a detective noir spoof where he plays a character called Rock Slide.

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Just imagine Captain Kirk reading it. Makes sense then.