3 ms·

> According to him, one of the cables had been dragged "over a kilometer" Undersea landslides can go for over a hundred kilometers and can last hours. So I'm

> According to him, one of the cables had been dragged "over a kilometer" Undersea landslides can go for over a hundred kilometers and can last hours. So I'm not sure why this is impressive or in question? It doesn't seem unlikely to me.

curtisf 3y ago
Good journalists cite their factual claims, even/especially if they're believable. I've never heard of underwater landslides, and I don't think it's a reasonable assumption that a reader knows anything about them.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  > I've never heard of underwater landslides They are a huge cause of tsunamis, with the slips often precipitated by earthquakes.
  - kfixjviv 3y ago
    In geology, there's a literature about cable breaks caused by "turbidity currents". In particular, this 1952 paper by Heezen and Ewing is celebrated https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1952-heezen.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1952-heezen.pdf
- aaron695 3y ago
  [dead]
- lproven 3y ago
  > I've never heard of underwater landslides Good heavens. You do surprise me. There have been some vast ones, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide Some have the potential to massively affect human life well above sea level, e.g. La Palma in the Canary Islands, which when it goes will inundate much of the east coast of the USA: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1609 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1609 The video from that is sensationalist but makes some good points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utAunBKXV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utAunBKXV4
bjornasm 3y ago
Facts are sometimes just facts, not impressive fun facts.
itsoktocry 3y ago
>It doesn't seem unlikely to me. It's not unlikely, it's probably true. But it's at least a little coincidental that it happened during a coup in Niger.

3 ms·

> According to him, one of the cables had been dragged "over a kilometer" Undersea landslides can go for over a hundred kilometers and can last hours. So I'm

by aaron695 3y ago

curtisf 3y ago
Good journalists cite their factual claims, even/especially if they're believable. I've never heard of underwater landslides, and I don't think it's a reasonable assumption that a reader knows anything about them.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  > I've never heard of underwater landslides They are a huge cause of tsunamis, with the slips often precipitated by earthquakes.
  - kfixjviv 3y ago
    In geology, there's a literature about cable breaks caused by "turbidity currents". In particular, this 1952 paper by Heezen and Ewing is celebrated https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1952-heezen.pdf https://gwern.net/doc/technology/1952-heezen.pdf
- aaron695 3y ago
  [dead]
- lproven 3y ago
  > I've never heard of underwater landslides Good heavens. You do surprise me. There have been some vast ones, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide Some have the potential to massively affect human life well above sea level, e.g. La Palma in the Canary Islands, which when it goes will inundate much of the east coast of the USA: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1609 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1609 The video from that is sensationalist but makes some good points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utAunBKXV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utAunBKXV4
bjornasm 3y ago
Facts are sometimes just facts, not impressive fun facts.
itsoktocry 3y ago
>It doesn't seem unlikely to me. It's not unlikely, it's probably true. But it's at least a little coincidental that it happened during a coup in Niger.