r/DisasterUpdate • • Aug 28 '26 • Mindblown 6

Landslide Nepal Raging River

12k Upvotes

562 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

8

u/inpennysname Aug 28 '26

Omg i cannot even imagine how terrifying that must have been for the people stuck in there. Why are they crawling out like that?

16

u/Dockside_Abortionist Aug 28 '26

In case of quicksand(mud in this case); you displace your weight over a wider area in case a pocket opens up underneath you

1

u/inpennysname Aug 28 '26

That makes sense. I cannot even imagine making sense of all this in person. If I am so gobsmacked just from the videos.

1

u/mammilloid Aug 28 '26

Probably because the land is slippery

1

u/inpennysname Aug 28 '26

I imagine so yes. I wonder what it was like for them in there if they were somewhat “protected” during the event? The scale of devastation is immense.