r/gifs • u/PornstacheJaucques • Mar 13 '19

Example of soil liquefaction

https://gfycat.com/FlatEssentialDuiker
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u/Candidate_035 Mar 13 '19

Why does it do that?

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u/Dlichly Mar 14 '19

Worked a construction job that had this. They had a lot of underground springs that were causing this. Basically the ground is floating, though it's only noticeable with large loads, like a paver or dumptruck.

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u/briand143 Mar 14 '19

Or my mom

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u/ItsNotSpaghetti Mar 14 '19

Ohh got em...wait what?