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w2amr
01-31-2011, 04:49 AM
Things get interesting about half way through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgF4MHWYgjY
kc7jty
01-31-2011, 05:12 AM
I wuz hoping the UPS man would come speeding along.
What the heck made the culvert rise up?
w2amr
01-31-2011, 05:34 AM
I wuz hoping the UPS man would come speeding along.
What the heck made the culvert rise up?What, you never saw the movie poldergeist?:evil:
suddenseer
01-31-2011, 09:21 AM
"This video has been removed by the user.":(
PA5COR
01-31-2011, 09:25 AM
Not before i saw it :)
suddenseer
01-31-2011, 09:37 AM
The story of my life, a day late, and a dollar short.
w2amr
01-31-2011, 12:08 PM
The story of my life, a day late, and a dollar short. I have it downloaded. Anybody who wants to see it, shoot me a PM with your E-mail address and I'll send it along.
N4VGB
01-31-2011, 02:48 PM
George did it, he sucked all the video data off youtube when he downloaded it!
w2amr
01-31-2011, 03:10 PM
George did it, he sucked all the video data off youtube when he downloaded it!You can't download anything freom youtube, can you?
Anyway , I got it from Sweetwater Bob. I'll send it along.
w3bny
01-31-2011, 03:59 PM
You can't download anything freom youtube, can you?
Anyway , I got it from Sweetwater Bob. I'll send it along.

You sure can with the right plugins or URL for extraction.
w2amr
01-31-2011, 04:10 PM
You sure can with the right plugins or URL for extraction.I'll be damned.
kc7jty
01-31-2011, 07:35 PM
"This video has been removed by the user.":(
and YET ANOTHER SOB comes face to face with the mad ISLAND gang.....
ad4mg
01-31-2011, 08:08 PM
You can't download anything freom youtube, can you?

Video DownloadHelper plug-in for Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

I know you're not using IE ...
W3WN
01-31-2011, 08:54 PM
You can't download anything freom youtube, can you?
Anyway , I got it from Sweetwater Bob. I'll send it along.
Realplayer has the capability.

I'd like to see it, if it's not too much trouble...
WA4TM
01-31-2011, 09:23 PM
Is this it George? http://andjoh.posterous.com/a-fitzroy-river-culvert-qld-collapsing-bridge
kc7jty
01-31-2011, 11:16 PM
Is this it George? http://andjoh.posterous.com/a-fitzroy-river-culvert-qld-collapsing-bridge
Yep this is it, if it's not an edited version. I still don't understand how the culvert rose up.
I seem to think there was more to George's original.
N4VGB
02-01-2011, 12:11 AM
Yep this is it, if it's not an edited version. I still don't understand how the culvert rose up.
I seem to think there was more to George's original.

We had a whole reinfoced concrete bridge over a creek called Suck Ck. just above where it emptied into the TN River swept away intact and locals claimed to have seen it 2 miles down stream in the TN River bobbing along with the massive current. Large scale flowing water is an awesomely powerful thing to see in action.
kc7jty
02-01-2011, 12:56 AM
I just figured it could rise if earth walls collapsed down filling the lowest point which would displace the culvert upward.
N4VGB
02-01-2011, 01:48 AM
I just figured it could rise if earth walls collapsed down filling the lowest point which would displace the culvert upward.

That sucker sure popped up outta the ground like a cork in water. If not for the guard rail still in place it would have taken off down stream.
NQ6U
02-01-2011, 02:11 AM
Yep this is it, if it's not an edited version. I still don't understand how the culvert rose up.

It floated up. Once the water started going around and underneath it, it emptied out and was light enough to float.
kc7jty
02-01-2011, 02:57 AM
looks like it was bent some on the right (upwater) end making it like a boat yep. There was some time lapse from when it was full of water.
The whole road there is fill of sand and gravel in a low lying area.
w2amr
02-01-2011, 03:59 AM
Is this it George? http://andjoh.posterous.com/a-fitzroy-river-culvert-qld-collapsing-bridgeYeah, that's it. Good find.
w2amr
02-01-2011, 04:01 AM
Realplayer has the capability.

I'd like to see it, if it's not too much trouble...http://andjoh.posterous.com/a-fitzroy-river-culvert-qld-collapsing-bridge
suddenseer
02-01-2011, 05:22 AM
The video reminded me of a former gas station not properly shut down. The owner did not fill the tanks. About one year after the station closed, therewas a big soaking rain for several days. Those big tanks pushed the dirt and concrete, and popped out of the ground like a cork.
w2amr
02-01-2011, 05:29 AM
The video reminded me of a former gas station not properly shut down. The owner did not fill the tanks. About one year after the station closed, therewas a big soaking rain for several days. Those big tanks pushed the dirt and concrete, and popped out of the ground like a cork.
Now that would have been a hit on u tube.