Monday, 3 April 2017

Watch a 200-ton boulder get blowed up real good

Heavy rains on the west coast have caused rockslides like this behemoth blocking an Oregon highway south of Eugene. Oregon DOT set up a camera as they blasted it into manageable chunks.

Spoiler: it went way better than Oregon's exploding whale...

https://youtu.be/uD5sPgV61bw

PS: here's the "blowed up real good" reference if you're scratching your head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkvD7-u7y8

200-ton rock blown up on Oregon highway (The Oregonian)