tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post4259533503141078516..comments2011-11-19T03:33:17.928-08:00Comments on Disasters Strike: Landslides in Brazilmkennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06026437297890836276noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post-50448976128290302912011-02-16T16:40:58.737-08:002011-02-16T16:40:58.737-08:00This is a really interesting posts--the pics espec...This is a really interesting posts--the pics especially. I do wonder if this isn't due to a number of factors. Engineering, certainly, but also climate differences, poverty levels, increasing development/population, lack of trained engineers/architects, lack of resources, lack of building codes. all of these are surely coming together to create a perfect storm...Jen Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011052819704879104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post-13265878105285752042011-02-09T15:06:20.083-08:002011-02-09T15:06:20.083-08:00I like the pictures. I know sometimes it is hard ...I like the pictures. I know sometimes it is hard to imagine what a mudslide would even look like, I know I think more viscosity when I think of a 'mudslide' instead of muddy water. I also liked that you included some engineering solutions to the problemMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604497046296828368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post-25552781473064089822011-02-09T13:21:24.314-08:002011-02-09T13:21:24.314-08:00Is there anything else that can be done to prevent...Is there anything else that can be done to prevent and create awareness about landslides? You've included engineering techniques on how to stabilize the slope which helps. Like most natural disasters, a person can control how prepared they are for a disaster occurring. I saw a commercial the other day advertising to have a safety/emergency kit and a plan developed for hurricanes I believe. I assume same thing applies to landslides. Nice post, very informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post-41145087729268411042011-02-09T09:45:31.257-08:002011-02-09T09:45:31.257-08:00It seems to me like it's more from the constru...It seems to me like it's more from the construction/human impact. It was said that the soils wasn't suitable to be built on, so maybe the deveopling countries don't have the resources to be able to test the soils? <br />I wonder if it's happening on a larger scale because they are trying to deveop and building wherever they can even if it's not stable and this causes the disasters to be more wide scale.Brehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069275871549203418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671863030371511009.post-7494264710512625772011-02-09T09:14:51.627-08:002011-02-09T09:14:51.627-08:00It is definitely interesting to see more and more ...It is definitely interesting to see more and more of these "largest in history" natural disasters. I wonder why this is happening more and at a larger scale?<br /><br />Do you think it is climate related?<br />Or, do you think that it is related more to construction in these developments and developing countries?Dr. Chrysoberylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836332568611450743noreply@blogger.com