Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side.
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Just watching this mornings news where a number of people are missing presumed dead after a land slide in a big limestone quarry in southern petchaburi. The report stated the land slide was due to a recent spate of blasting followed by rain in the area. Wonder if this was the source of the booms. Vision showed some huge lumps of rock as big as a house lying around the blast face, must have user some big crackers to get that sized stuff to move.
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Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side
The army disposing of old ordnance might make a lot of noise, but it is unlikely to cause damaging ground tremors, as such operations are normally conducted on the surface, with minimal ground disturbance. If there is a clear line of sight, shock waves through the air can damage brittle materials such as glass and plaster.
Quarrying seems a much more likely culprit for what has been reported.
It is not impossible for shock waves from quarrying operations to travel significant distances through dense rock formations, but soft terrain such as sand and mud very quickly damps them.
Given the variable geology of HH, it would not be very surprising if some people felt vibrations, whilst others closer to the source felt nothing at all.
Quarrying seems a much more likely culprit for what has been reported.
It is not impossible for shock waves from quarrying operations to travel significant distances through dense rock formations, but soft terrain such as sand and mud very quickly damps them.
Given the variable geology of HH, it would not be very surprising if some people felt vibrations, whilst others closer to the source felt nothing at all.
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Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side
Isn't that place a galaxy away from Bo Fai?
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Re: Massive Earth Shaking Blasts North Hua Hin Mountain Side
Luke,JimmyGreaves wrote:Isn't that place a galaxy away from Bo Fai?
Indeed, if it came from southern Petchaburi "the force was strong" and "came from a galaxy far, far away!"
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