• Dojan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It happens. Times past they’ve used buckets of seawater to save villages from encroaching lava. Icelanders are built different.

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      5 months ago

      Well back in the 1990s, Tommy Lee Jones and the LAFD used jersey barriers, fire trucks, and knocked a building over to stop a lava flow from demolishing the west side of Los Angeles, so I’d say we’re pretty impressive too.

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        5 months ago

        Fun fact, in California where the action described takes place, they are officially called k-rails, not jersey barriers. Had to double check wiki to confirm CA predated NJ where I learned about Ontario Tall Wall, which was mentioned but described so…

        Barrier Rabbit Hole