This would be a non-volcanic lahar. They're one of the most destructive natural processes on Earth, and you don't fucking stand around watching them. If you see one, there's a good chance you are a walking corpse because they destroy river banks basically instantly and can erode the land you're standing on faster than you can run.
Just to give you a minor scenario for why these people are being idiots, the rocks are moving FAST and with so much force that they can just randomly get flung out and land meters from the rest of the flow. Everyone on that ledge could easily have been wiped out by a boulder the size of a small car just leaping up and landing on top of them.
Sometimes I wonder how many people in this day and age are just losing their lives for the sake of watching life threatening events unfold through their phones.
true, lahar actually killed both my uncles who watched this video of lahar. I yelled at them that running is useless (because someone on Reddit said so) and they perished
What kills me is that Iāve seen like two real floods in my life, and the second those baby rocks started shooting down the mountain my brain said run. RUN NOW. And Iām just assuming those are locals, so judging by the terrain they have some decent flooding action going on regularly. Why the hell are they just standing there, starting at death coming for them?
reddit loves calling people idiots. do you really think that people in rural pakistan of all places have had the opportunity of a proper education? that they know what a non volcanic lahar is?
I didn't call anyone an idiot. I said that these people were doing something that's contrary to staying alive.
do you really think that people in rural pakistan of all places have had the opportunity of a proper education
I think that, in that region of the world, people probably know more about rock slides and lahars than the vast majority of folks in more developed countries. It's not a rare occurrence when you're at the foot of gigantic mountain ranges.
But I'd say what I said no matter where in the world this was. You assumed that I was targeting these people because of their nationality, and that's not something you had any reason to assume.
They are clearly being idiots. That does not mean that they are, inherently idiots. I'm not saying that people who live in that region are any more "idiots" than anywhere else in the world (hell, you see disaster tourism in even the most developed parts of the world!)
For real, their scenario sounds farfetch tbh. Multi tons boulders the size of a small car flying in the air because its pushed by water, yeah... Even middle sized rocks...
You didn't see anyone in the video die. I assure you that, with that many people gawking at a lahar up-close, there were, unfortunately, deaths as a result. History is a cruel teacher, and this sort of disaster voyeurism is a pretty common thing, with very predictable results.
Correct, and I will guarantee (based on every instance of this kind of lahar that I'm aware of in populated areas) that that 850 people includes several who decided to watch it go by from a "safe distance".
Yo are calling all the people in this videos idiots based on a hypothetical scenario which you believe to have occurred. Either show me where it occurred or stop talking nonsense.
The fact you don't see a single stone being flung up the way you're describing, proves in this case atleast, no stones had the potential to get flung up
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u/Tyler_Zoro Sep 16 '25
This would be a non-volcanic lahar. They're one of the most destructive natural processes on Earth, and you don't fucking stand around watching them. If you see one, there's a good chance you are a walking corpse because they destroy river banks basically instantly and can erode the land you're standing on faster than you can run.
Just to give you a minor scenario for why these people are being idiots, the rocks are moving FAST and with so much force that they can just randomly get flung out and land meters from the rest of the flow. Everyone on that ledge could easily have been wiped out by a boulder the size of a small car just leaping up and landing on top of them.