Ever since the newsreel footage of 4 ft standing waves on Galloping Gertie, a hit in HS Physics class, RantWoman has been willing to admit a certain fascination when acts of God smite pieces of critical infrastructure.
The video below is drone footage, no audio, of a considerable section of Interstate 70 in CO which as recently damaged in a series of mud and rock slides. One lane of the roadway has now been cleared each direction; RantWoman is unclear about current estimates about when the whole road will be reopened. Yes, there's a drought. There was also a big fire burn with no vegetation regrown to help hold the mountain together in the rain..
The video below would also make a great writing exercise for anyone interested in conveying visual imagery in words. Translation: most of the video makes no sense to RantWoman and RantWoman has not trolled the interwebs looking for news accounts that more precisely describe the damage and the geography. RantWoman would be all ears for literary efforts from anyone wanting to tackle the description challenge.
RantWoman has though sloshed through both Twitter feeds belonging to Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-CO3, her official Congressional feed and her endlessly campaigning feed.
The disaster has forced Rep. Boebert to back off some of her shrill "leave us the hell alone" Trumpian rantings and to dip her too into the danger zone of bipartisan request for help from the federal government. The disaster has also prompted Rep. Boebert to discuss "active management" of forests as fire prevention. Uhhh, fire is an important part of the forest ecosystem, and "active management" sounds to many people like "clearcutting." But there is also that part a lot fewer people want to go near about trees and carbon sequestration. Think carbon sinks on the march?
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