Swiss Landslide with InSAR Data

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Thanks, Casey, for another video demonstrating the super powers of modern technology. I’d be very aware of this data if I lived in such a place. Scary but fascinating. 🫣😬😮‍💨

Another well researched video! Much to learn here.

My post isn't related to this video although this is interesting...

I am trying to download LiDAR data for my area and have some questions. Such as whats the best program to open .las files.. and some questions to help me navigate the .gov ftp site.

I could've swarn you had your email for members when I joined but maybe i was mistaken. Is there a way we can get in touch please? I won't take too much of your time.

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I think the small pamphlets that Thomas Paine sold were a big reason the revolution happened in 1776 instead of later. For the landslides, it would be interesting to cover the insurance situation for the landowners- are they getting full value claims paid for without going to court? What about the poorer landowners with no or less covered property insurance?

this type of soil creep, slope motion, is common in many ski towns in the USA. more so with recent, rapidly expanding development into side country. the Montage, in big sky, mt. was hastily built in an area known for slides in the nearby golf course. after the fact, lots being spent in geo tech work. hoping to rebuild the already poorly constructed.

Thank you for the update, Casey. Wishing yu and your family a Happy Christmas and New Year, from the UK.

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If you flatten out Switzerland, I think it would be larger than France.

Uhhh....I think its time to move.

Love your content. I also see the Rhode Island TV 📺 stations love working with you and the satellite guys.

I have enjoyed your thoughtful and informative discussions so much over the past year.
I look forward to many more!
Thank you Casey 🙏 👊
And may you and your family be blessed throughout this holiday season.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year everyone! 🎄

Tom Scott made a vid some years ago about the traffic lights managing this road. Now the road is not even there anymore.

I hate to see this. This beautiful old architecture isn't being built anymore and is becoming increasingly rare. Unfortunately, they built on top of a massive land slide. The mountain is going to win this fight.

This has been going on for a very long time. There are older documentary style videos about this town and the threat of landslide that it faces. You can clearly see on those satellite photos that the road was protected by a wall. You can also see several other boulders in the field besides the one that you pointed out.

That InSar is pretty cool.
A question from "out there" - was the bridge in Bridge on the river Kwai" a cantilever design?

Nature love them very much.

Gravity is a dangerous thing. What goes up must come down.

I don't remember where the road collapse occurred but monitoring that might prove interesting.

Thanks for another great video about landslides and InSAR. There is a company based in Switzerland called Gamma Remote Sensing that makes a ground-based InSAR system that is designed for monitoring these landslides. The radar is on top of a car or attached to a tripod. The ground-based InSAR has higher resolution in both space and time.

So, the scar you see is the least of it.

Great job explaining the situation 👍!

"Just along for the ride." Engineering in the face of inevitability = money better spent elsewhere.

Thanks Casey .. for being a voice of reason .. and Merry Christmas 🎄🎁..!

Fuuuuu… Brienz, Graubünden is a village, NOT A TOWN… Don't do a mix-up with Brienz at Lake Brienz in Canton Bern!

Wow, I came to see what's happened there, stunned at the beautiful town and the fact that the residents understand that it's time to go. I think having giant boulders and massive debris coming down from above, from a familiar homeland mountain, just has to be so chilling. I am SO glad you mentioned the RPV slide and what's gone on there.. I haven't peered at much in a couple of months but yes, I think if the nature of the thing were bringing boulders and debris down onto them, they might be more scared, and also know when it's time to go! Plus, not doubt, differences in culture... thanks again for the cool mapping views too. Happy Holidays!

Can you compare how the Swiss are handling this situation and compare it to how the US handles something similar.

Looks like a great quarry site with a near infinite supply delivered to your doorstop.

I wish you could explain a bit on the photo's and graphs that flew by very fast.

When in the mountains, people tend to take advantage of any amounts of flat land. Either that flat land is a landslide toe or flood plains, making the area very dangerous for building. During the Hurricane Helene clean up, we are seeing how lazy people were in building right on the river. People, that don't know the tell, will put their lives at risk to have bragging rights.