SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agoA highway in Japan after the M7.3 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. January 17, 1995.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down10
arrow-up1259arrow-down1imageA highway in Japan after the M7.3 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. January 17, 1995.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoBy collapsing in such an “orderly” way, did this help save lives of people in the cars?
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoProbably not. Anyone under the edge is crushed. Anyone on the road surface is tumbled and probably thrown off. I guess it’s better than pancaking.
By collapsing in such an “orderly” way, did this help save lives of people in the cars?
Probably not. Anyone under the edge is crushed. Anyone on the road surface is tumbled and probably thrown off. I guess it’s better than pancaking.