Arches Collapse

Andy

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=7eb1a0cb-4065-401f-a8ad-c62e2577fe13

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schmoo

Andy wrote:

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=7eb1a0cb-4065-401f-a8ad-c62e2577fe13

:cry

Dang. I guess this means there's only 999 arches left to find?

DJ-S1

Bummer! At the same time, I'm happy in a way. We humans tend to want everything to remain the same and go to great lengths to make it so.

I can imagine someone noting stress fractures in the arch, and a team of engineers being dispatched to secure the rocks with chains/concrete/steel reinforcements. That would be worse IMO. What makes these natural formations treasures is that they are completely natural, even if that means they are fragile and won't last forever.

BTW, think that scenario I mentioned couldn't happen? Check out the history of "The Old Man in the Mountain" in New Hampshire. They tried everything to save it but it eventually fell apart anyway.

cj99si

Politics and philosophy aside it is sad news.....

kygarden

Arches Natiaonal Park update - One fell
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_us/arch_collapses

Is that the one I see photos of on here all the time?

Of course I didn't spell National correctly in the subject line! Typo

schmoo

kygarden wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_us/arch_collapses

Is that the one I see photos of on here all the time?

Of course I didn't spell National correctly in the subject line! Typo

Merging threads!

ian408

Utah's Wall Arch collapses.
Link

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed.
Paul Henderson, the park's chief of interpretation, said Wall Arch collapsed sometime late Monday or early Tuesday.


The arch is along Devils Garden Trail, one of the most popular in the park. For years, the arch has been a favorite stopping point for photographers.
Henderson said the arch was claimed by forces that will eventually destroy others in the park: gravity and erosion.


"They all let go after a while," he said Friday.

iChinchillabutt

Wall Arch Collapses in Utah Park
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park

By MIKE STARK – 6 hours ago
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed.
Paul Henderson, the park's chief of interpretation, said Wall Arch collapsed sometime late Monday or early Tuesday.
The arch is along Devils Garden Trail, one of the most popular in the park. For years, the arch has been a favorite stopping point for photographers.
Henderson said the arch was claimed by forces that will eventually destroy others in the park: gravity and erosion.
"They all let go after a while," he said Friday.
He said it's the first collapse of a major arch in the park since nearby Landscape Arch fell in 1991. No one has reported seeing it fall.
Like others in the park, Wall Arch was formed by entrada sandstone that was whittled down over time into its distinctive and photogenic formation.
The arch, first reported and named in 1948, was more than 33 feet tall and 71 feet across. It ranked 12th in size among the park's estimated 2,000 arches.
Rock has continued to fall from the remaining arms of the arch forcing the closure of a portion of the trail.
Officials from the National Park Service and the Utah Geological Survey visited the site Thursday, noting stress fractures in the remaining formation. The trail won't be opened until the debris is cleared away and it's safe for visitors, Henderson said.


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linky: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJKVQEtp-N1l7AIyKVgxPeB9iaCQD92FBLL80

ShepsMom

Ouch, the Arches!!
I don't know if you guys seen this yet??

http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=7815&eeid=6030110&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=1&ck=&ch=ne

pyry

Times are moving on a bit quick right now, there's that and Isaac Hayes. :cry

Andy

ShepsMom wrote:

I don't know if you guys seen this yet??=/QUOTE]
Moved to the existing thread.