https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n en-us 2022-02-16 01:12:13 UTC 2022-02-16 09:36:51 UTC hello@padlet.com ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049843238 2022-02-16 01:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049843238 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049855556 Because there wasn't any concrete reinforcement on the mountain, the dirt and rocks were not packed with one another, this made the earth really soft and didn't take too much to create a landslide. If there was concrete reinforcements, the Shum Wan Road Landslide might have been less destructive or might've not happened]]> 2022-02-16 01:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049855556 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049858883 Illegal dumping might've made the surrounding difficult for people like firefighters traverse to stop the landslide.  In addition, the dumping might be piled and washed away into the drains and made incoming water to be stuck.]]> 2022-02-16 01:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049858883 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049870605 A very possible natural cause is the heavy rain that happened on the day of the landslide. From the evidence file, I found out that the rain might've made the rocks and dirt loosen and tumble down the mountain

]]> 2022-02-16 01:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049870605 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049888539 A drain is crucial when it comes to prevent landslides as it is really easy for rain water to soak up the ground and increase the chances of a landslide to happen. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNSFBCyIYdQ]]> 2022-02-16 01:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2049888539 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050305998 Because Typhoon Helen happened around the same month the landslide happened, the rainfall might have caused the landslide to loosen the earth and create a landslide ]]> 2022-02-16 07:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050305998 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050399184 The windspeed of the typhoon Helen is rather destructive and might've also been the cause of the Shum Wan Road Landslide. Though I think the landslide cannot happen just because of a typhoons wind, I think it is possible that it might've assisted the other variables to create the landslide.]]> 2022-02-16 08:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050399184 ps201530352 https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050474385 Another variable to consider is the squatter settlement that was on the Shum Wan Road mountain. The squatters may have been in such a bad situation that they had no choice but to dump their trash/waste on the streets, which supports eyewitness reports of illegal dumping all over the mountain, which could explain why the drainage system failed.]]> 2022-02-16 09:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ps201530352/732g9y7tfd62i50n/wish/2050474385