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The piling wall
is buried more deeply and it's more stable, because the lower
you bury a structure, the more stable
it's going to be. [narrator] Seven months later, the new retaining wall
was in place. But Javiera and her family
had made the choice to leave. I really hope that that new
wall that they have, I hope and pray that it lasts and that it works well
for this community, because I would never,
ever in my life want anybody to go through
something like that. [John] I mean, it's like
a metaphor, right? You're really living
on a precipice. So, there's the implication,
when you live on a precipice, that things could all
literally go downhill
at any moment
is buried more deeply and it's more stable, because the lower
you bury a structure, the more stable
it's going to be. [narrator] Seven months later, the new retaining wall
was in place. But Javiera and her family
had made the choice to leave. I really hope that that new
wall that they have, I hope and pray that it lasts and that it works well
for this community, because I would never,
ever in my life want anybody to go through
something like that. [John] I mean, it's like
a metaphor, right? You're really living
on a precipice. So, there's the implication,
when you live on a precipice, that things could all
literally go downhill
at any moment
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The piling wall
is buried more deeply
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and it's more stable,
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because the lower
you bury a structure,
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the more stable
it's going to be.
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[narrator] Seven months later,
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the new retaining wall
was in place.
00:00:18.001 --> 00:00:21.599
But Javiera and her family
had made the choice to leave.
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I really hope that that new
wall that they have,
00:00:26.002 --> 00:00:27.533
I hope and pray that it lasts
00:00:27.599 --> 00:00:29.008
and that it works well
for this community,
00:00:29.008 --> 00:00:32.533
because I would never,
ever in my life want anybody
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to go through
something like that.
00:00:34.009 --> 00:00:36.001
[John] I mean, it's like
a metaphor, right?
00:00:36.001 --> 00:00:38.002
You're really living
on a precipice.
00:00:38.002 --> 00:00:41.533
So, there's the implication,
when you live on a precipice,
00:00:41.599 --> 00:00:44.233
that things could all
literally go downhill
at any moment.
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Movie Summary
With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
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In big construction,
every element - Engineering Catastrophes](https://clip.cafe/img400/narrator-in-big-construction-every-element.jpg)
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20 years later
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