besides "even the dirt is drunk". that's the funniest thing i've seen all day.

Dunno what he's saying when he answers his phone, but he sounds so chill.

In modern Russia, Siberia gets sent to you.

Nah. This occurred at a coal mining overburden heap near Novokuznetsk City, far south of the permafrost extent.

http://nsidc.org/data/ggd600

The NOAA January precipitation anomaly map indicates the area (325 mi north of where Kazakhstan meets Mongolia) received 175-200% of normal January precipitation.

So, a mining waste heap above its angle of repose plus a lot of weight/water = mudslide.