03-26-2014, 09:44 AM
Mother Nature...
She struck Oso, Washington hard. Oso is about 55 minutes from Seattle. It's a small rural logging town.
A massive mudslide killed at least 16 people, 49 houses were destroyed, and 156 workers and 50 National Guard searchers are into the 5th day of recovery efforts -- attempting to find the remains of up to 176 missing residents buried beneath the mud and debris. Most of the missing and presumed dead are from families who've lived in the area for generations.
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The accounts of survivors are eerie and sad. They heard a very loud roar and by the time they looked around, they were hit by the slide which was traveling up to 100 miles an hour.
911 Calls:
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014...-mudslide/
Refs:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2...ayxml.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25...31974.html
She struck Oso, Washington hard. Oso is about 55 minutes from Seattle. It's a small rural logging town.
A massive mudslide killed at least 16 people, 49 houses were destroyed, and 156 workers and 50 National Guard searchers are into the 5th day of recovery efforts -- attempting to find the remains of up to 176 missing residents buried beneath the mud and debris. Most of the missing and presumed dead are from families who've lived in the area for generations.
The accounts of survivors are eerie and sad. They heard a very loud roar and by the time they looked around, they were hit by the slide which was traveling up to 100 miles an hour.
911 Calls:
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014...-mudslide/
Refs:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2...ayxml.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25...31974.html