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SHE'S A POWERFUL FORCE -- NATURAL DISASTERS
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The Seattle Times has published geological reports warning of massive landslide risks (dating back to 1999), but landslides are hard to predict and people kept building in the area.

There was some early speculation about a small earthquake prompting the slide, but that's essentially been dismissed by experts. They're trying to determine the cause, which could be heavy rains and lack of traction (since most of the trees on the mountain had been cut down by loggers, reportedly).

[Image: oso-mudslide.jpg]

The landslide brought down something like three times the volume of mud as there is concrete in Hoover Dam in one momentous cascade.

One house that was hit by the slide was uprooted and ended up a quarter of a mile away.

Another was buried in mud and the neighbor called 911 to report that he could hear the residents, trapped and tapping, trying to break free.

Surreal.
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RE: SHE'S A POWERFUL FORCE -- NATURAL DISASTERS - by HairOfTheDog - 03-26-2014, 10:35 AM