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Washington mudslide

#2
We've had a pretty rainy March here with some torrential rain storms, and mudslides aren't really an anomaly here, but this one was exceptional. They said on the local news that they don't really expect to find any more survivors at this point. My heart goes out to the dead, and the missing.
 
#3
Reports now say there is 176 still missing. Last reported person found alive was sat. :(

From MWCN Wa

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#4
Local officials believe the current number of missing, 176, will decrease as some of them are likely duplicates. They have asked for help from the public to go through the list and double check all the names and info.

It's tough to watch on TV. I don't have any direct friends in that area, just friends of friends of friends. That being said, the wife and I are heading up there this weekend to see how we can help out.

-Mike
 
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MJ5150 said:
Local officials believe the current number of missing, 176, will decrease as some of them are likely duplicates. They have asked for help from the public to go through the list and double check all the names and info.

It's tough to watch on TV. I don't have any direct friends in that area, just friends of friends of friends. That being said, the wife and I are heading up there this weekend to see how we can help out.

-Mike
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Hi Mike.

They already have more than enough volunteers and you'd likely be turned back if you show up. There is still a serious risk to the searchers in that area if the slide is remobilized.

Jason
 
#9
Last night on KING5 and Q13, it was reported that those who want to help should report to the fire station at 6:30AM each day to assist with search/recovery efforts. That must have changed during the course of today, or bad reporting?

-Mike
 
#10
MJ5150 said:
Last night on KING5 and Q13, it was reported that those who want to help should report to the fire station at 6:30AM each day to assist with search/recovery efforts. That must have changed during the course of today, or bad reporting?

-Mike
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I'm not completely sure. This morning on KIRO radio they reported that they had enough volunteers and to stay away from the area. The rescue personnel are concerned that having too many people searching may put them at risk if the slide moves again. They don't want more victims.

I fear that it may be more of a recovery effort at this point.

Jason
 
#11
for those who haven't seen the enormity of scale, here's an image

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this is about 30 min north of us
 
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bluesblaster said:
was there excavastion or mining there? or just a natural occurence compromised by to much water ?
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No mining. The river has been cutting at the toe of an unstable slope for years and recent heavy rain fired the trigger.

This slide appears to be located in a larger area of multiple historic landslides. In the LIDAR image, I can see another one just as big as this recent slide immediately west of the current slide. I suspect that one predates settlement of the area.
 
#19
NWB said:
This is a huge tragedy for our state.:crying:

I've driven that stretch of highway many times on my way up to the mountains and know that area fairly well.

We have more rain in the forecast and I hope that the added precipitation doesn't remobilized the slide.
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Yep, I've motorcycled a lot on that stretch of road. :(
 

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