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malaise

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26. 18 persons 'unaccounted for'

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 04:19 PM

Mar 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11259660
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Eighteen people were unaccounted for a day after a terrifying wall of mud, trees and debris destroyed as many as 30 houses in rural northwestern Washington state and killed at least three people, authorities said Sunday.

Because of the quicksand-like mud, authorities said it was too dangerous to send rescuers into the stricken area. Searchers instead flew over the one-square-mile mudslide in helicopters, looking for signs of life.

Some of the missing may have been able to get out on their own, authorities said.

Authorities were also trying to determine how to get responders on the ground safely, Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said.

Officials described the mudslide as "a big wall of mud and debris" that blocked about one mile of State Route 530 near the town of Oso, about 55 miles north of Seattle. It was reported about 60 feet deep in some

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Serious mudside problems in Snohomish County, Washington State -house carried away [View all] malaise Mar 2014 OP

Live by the clearcut pscot Mar 2014 #1

You do realize that people just lost everything they had, right? Aerows Mar 2014 #2

My thought precisely malaise Mar 2014 #6

Children are no doubt affected by this, too Aerows Mar 2014 #8

They're not even sure if people are missing malaise Mar 2014 #9

I'm sorry for the people whose homes were lost pscot Mar 2014 #12

So where are the regulators? malaise Mar 2014 #13

I want to know exactly where in the world Aerows Mar 2014 #15

My function in life pscot Mar 2014 #21

Central Canada, if you don't mind the cold Ex Lurker Mar 2014 #23

You never have blizzards? Aerows Mar 2014 #24

Do tell - Aerows Mar 2014 #14

Mudslides resulting from human clearcutting aren't "natural" disasters JJChambers Mar 2014 #33

Building a house anywhere isn't "natural" Aerows Mar 2014 #34

Aerows, many of those homes who are now buried by that mud... countryjake Mar 2014 #35

Can't argue with that Aerows Mar 2014 #36

Well, I don't know that pscot was actually putting blame on the victims... countryjake Mar 2014 #38

I'm not from there Aerows Mar 2014 #40

No worries. We get the same up here in the Cascades, too. countryjake Mar 2014 #41

As we say in the South Aerows Mar 2014 #42

Is this 'cheap housing' resulting in clearcut? B2G Mar 2014 #37

I live in Seattle and we have slides here AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #73

What is that supposed to mean - fifteen homes may have been destroyed here malaise Mar 2014 #3

Where was the clear cut? There were second growth trees on unstable soil. pnwmom Mar 2014 #30

You're right pscot Mar 2014 #39

As was I for fighting with you about it Aerows Mar 2014 #69

fourteen dead so far, 108 at least unaccounted for rustydog Mar 2014 #62

He made that comment less than three hrs after it happened... countryjake Mar 2014 #63

I said I was wrong pscot Mar 2014 #66

That was a cheap shot Aerows Mar 2014 #70

I cannot even believe that the Guardian is the one reporting this! countryjake Mar 2014 #4

Seattle Times has a report as well malaise Mar 2014 #7

This is up in my neck of the woods... countryjake Mar 2014 #10

Tell us more malaise Mar 2014 #11

All I've heard is that it has dammed the Stilly, slide is more than a mile long. countryjake Mar 2014 #16

Sad :( Aerows Mar 2014 #5

The death toll keeps going up, hospitalized victims listed as critical & serious... countryjake Mar 2014 #17

Just saw coverage malaise Mar 2014 #18

What are you watching it on? No news up here, at all. countryjake Mar 2014 #19

ABC World News n/t malaise Mar 2014 #20

Check this photo malaise Mar 2014 #22

Thanks for that! It's all over our news now, today. countryjake Mar 2014 #25

18 persons 'unaccounted for' malaise Mar 2014 #26

It may be more than 30 missing now, 8 confirmed dead... countryjake Mar 2014 #28

I was listening to the international headlines malaise Mar 2014 #44

Death toll up to 10 now, rescue crews pulled back... countryjake Mar 2014 #46

What gets me is where it blew out, it wasn't that steep, not like to the left in that shot uppityperson Mar 2014 #43

Don't know about the Peninsula, but March rainfall is more than 11 inches over here... countryjake Mar 2014 #45

I dislike watering in the summer but living in the rainshadow is nice. I see what you mean about tha uppityperson Mar 2014 #49

I wonder if any seismic activity registered Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #54

They aren't saying if anything registered before, but... countryjake Mar 2014 #60

The results of clear cutting WhiteTara Mar 2014 #27

I was reading about this in LBN. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #29

30 people missing - this is so sad malaise Mar 2014 #31

Our noon news raised that number up to 108, malaise. countryjake Mar 2014 #32

Why isn't this receiving the same coverage as the missing airline? malaise Mar 2014 #47

Death toll up to 14 today. countryjake Mar 2014 #48

Here is a good shot of it and a plat map, they are 90 degrees off from each other. uppityperson Mar 2014 #50

And here is what it looked like before the mudslide... countryjake Mar 2014 #53

Thank you for that. whew uppityperson Mar 2014 #56

I was about to post the same thing. If that's Google Earth, the picture is from 7/2013 cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #68

Well, I snipped it from Google Maps, here's the link to the exact spot... countryjake Mar 2014 #71

They are now theorizing that with the big rains, the river undercut the bank enough to uppityperson Mar 2014 #72

UK Guardian had it before CNN Or MSNBC malaise Mar 2014 #55

Huh, they were probably too busy selling "stay tuned for the next plane update" to care about uppityperson Mar 2014 #58

U saw that 108 too, but the housemate had said she Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #52

Those are people who were or may have been in the area. 1 woman from out of the uppityperson Mar 2014 #57

Story about the search and those missing, also theory of rain/river undercut, history of slide there uppityperson Mar 2014 #51

Why are homes built in the path of these mudslides? malaise Mar 2014 #61

Why do people build houses near the ocean, in the woods, in tornado lands, etc. uppityperson Mar 2014 #65

I read that one of the farms was in the family for five generations suffragette Mar 2014 #74

I guess the mudslides don't happen that often malaise Mar 2014 #75

2 more photos from Seattle PI, and link to their article. uppityperson Mar 2014 #59

176 reports of missing people... countryjake Mar 2014 #64

Pres Obama signs emergency declaration. uppityperson Mar 2014 #67