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Wounded Bear

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7. We had a similar situation here in my home state in 2014...

Reply to Equinox Moon (Original post)

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 11:45 AM

Apr 2017

At Oso, in Snohomish County, WA. It's about 50 miles NE of Seattle.

There were some serious questions about clearcut logging done on the hill/plateau above the area where the slide occurred.

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