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uppityperson

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19. A few more pictures, plat map, a couple links.
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 08:59 PM
Mar 2014

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These links are local, some about the slide, the people, etc. It is heartbreaking. The mud is so deep and liquid they are not able to get out onto a lot of it yet, finding more bodies as they do.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Washington-slide-death-toll-14-search-continues-5343142.php
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023215066_mudslidemondayxml.html
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023211593_mudslidesciencexml.html

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Holy shit AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #1
Latest confirmed is 8 dead, 12 missing maxsolomon Mar 2014 #2
The population of the town is 180 Botany Mar 2014 #3
Some of it is based on utility workers that may have been in the area. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #4
From the pictures I have seen it looks brutal ... Botany Mar 2014 #6
Yep. And when it settles, it goes from soupy muck, to concrete, in very little time. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #7
If anyone wants to see the exact location maxsolomon Mar 2014 #13
Did somebody describe this as a square mile of moving quicksand-like mud? Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #5
Yes - KT2000 Mar 2014 #8
Scary sh!t VA_Jill Mar 2014 #9
Wow!!! Beacool Mar 2014 #14
That's bad. Even if the number is lower question everything Mar 2014 #10
Rescue officials working off a list of 108 unaccounted for uppityperson Mar 2014 #11
More from KOMO, local news with photos uppityperson Mar 2014 #12
Has anyone spoken about how they plan to relieve the pressure behind the earthen damn caused by rhett o rick Mar 2014 #15
the river has found it's way to the original (pre-1st slide) channel maxsolomon Mar 2014 #17
good news. Thanks. nm rhett o rick Mar 2014 #18
I haven't heard anything about the missing 108 in Washington this afternoon... Tx4obama Mar 2014 #16
A few more pictures, plat map, a couple links. uppityperson Mar 2014 #19
14 confirmed dead, Pres Obama signs emergency declaration uppityperson Mar 2014 #20
176 on the missing list. Some are very much in there, some they are not sure at all uppityperson Mar 2014 #21
People reported missing in Snohomish County mudslide, photos uppityperson Mar 2014 #22
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