View Single Post
 
Old 03-26-2014, 09:23 PM
LostintheOzone's Avatar
LostintheOzone LostintheOzone is offline
US Veteran
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: WA.
Posts: 4,435
Likes: 4,490
Liked 4,461 Times in 2,182 Posts
Default

I worked as a surveyor for Snohomish County for 30 years. In 2007 I was working on a dike that had been built on the river in that neighborhood. In 2006 a slide had moved the river several hundred feet south into the residential area that was completely demolished by that slide a few days ago. I talked to several people that lived there who are probably buried under 15' of mud right now. I'm sure many of those people will never be found.

This whole thing is very tragic and my heart goes out to the families who will never know exactly what happened to their loved ones. I've lived in this area since 1975 and the only disaster that even comes close was when Mt. St. Helen's erupted 34 years ago. I suspect that the death toll will be around 100 people.
__________________
That's just somebody talkin.
Reply With Quote