Posted on 01/10/2005 6:42:33 PM PST by kattracks
This is unimaginable. Mother nature is a little angry or something.
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This is about 10 miles south of me. The slide has been coming for years. Sorry to say this, but anyone who had this happen to them could have seen in coming a mile off. I am sorry for the folks who lost their homes, etc., but this one was a NO BRAINER. The hill is right on top of the homes and has slumped before. I can't figure out how to post it, but I have a picture from one of the guys at work showing the road washed out. Any suggestions?
Mother Nature not to happy lately...
I am going to light a candle in church tomorrow for all these poor people.
Good memories of La Conchita. Used to tag along with my older sister in '74 as she was taking surfing lessons there on that beach.
Sadly, remember the mudslide 10 years ago. My heart, and prayers go to the good folks of that town now.
Would be interested if any Federal money was used in rebuilding after the last one.
There are many portions of California just not meant to have houses. It's a geologically young and seismically active environment with steep slopes, and a fire and flood problem exacerbating that. It's not like there isn't enough room in the country to build where you're either not going to be on a landslide or under one.
You know I listened to this idiot weatherman today that said Oh the Hurricaines in Fkorida, this past year the Tsunamis and the heavy rain in the west is normal this is not strange wether or whacky weather or global warming it's Just normal? Who let him out of the Camarillo State Hospital?
Methinks Chicken Little hatched out a whole brood of little "chicken littles."
Amen. It is like building in a flood plain, 100 feet from the Mississippi. DUMB.
It should be a great little beachfront campsite. Not a town.
I was thinking the same thing. Like "not again." It's happened before, and not that long ago. Is the real-estate somewhat "more" affordable (for beachfront property) there or something?
(for obvious reasons?)
If, in fact, these homeowners were aware of the historical danger of living there, I would then elevate their prudence to those who live in unsecured mobile homes in tornado country. Duh.
Just damn. I'm supposed to be headed back to the Los Angeles area tomorrow from the high desert, but now it looks like the darn thing isn't moving out until friday.
You know, its a great concept. Tiny beach town. Everyone knows everyone else. Beautiful views and walk to the beach. The flip side is that the mountain is just waiting to fall on your head. Its a DUH moment. Entirely foreseeable. This has happened before, so it is no surprise to ANYONE.
Oh my God, what a picture. You do realize that the idiots in charge seeded the clouds several months ago. The last time they did this, the same thing happened. Massive flooding...
And does anyone wonder why our homeowner insurance rates keep climbing?
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with cloud seeding, if in fact there was any.
Any clouds seeded "months ago" currently don't exist and any water vapor that was in those clouds is likely over Siberia or India or somewhere.
Cloud seeding works immediately. It's localized.
The current rain in CA is caused by a very large-scale pattern basically impervious to trivialities like cloud-seeding.
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