Posted on 03/29/2014 7:24:19 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne
Since the 1950s, geological reports on the hill that buckled during the weekend in Snohomish County have included pessimistic analyses and the occasional dire prediction. But no language seems more prescient than what appears in a 1999 report filed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, warning of “the potential for a large catastrophic failure.”
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Yet... John Pennington, head of Snohomish County's Department of Emergency Management, said at a news conference Monday. “It was considered very safe,” Pennington said. “This was a completely unforeseen slide. This came out of nowhere.”
Maybe John should take his feet off his desk, stop figuring his retirement statistics and read the 1999 report.
AmandaKnox-LeftLand, where Obama is God-King, and where there are always enough votes to be found to carry the state for the Democrat Party.
They knew that hill was sliding, but never imagined it would cross the river. They were more interested in granting building permits for houses they could garnish more tax money from.
That’s always the case. Think N.O. & Katrina. Thing S.F. and the next BIG ONE. I hope a Republican administration is in place to take care of the medical logistics. The rest of the city? I’ll let you folks make the call.
“They didn’t even stop pounding nails,” said Tracy Drury, an environmental engineer
Amazing.
So... what is Pennington covering up?
Is he getting paid under the table to approve dubious projects?
Did he think the 2006 slide cleaned the place up so it wouldn't happen again for a long while?
Is he just incapable of reading?
What?
Might as well start blaming Obama for everything right here, right now. So from now on, it’s all Obama’s fault.
The interactive graphic overlay in the article is just awesome..Do click on it
The national media has been asleep on this story. Why? Is the missing Malaysian jet that spectacular that 100 people missing in this landslide is to be ignored? They’re ignoring it because it is yet another example of a dismal failure of government.
100% true...yet we're somehow supposed to stop "global warming?"
No, Obama is the SYMPTOM, not a cause.
Yeah and it doesn’t bode well because it’s not yet a full-blown case, although it could be just around the corner. Even though their not my symptoms, the toll taken feels like it’s been too close to home.
Just read a couple of Seattle Times articles. LIDAR imaging shows slides going back 14,000 years along this stretch of escarpment above the Stillaguamish River.
Yep, that LIDAR map is astonishing! Anywhere along there might let go at any time.
If Snohomish County voted Republican, I am heartily sorry. If your County voted Democrat, and your officials are Democrat Appointees, hold the apology for some other cause.
BTW, the very existence of that 1999 report makes the instability of the area a disclosable issue in a real estate transaction. So what you have in your County is official malfeasance in office combined with private lapses in due diligence. Even in Maine, that generally can have fatal consequences. Don't waste anger on me, even if I am an insensitive oaf.
Be very mad at the officials who allowed subdivision and development in that area. When they signed the permits, they signed death warrants.
100% glacier sh!t with no bedrock.
If you evacuated around them all there would be no place to live.
“Take his feet off his desk...” great imagery. Appreciate it.
They are letting us assume it was an act of God. I had not noticed the deflection. Good call.
Weren’t there boobs whom bloviated the same BS after N.O and Katrina? (And, IIRC, there has not been a trail/trial re: where the $$ went in N.O.)
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