Many casualties in Washington State mudslide

**bb1** Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:47 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1231158/mudslide-108-people-now-unaccounted-for

Mudslide: 108 People Now Unaccounted For

The number of people missing or unaccounted for after a mudslide in Washington at the weekend has risen to 108.

At least eight people have been confirmed killed in the disaster in a rural area northeast of Seattle.

Snohomish County emergency management director John Pennington said construction workers were among the missing, along with passing motorists.

He said authorities were still hopeful of finding survivors, but added: "We have not found anyone alive on this pile since Saturday. The situation is very grim."

The one square mile landslide destroyed around 30 homes and left several people critically injured.

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**lily** Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:16 pm

That is one large landslide. Oh my. Thoughts are with them.

**lily** Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:28 pm

There is video in this report. It's really bad.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/108-people-unaccounted-deadly-washington-mud-slide-article-1.1732042

**bb1** Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:04 am

http://news.sky.com/story/1231350/mudslide-boy-rescued-amid-search-for-missing

Mudslide: Boy Rescued Amid Search For Missing
Rescuers and residents of the mudslide-ravaged community search the debris with their bare hands for the 176 people still missing.

Rescuers have pulled a four-year-boy from the rubble of a deadly mudslide in Washington State, as relatives and friends of the 176 people missing scour the debris with chainsaws and their bare hands.

At least 14 people were killed as the mudslide smashed through the small community of Oso, about 55 miles (90km) north of Seattle on Saturday morning.

Around 30 homes were destroyed and dozens more damaged as much of the riverside village was swept away.

The number of those possibly missing has grown dramatically to include not just residents but visitors, contractors and people who might have been driving by when the wall of mud and rocks crashed through the neighbourhood.

Four-year-old Jacob Spiller was rescued and reunited with his mother, who was not at home.

But his brother, Jovan, known as Jo-Jo, his father, and other members of his family remain unaccounted for.

Snohomish County emergency management director John Pennington stressed the list could be revised downward as some names could be duplicates.

"The 176, I believe very strongly is not a number we're going to see in fatalities. I believe it's going to drop dramatically," he said.

**Sabot** Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:34 am

Surely they must be able to see the possibility of this happening. But then they didn't see Aberfan coming.

**bb1** Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:31 am

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Gone: The entire side of this small mountain was washed away

How can you predict an entire mountainside collapsing due to rain?

**Sabot** Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:36 am

If they stopped cutting down trees then it might help. Or at least do it in stages, and plant new ones in the gaps.

**lily** Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:51 pm

You can see that loads of trees were taken down with it. Washington State has some of the toughest reforestation laws in the country. I don't know the status of the mudslide area though. Maybe it had been very dry for a while before the hard rains came?

This video may help?

http://www.wfpa.org/sustainable-forestry/renewable-resource/reforestation/

**bb1** Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:56 am

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023225363_mudslideloggingxml.html

Looks like you were right, Sabot.

**lily** Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:57 pm

Sabot, well done. Please go there and sort them out as they are supposed to replant and be mindful of these things. Although the new plants will take quite a while to establish, I do realize that.

You may like the state. It's quite beautiful with loads of massive forests and mountains and such.

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