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Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« on: January 05, 2018, 04:57:56 pm »
Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations

    By Blair Shiff

Jan 4, 2018, 4:53 PM ET


Authorities in south-central Washington state are warning residents near an ever-growing tension crack on Rattlesnake Ridge to evacuate.

Yakima County is monitoring the crack that runs along Interstate 82 about 40 miles southeast of Seattle. According to officials, the fissure is spreading about 1.4 feet per week and measures 250-feet at its deepest point. The exact cause is unknown, but geologists say it's most likely due to shifting soil on the slope.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/giant-crack-washingtons-rattlesnake-ridge-prompts-evacuations/story?id=52136870
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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2018, 07:18:15 pm »
I wouldn't want to be traveling on I-82 when it fails...
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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2018, 01:48:24 am »
That's going to be quite a mess when it "lets go"...
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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2018, 03:20:44 am »
"The geologic experts that have been monitoring this slide believe that since the slide is slow moving and on a gentle slope that the landslide event will be small in nature and hopefully stabilize itself,"

If these 'experts' really believe that let them prove it, they can move into one of those mobile homes down below.
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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2018, 03:48:33 am »
It could be worse...
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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2018, 01:29:07 pm »
Absolutely terrifying:

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Re: Giant crack on Washington's Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2018, 01:35:46 am »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on January 06, 2018, 01:29:07 pm
Absolutely terrifying:


Piffle, that's nothing, I worked with plumbers!
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