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Ten Years out from La Conchita mudslide

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
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There's a small town in California on the coast, La Conchita, which was partially buried under a mudslide on January 10, 2005, which happened to be one of the heaviest rain years on record here.

The slide remnants are still there, but so is the town.

I wish all the residents well. And, I share concerns for the future.

The picture below shows the town as it was in 2014. The link is to an article by the LA Times.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/10-years-after-fatal-mudslide-tiny-california-town-accepts-the-risks/ar-BBhxDdd

This is the picture of someone''s house, still full of rocks 9 years on.

Be careful.

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Kim Grand Master

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I remember this incident well, having been stuck in very slow freeway traffic on US 101 north within hours of the slide. Every time I drive past La Conchita, I have to look at the part of the mountain that came down, and I feel a pang of sadness for the families lost, and amazement that others continue to live there.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

sur4z Grand Master

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This sad event may have made a 10 second spot on my local news so I don't remember it. However I remember the mud slides in Haiti. And I do get the gravity of it.

I have a friend who lives in Mal Pais, Costa Rica and his area is subject to seismic activity. In his case he has a house on top of a "mountain" and the after one of the tremors the ground compressed and force the ground water to start spurting out of the side of his "mountain". It caused all of the top soil, including all trees to slide down washing out his road. The only way up or down was to walk. Fortunately he is a contractor with an engineering background and He shored up the "mountain" by building a series of steps and supported them with rocks. He also built a french drain that routed the water through a designed trench. Now the road is back and he can get his truck up to his house.

I say live in flat Florida and not have these problems.

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

--Avett Bros

DoomsDave Grand Master

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This sad event may have made a 10 second spot on my local news so I don't remember it. However I remember the mud slides in Haiti. And I do get the gravity of it.

I have a friend who lives in Mal Pais, Costa Rica and his area is subject to seismic activity. In his case he has a house on top of a "mountain" and the after one of the tremors the ground compressed and force the ground water to start spurting out of the side of his "mountain". It caused all of the top soil, including all trees to slide down washing out his road. The only way up or down was to walk. Fortunately he is a contractor with an engineering background and He shored up the "mountain" by building a series of steps and supported them with rocks. He also built a french drain that routed the water through a designed trench. Now the road is back and he can get his truck up to his house.

I say live in flat Florida and not have these problems.

You certainly make a strong argument.

Till the hurricanes come, with their storm surges.

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