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Mudslide Derails train on Camera.
liveleak.com ^ | 4/14/15

Posted on 04/14/2015 2:16:23 PM PDT by BBell

Witness John Hill saw the whole thing unfold. He was working nearby when he had a feeling something was about to happen. He went to his car to grab his camera and before he knew it, the 100 slope next to the freight train started fail!

“I saw the hill start to go. It went down and hit the first car and it tipped over, then more cars kept tipping over. It was crazy how loud it was and how slow it all happened,” he said.

There had been “activity” on the rain saturated slope earlier in the day which should have proved to be a warning. Most of the cars were carrying various types of mostly non hazardous freight and fortunately no tank cars.

The mudslide buried 20 feet of track under 10 feet of mud!

KOMO news stated that: “The cliffs along the waterfront between Mukilteo and Everett are notorious for dumping mud, rock and trees onto the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks below.”

BNSF has installed barriers, improved drainage and removed 13,000 tons of debris all along the waterfront line that these tracks cover and is continually doing slope restraint and repair.

Let us know if you have ever seen anything like this or the aftermath. We would love to hear about your experience!

(Excerpt) Read more at liveleak.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: 2012; bnsf; dec19; derailstrain; everett; mudslide; mukilteo; washington
Video at link. Incredible what nature can do.
1 posted on 04/14/2015 2:16:23 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell
Mudslide Derails train on Camera.

Why was the train on the camera?

2 posted on 04/14/2015 2:22:26 PM PDT by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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To: BerniesFriend

“Why was the train on the camera? “

Try to stay focused, please. ;-)


3 posted on 04/14/2015 2:25:54 PM PDT by moovova
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To: BBell

They totally screwed up the headline. “Man grabs camera as train passes by. You won’t believe what happens next!!!”


4 posted on 04/14/2015 2:26:51 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: BBell

There are always mudslides on that stretch. I’ll bet there are 10 a year.


5 posted on 04/14/2015 2:33:53 PM PDT by stormer
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To: BBell
I'm more impressed by this tornado taking out a train.
6 posted on 04/14/2015 2:38:41 PM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: BBell

Impressive although JB Hunt and its freight customers might not be as enthused.

Unfortunately, it’s also a case study in local news programming cliches as they take 10 seconds of interesting/shocking footage and add some entirely superfluous bookends.

Do we REALLY need a special correspondent in addition to the anchor to introduce it? Isn’t the correspondent in the ‘news room’ (read: office) actually in the same bloody building?


7 posted on 04/14/2015 2:41:41 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: relictele

Cliches!

http://survivetvnewsjobs.com/so-cliche-overused-phrase-list/#.VS2KQvnF-sM


8 posted on 04/14/2015 2:44:39 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: relictele

As a rule, BNSF has these mudslides removed within a few days. It happens every winter.


9 posted on 04/14/2015 2:46:57 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: BBell

This is from like a decade ago.


10 posted on 04/14/2015 2:49:39 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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To: moovova
“Why was the train on the camera? “

Try to stay focused, please. ;-)

He just wanted to give the odd title some exposure.

11 posted on 04/14/2015 2:51:03 PM PDT by abishai
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To: 2CAVTrooper

I did not know that so I looked it up. On or about Dec 19, 2012. I’ve been suckered!!


12 posted on 04/14/2015 2:58:01 PM PDT by BBell
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To: Gamecock

Very impressive.


13 posted on 04/14/2015 2:59:23 PM PDT by BBell
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To: relictele

I feel like I just took a course in Journalism. I think I can report the news now.


14 posted on 04/14/2015 3:03:08 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell
Incredible what nature can do.

Yeah. And just a little bit of it at that.

15 posted on 04/14/2015 3:16:43 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: BBell

Holy Smoly, is right!


16 posted on 04/14/2015 3:19:15 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: BBell

I’d hit that news gal harder than the mud hit the train.


17 posted on 04/14/2015 3:41:00 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: BBell

All together now...

‘A family is homeless tonight after a three-alarm fire in the 2600 block of Smith Avenue. Officials say an alleged electrical short caused the blaze. The victims were transported to a local hospital for treatment....ad nauseum.’


18 posted on 04/14/2015 3:44:55 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: BerniesFriend

Millions of people stand by with cameras pointed at everything, check your zipper!


19 posted on 04/14/2015 7:55:46 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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