Posted on 06/11/2018 2:51:03 PM PDT by sodpoodle
The slow-moving landslide near Yakima that spurred evacuations and a round-the-clock watch on Interstate 82 earlier this year is still on the move — but the latest monitoring suggests nature may be applying the brakes.
The 4 million-cubic-yard chunk of hillside appears to have slowed its rate of descent from a peak of 1.7 feet a week in January to 1.4 feet a week in June.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Climate change. They forgot to mention climate change.
“near Yakima”???
It’s actually “near” Kennewick, or Richland, two of the three comprising the Tri-Cities.
It’s an hour SE of Yakima.
It’s a relatively small event - unlike Hawaii - but I kept monitoring updates out of curiosity.
I find Highway 40 through the Great Smokies terrifying - winding through steep mountainsides -rocks always look ready to slide down!!!!!
Neurotic me;)
Well, it’s near, in relation to Pluto.
Speaking of Pluto, flipping radio channels in the car the other night, I came across some clown who wants a manned expedition to ..... Pluto.
Oh yeah, a ball of ice when getting to Mars and back, alive, is extremely difficult (these days).
I flipped back to the oldies station, LOL.
It has always been reported as the ‘Yakima Rattlesnake Ridge Slide’.
Thanks for the info.
It’s actually only a few miles from Yakima as you go through the “gap”. I drive by it twice a day
I think you’re getting it confused with Rattlesnake Mtn.
Try not to be driving by it when it finally lets go..../Captain Obvious
Yikes
The mountain is behaving as was predicted by the original geologist. It wasn’t until our dumbass governor got involved did it become a big deal.
I didn’t write the article - just posted it. When searching the internet for updates I enter ‘Yakima Rattlesnake Ridge’ and all the reporting since January 2018 can be found under that description.
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I only worry about it on the way in heading westbound . Those are the closest lanes. Some of the small cobble stuff is starting to roll down. There is an area that now has several chutes where this stuff been rolling down.
There was a huge rock slide on I-40 between Asheville and Knoxville in the early 90s.
I had to make the trip several times and there was no really good bypass. When they finally reopened it, I was really surprised at just how big it was.
Feet per week in geography, is that fast in geographic terms?
No worries. There’s the really big mountain near the Tri Cities called Rattlesnake Mountain. This is just a small ridge that is not even connected to Rattlesnake and is about 60 miles west of it.
Either the paper or I have confused Rattlesnake Ridge with Rattlesnake Mountain.
Ridge is NW of Yakima.
Mountain is SE of Yakima.
My prayers for your safety and for others. The size of it makes me think it will take out both sides, easily, when it goes.
Wow.
Googlemaps has Rattlesnake Mtn. as 71 miles from Yakima and 41 miles from Richland.
The story refers to Rattlesnake Ridge which is NW of Yakima, so one of us is confused.
HA!
It is NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!
Its Rattlesnake Hills!!!!!
(but it is the one shotgun referred to 3 miles outside Yakima)
>https://www.dnr.wa.gov/rattlesnake-hills-landslide<
4 million-cubic-yards of dirt is a LOT of stuff, even at a rate of feet per week. If it starts to cover the highway, it’s going to shut it down for a while.
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