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 ...
That’s precisely what I was thinking. 1.4’/week is flying in geological terms.
It’s here, approximately, and much closer to Yakima than Tri Cities.
Imagine that. Soil is falling off a ridge. Hmm, a ridge. Maybe soil fell off causing it to become a ridge, ya think? Maybe they should have known not to build there.
Youtube as a video of a young lady who has been documenting the progression of this slump. This covers the period from February to June 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcPma_7-EzA&index=53&list=PLPM_CyyVfzMruYDk4O3UE2vurW_fANQbg
Toward the end she is driving by and there are gravel slides. (Set to music titled “The dismal hand.” I assume its a poker hand.)
That’s a remarkable massive landslide.
I never saw a rattlesnake until I went to Braveshield in ‘79. There was a troop who low-crawled across a rattlesnake which bit him on the chest. Painful turned fatal.
“I find Highway 40 through the Great Smokies terrifying - winding through steep mountainsides -rocks always look ready to slide down!!!!!”
Nothing at all neurotic about that feeling. They often do. Hence the flimsy patches of chain link fence anchored up on the sides
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