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.
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.
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.)
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.