Agreed. I watched the presser and it is uncertain still as to which way the backed up water will go. The slide area, referred to as “the pile” is too fluid and rescue personnel cannot transverse it. There may be people trapped in buried cars. I pray not.
I’m sure “the pile” is a soupy mess, like quicksand.
As a Geologist, I look at the terrain above that river, and it’s scary to think that people built their houses there in the first place. But we (humans) don’t think in terms of geologic time, so we don’t think it will happen in our lifetime. And certainly our local building and zoning departments don’t think enough about Geology. But the mountainside shows clear evidence of previous massive slides.
Mother Nature don’t play.