Local radio started broaching the blame issue this week. Lots of mention of reviewing logging permits but from that interactive map there’s a lot of what appears to be dead trees bordering that slide area. Some cutting and replanting might have helped prevent the slide.
The county is in full CYA mode. One report said houses built there were not safe and unneeded since some 50% are in foreclosure.
I live in Shoreline, north of Seattle and just south of the Snohomish County line. We are, on the local scene, trying to fight a huge development that Snohomish Count wants to put it just on the other side of the count line.
Apparently the Growth Management plan for Snohomish is worse than the King County plan. Both counties are bascall dim strongholds.
This project would be in a slide zone, where mudslides have occurred every few years. It is at the base of a hill.
The problem with Washington state is the greenies ruined logging and fishing and the state likes to recklessly build stuff to recoup the tax money that they gave away for the greenie’s pipe dreams.