[Izzy Dunne]

The 2006 slide took place in winter, on Jan. 25. Three days later, as the new channel cut the land, “residents and agency staff reported the eerie sound of trees constantly snapping as the river pushed them over,” wrote the Stillaguamish Tribe’s Natural Resource Department on its website. But the sound of construction competed with the sound of snapping trees.

“They didn’t even stop pounding nails,” said Tracy Drury, an environmental engineer

Amazing.

So... what is Pennington covering up?

Is he getting paid under the table to approve dubious projects?

Did he think the 2006 slide cleaned the place up so it wouldn't happen again for a long while?

Is he just incapable of reading?

What?

[ponygirl]

The national media has been asleep on this story. Why? Is the missing Malaysian jet that spectacular that 100 people missing in this landslide is to be ignored? They’re ignoring it because it is yet another example of a dismal failure of government.

[ken5050]

One scientist said it's impossible to try and stabilize the cliff.

100% true...yet we're somehow supposed to stop "global warming?"