Washington Mud Slide

[Ah Pook]

Wet fall. Above average snow pack. Wet and warn spring. Which canyon will we see this first?

http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...dslidexml.html (Too much crap to link.)

[Gman]

You asking about something like that here? The geology in CO and there in WA are quite different.

[sniper7]

Dang, looks like a few homes are gone.

[Gman]

Up to 16 dead as of this evening. Whole lot more are missing. Some are likely to never be found.

[Great-Kazoo]

Dang, looks like a few homes are gone.

Approximately 1 mile of mud. 100+ whereabouts unknown

[Ah Pook]

You asking about something like that here? The geology in CO and there in WA are quite different.

There are some slide scares in Boulder Canyon, from the Sept. rains/flooding.

[Gman]

They seem to be more concerned about the streams staying within their banks due to debris and inferior dams resulting in flooding.
CDOT worries that work to repair damage from September's flood could be washed away.

[Ah Pook]

The main concern is to dredge the rivers, so the water has a place to run off. Take a run up Boulder Creek. East to west, there are backhoes in the water clearing sediment.

Barker Res. is still full from the Sept. flooding. The res. has to be at least 1/3 empty before spring run off.

We are looking at a 30-90 day flood watch.

[gos]

Yea, they haven't dredged the creeks yet in Longmont, wondering if they're going to get to them in the next six weeks before the melt begins.

[Irving]

I heard that 49 structures were directly in the path of this mud slide. I can't see any in the before shot though. I don't remember how many were permanently occupied.