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Niles/Naches Slide: Pictures worth 1000 reports, but evidently one 2005 report now surfacing

 

 

Previously DOT/DNR was confident (according to Meagan McFadden)gravel pit located in the middle of the slide had nothing to do with it, now a bit of back peddling:

“At least one scientist says it's entirely possible the gravel pit could have played a role. "It's definitely premature to rule out the gravel pit as a contributing factor," said University of Washington geologist David Montgomery, a noted landslide expert. "They were definitely digging at the toe of an active landslide, and that's a recipe for a slide," added Montgomery, who examined Google maps of the site.” Source Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010074658_landslide16m.html

Short list of photos I collected from DNR, Google Maps, and Google Earth: http://picasaweb.google.com/jhaggard1/NachesNilesLandslideOct112009#

DNR slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wastatednr/sets/72157622570021278/show/

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