Landslide closes Hwy 410 12 miles west of Naches, WA

[TJDave]

Holy cow. That is going to take a while to fix.
Amazing pics in the links.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2009/10/La ... k+Pass.htm

[Lurch]

[White trash]

:cry:

No worries, there is another road around the slide to go play in the powder.

[sams88]

wow..... was just up there with the wife last weekend when we went up Sunday for a late lunch at Whistlin Jack's. Makes one wonder what else is getting ready to "move" up that way as there's sure other places that I would have though would have slid before the area that did slide.

[commando14]

article on cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/13/washington.landslide/index.html#cnnSTCText

[TJDave]

And so it starts.....Heard on the news this morning that residents are already having problems with their insurance companies.
One lady's provider told her that her property will not be covered because she did not have a "land movement rider" on her policy.

Brings back bad memories of when my shop burnt in the Hanford fire years ago.

[Grumpy]

Insurance is an F'n racket After what our oldest went thru at times with his "insurance" while he dieing from cancer...

[Grumpy]

DNR ISSUES EMERGENCY ORDER TO MINE OPERATOR AT THE NILE LANDSLIDE NEAR NACHES

‘Emergency Order To Suspend Mining’ Is Effective Immediately

Simmons & Sons Hauling Planned To Resume Mining Operations At The Site Of The Massive Nile Landslide

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today it has issued an Emergency Order to Suspend Surface Mining for a mine owned by Simmons & Son Hauling near the south-central Washington town of Nile in the Naches River Valley. The valley was the site of a large landslide on October 11, 2009, which affected more than 80 acres, including Highway 410, the Naches River, the Simmons mine, and adjacent lands. Several homes were also damaged. Rock from the mine is used to make aggregate for road building.

DNR issued an emergency order because the mine’s operators have stated that they want to resume mining at the site, which is located on the active Nile Landslide.

“It is DNR’s responsibility to ensure reclamation at mine sites and slope stability is an important component of that reclamation,â€