Friday, March 6, 2015

KIller Landslides 2014


NOVA: Killer Landslides


     Oso Washington experienced the deadliest landslide in the United StatesEarth the equivalent of one million dump truck loads rushed into the valley during two separate slides.  It took just over two minutes and close to 50 homes were swept away by a pile of debris up to 75 feet deep.  Geologists are tracing the history of Oso to get information to use to warn residents of landslide events before the occur.  Finding out the reason this area became so unstable is very important in order to predict a future slide.  There is a lot of rain every year in Oso and this is predicted to increase with global warming.  It is possible radar monitoring could provide warnings that could save lives.
     This is very interesting.  A mom was holding her baby tight against her and she was pushing along with the debris while still sitting on her sofa?  Rescue people had to cut her out of the sofa, she is injured but her baby is unhurt.  The sister of one of the rescue workers was driving her car when the road was hit by the landslide.  She didn’t know what happened but she died instantly.  When they found her, she was still holding onto the steering wheel and her foot was on the gas.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

60 min, TV Episode, Doc directed by Liesl Clark with Brook Alongi, Mike Blankenship, Dayn Brunner, Randy Fay, Richard Iverson, Haji Mohammad Jamshid, Marla Skaglund Jupp, Steve Klett, David Montgomery, Bill Quistorf, Craig Sechler, Amanda Skorjanc.

Note:  Imdb 7.6 out of 10, NOVA 4* out of 5* with one review, Amazon Instant Video 5* with 15 reviews.








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