Reidel & BJ have both been quoted in various reports. The Yakima EM guy says he doesn't think any slide would go as far as the river. BJ disagrees. I can't keep it all straight about who says what.
Yes, all the gaps in all the ridges have been widened to varying degrees. Originally there was a native footpath along the river. I remember when part of the west side ridge (not the sliding one) was blasted away when I was a kid. It took years for that to get stabilized with injections of grout, walls, and who knows what. There are lots of cracks that people don't realize. When this thing falls they are going to blame the quarry when in fact, it would have happened if there hadn't been mining up there.
This computer is moving like molasses right now so I think I need to reboot and see if something speeds up. It's literally showing the letters I type three seconds or so after.
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The above link is from the public broadcasting station. Some of the Seattle stations have taken shots from a helicopter that were broadcast on our local stations. The other night when I came home I saw significant light being projected on the ridge. I don't know if that was for monitoring or if they were placing the containers.
Mostly for Bruce:
This is the east side of the anticline just north of Parker. The west ridge is Ahtanum Ridge and the east ridge is Rattlesnake Ridge. I asked Nick during the field trip about Ancient Rivers Changing Course, if there was a geologic reason why the different names on either side of the Yakima River. He said no, it is one anticline with the antecedent Yakima flowing through.
During the summer the sagebrush & grass on this ridge burned. It makes the crack stand out more starkly than it would otherwise. While I'm about 3 miles from the place and in no danger, I can see it from the house.
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