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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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May 13, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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Gud Gawd Man - Call a Plumber!
Better yet - call FEMA and let's the ball rolling on some sweet taxpayer reimbursement for your loss!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 13, 2013 - 10:21pm PT
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If natural water is bubbling uphill, then something really interesting is going on, especially if that area was known for hot springs and geysers before! Somebody should be measuring what's going on with the "extinct" volcanos as well.
A lake outside of Tokyo recently lost all of its water overnight and nobody knows where it went but they're all pretty sure another big earthquake is about to occur further south this time or Fuji which is overdue for another eruption, is about to blow.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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May 13, 2013 - 11:00pm PT
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Sure, a geotech can tell you why the material is failing and why the houses are sinking, but a geotech won't piece together the underlying hydrogeology to tell the whole story.
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 13, 2013 - 11:27pm PT
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The earth sucks, that's why this is happening.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - May 14, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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hey there say, jan, and all ...
say, jan, as to this... this is what i was wondering about:
If natural water is bubbling uphill, then something really interesting is going on, especially if that area was known for hot springs and geysers before! Somebody should be measuring what's going on with the "extinct" volcanos as well.
A lake outside of Tokyo recently lost all of its water overnight and nobody knows where it went but they're all pretty sure another big earthquake is about to occur further south this time or Fuji which is overdue for another eruption, is about to blow
*i will go back and see all the other share...
hope folks will find a place to relocate, :(
and sure glad these houses did NOT fall in the night, :O
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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May 14, 2013 - 09:28am PT
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Somehow, Someway...the insurance companies, developer, and builder will walk and the homeowners will get thier recourse from the city or taxpayers...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 14, 2013 - 10:33am PT
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Jan, I'm pretty sure the water that disappeared from the lake just got burped up by Popocatepetl!
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krahmes
Social climber
Stumptown
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May 14, 2013 - 05:05pm PT
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I've been told the location of slide is here:
A working theory is that above the subdivision is positioned in the same regional fault zone as sewage lagoon to the NW:
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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May 14, 2013 - 05:47pm PT
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Nice working theory.
Last google earth image I have is 2011. It would be interesting to see if the water level in that lagoon changed much between then and March 2013 when the slides started. There were some pretty big storms in March, totalling ~2" (~10% of total precipitation), but I doubt that would do it. Regardless, I'd check the discharge records of that facility and maybe have the water tested... the stable isotopic signature should be distinct, among other tracers.
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