Tag Archives: debris flow

Making sense of what happened to Montecito

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Doc Searls

Montecito is now a quarry with houses in it: So far twenty dead have been removed. It will take much more time to remove twenty thousand dump truck loads of what geologists call “debris,” just to get down to where … Continue reading →

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GTFO

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Doc Searls

Anybody who refuses to leave a mudslide evacuation area needs to watch this video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W4KWxglDL3o” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] It’s a live recording of the slide that killed ten people in LaConchita, California, on January 10, 2005. We know … Continue reading →

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