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(@imaudigger)
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I wonder if a surveyor was involved with staking the logging limits on this project?

http://kuow.org/post/oso-logger-we-followed-rules-cut-edge-landslide-zone-cautiously

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 1:03 pm
(@iceman)
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When the slide happened in March 2014,I helped out with the recovery.I have a lot of mixed feelings in regards to helping out.Finding people was a blessing,but it sure took a toll on a person,but certainly nothing compared to the families loss.

All 43 people were found,so the families had some sort of closure.

God Bless the families and their loved ones who perished.

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 2:12 pm
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Most catastrophic events involve a string of incidents and errors (I will refrain from using the term "comedy of errors" in this instance) and generally not one specific act or event. The tragic Oso slide is a good example of such with humans clinging to the processes in place and trusting they are adequate.

Time and time again it can be shown those processes are far from adequate.

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 3:11 pm
(@imaudigger)
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I just wonder why they cut over the boundary line, especially when it was designated as a no-cut area.

Based on the ancient landslide history of this area, I highly doubt the logging had much to do with the landslide.
However, tort liability doesn't require much contribution to be proven.

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 3:20 pm
brad-ott
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paden cash, post: 394811, member: 20 wrote: I will refrain from using the term "comedy of errors" in this instance

Well done.

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 3:52 pm

(@daniel-ralph)
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Thank you for posting Iceman.
It was a cold rainy Sunday last winter when we chose to make our first drive to Oso, and I remember it clearly. We stopped the car along the highway in what appeared to be a turnout but was clearly signed, no stopping. My wife got out and took a stroll among the memorials that appear to be visited daily. I couldn't leave the car. You feel a place like Oso, it is a place that commands respect. Gettysburg and Dachau gave me the same feeling. I hope nothing becomes of this area and that the fencing stays in place.
Some lawsuits were settled this week. Nobody wins.

 
Posted : October 11, 2016 4:36 pm
john-hamilton
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Daniel Ralph, post: 394821, member: 8817 wrote: Some lawsuits were settled this week. Nobody wins.

Except lawyers. It is a shame that they profit from tragedy, but they often do.

 
Posted : October 12, 2016 5:02 am
(@joe-the-surveyor)
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Daniel Ralph, post: 394821, member: 8817 wrote: Thank you for posting Iceman.
It was a cold rainy Sunday last winter when we chose to make our first drive to Oso, and I remember it clearly. We stopped the car along the highway in what appeared to be a turnout but was clearly signed, no stopping. My wife got out and took a stroll among the memorials that appear to be visited daily. I couldn't leave the car. You feel a place like Oso, it is a place that commands respect. Gettysburg and Dachau gave me the same feeling. I hope nothing becomes of this area and that the fencing stays in place.
Some lawsuits were settled this week. Nobody wins.

I felt a similar way about Sandy Hook.

 
Posted : October 12, 2016 5:37 am