Unforeseen risk of slide? Warnings go back decades"
Since the 1950s, geological reports on the hill that buckled during the weekend in Snohomish County have included pessimistic analyses and the occasional dire prediction. But no language seems more prescient than what appears in a 1999 report filed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, warning of the potential for a large catastrophic failure.
That report was written by Daniel J. Miller and his wife, Lynne Rodgers Miller. When she saw the news of the mudslide Saturday, she knew right away where the land had given way. Her husband knew, too.
Weve known it would happen at some point, he told The Seattle Times on Monday. We just didnt know when.
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