A Landslide-Stricken Community Deals With No Gas, No Electricity and No Help

Landslides and FEMA, Robert Herjavec’s Homes and Ozzy Osbourne’s L.A. House | WSJ Homes for April 9 – WSJ

…”At first, the movement was gradual. But earlier in 2024, the rate of movement increased significantly in part by periods of exceptionally heavy landfall. Thanks to abatement measures like dewatering wells, the shifting of land has slowed down considerably.”…

PROBLEM IS ….

I’VE NOTICED IT’S WAY MORE WIDESPREAD THAN I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IF I HADN’T TAKEN NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS…

EXTEMES ARE LEADING TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS A CRITICAL ISSUE ABOUT ALL TYPES OF LANDSCAPES….

EXTREMES SUCH A PROLONGED DRY PERIODS

AND

EXTREMES OF INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION…

IS GIVING WAY TOO…

WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS…

GROUND “CRACKING”

JUST LIKE ICE – ROFL

SOLID BUT INHERENTLY UNSTABLE…

FIRST OBVIOUS SIGNS…

CRACKED ROADS

CRACKED CONCRETE

CRACKED FOUNDATIONS

MOVEMENT OF WHAT SHOULD BE STABLE …

SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED SO FAST…

THEN THERE’S SWELLING OF GROUND THAT HAS WAY TOO MUCH MOISTURE IN IT DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR SUCH…

THE PROCESS GETS ACCELERATED BETWEEN BOTH…

RESULT

WELL… NOT ONLY LANDSLIDES, BUT HOLES, CAVE INS, YADDA YADDA YADDA

IF AN EARTHQUAKE HITS…

MAKES THE WHOLE THING SURF LIKE A WAVE ON AN OCEAN…

I’LL BET….

AVALANCHES EXPERIENCE THE SAME THINGS

AFTER ALL….

H20 IN ANY FORM …

IS LIKE

FIRE & ICE

ON THE MOVE

WHO WINS, WHO LOSES…

WELL LET’S JUST SAY YOU DON’T WANT TO BE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL

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