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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
Holy crap.
Heckflosse at the 3:30 mark.
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Burt's Heckflosse was pretty much a basket case before this event... can't have helped it any...
At least his home still stands, as does his brand new garage/home behind the car. His blue house has been in the process of rebuilding since the 7' snow storm compromised the roof and exterior walls....
Might be all she wrote for that one....
Very surprised that it survived though, as the creek bed used to be 15' off his back wall, and the other side of the creek was a sheer wall about 40' high.... almost like lightning, as you never know what the heck it is going to do.
maybe the water coming through his yard saved his house.
His new building looks well intact, and 'm sure he is very pleased with the extensive work he did building up the ground next to the creek before putting in a very think (some said overkill) foundation...
Really surprised that the Post Office is gone... entirely. Used to be a solid brick and mortar building right about where the helo landing zone is now.
The house with one side missing and a wall hanging at the crazy angle (creek flowing under it's left side) was supposed to be flood-proof... all rafta block filled with concrete walls... guess if the ground underneath disappears, it makes no difference how sturdy the walls themselves are.
Haven't seen any pictures of my property yet, but it is up high and has a very deep (30+ feet) gulch on the other side of the road from it, and is not below any of the recent burn areas.
That seems to be the common denominator in the areas with the worst slide activity. Just behind Joey's (yellow house, spot of the fatality) was completely burned off about 10 years ago, same for the area above 12th street. (think there are images here of the 12th street sign standing in a debris field.