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"There are still homes up on Fircrest Avenue that are threatened," Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Ed Hartin told CNN affiliate KOMO-TV. Live video showed small sections of the cliff continuing to fall at 10:45 a.m. local time. Tons of earth had fallen into Puget Sound.
Originally posted by Doodle19815
(Hey Westcoast, if you peek in, aren't you on the Puget Sound?)
[color=E3FFFE]Resident Bret Holmes told the News Times that he has been losing ground at his property all morning; there was previously more than 30 feet of land to the bluff's edge but now there is just 15.
He said the land started to give way after he heard what he described as 'a sonic boom'.
'I heard something loud, looked out my window and noticed I didn't have any trees in the front yard anymore,' he said.
A geotechnical engineer will arrive at the site this afternoon, which will give residents more of an idea of when they can return to their homes, officials said.
www.dailymail.co.uk... on-island.html
Originally posted by crappiekat
I found this video interesting. Huffington Post
Looked on USGS and this was the only quake I could find near that area.USGS
Wow, How scary. One minute your thinking you gotta get up to get ready for work and the next thing you know, your backyard completely dissappears. What a nightmare.
Originally posted by crappiekat
Wow, How scary. One minute your thinking you gotta get up to get ready for work and the next thing you know, your backyard completely dissappears. What a nightmare.
Originally posted by BrokenCircles
Wow, How scary. One minute your thinking you gotta get up to get ready for work and the next thing you know, your backyard completely dissappears. What a nightmare.
Originally posted by crappiekat
I must say those people in that picture are either alot braver or dumber than me. I wouldn't be near that edge.
What are his plans for the area, after he dies? Gonna pass it on down the line to his kids, then maybe his grandkids will be the ones living there when it goes down the next time? lol
Originally posted by WhiteAlice
I had a geology professor once who stated that he had purchased future beach front property on the coast that was actually across the highway from the "beach front". He said that he's fully expecting it to be beach front by the time he dies...lol.
That would've been one hell of a ride, to be in that house.
I really can't even imagine how scary it would actually be.
Originally posted by MarkJS
I hope that the authorities would let whoever who lives in that house that went a-sliding- still live in it... It's probably in the same approximate location as before, except that now it's at sea-level... Beach front property! Yay!