Landslide in San Diego Community
In a San Diego community, a landslide of about 60 yards wide tore apart a few multimillion-dollar homes on the three lane road on Wednesday. The mayor, Jerry Sanders, declared a state of emergency and asked the federal government to help the community. It did not take much long, because the next day he was already recieving aid from legislators, the governor's office and the White House. Officials have been warning the city for two weeks about the ground shifting beneath the community along Soledad Mountain Road. Deputy city engineer Robert Hawk said to the Union-Tribune that the hillside community has been slowly slipping for years because the soil is unstable. Landslide incidents in the neighborhood date back to the 1960s, Hawk told the newspaper.
One resident described the Wednesday landslide as if it was "sinking before our eyes." Another evacuator says, "The asphalt that should be under my feet was 8 feet in the air. We watched the trees snapping and cracking and more boulders come down to our feet and we were witnessing this move." Only 75 out of the 111 homes will be safe to return to. According to media reports, several homes were damaged and at least one was destroyed. Nine homes are "red tagged," which means no one is allowed to enter them, and 27 more are "yellow tagged," meaning residents can return only for necessities, but cannot stay for long, Sanders said. The landslide disturbed the power lines, and caused a minor gas leak. The Red Cross opened a shelter at La Jolla High School for the residents effected.
Pat Abbott, a retired geological sciences professor at San Diego State University said, "Gravity pulling on the incline is pulling down masses of earth and those masses of earth have houses on top of them," Abbott said. "It's a geologically bad site and should not have been built on to begin with."
posted by Elisa G | 6:56 PM
4 Comments:
You need to compare the current event article to a historical event so you need to do that. The content was real good and the pictures are real good, just try to make the comparison to a historical event.
compare to an historical event
Make sure you compare that article to a historical event that happened before our time. For an example, refer to a landslide that occurred before 1990.
I didn't see a comparison to a historical event. Hopefully all the people will get their lives back on track. This was a very good article. Also, don't forget to check before you post.
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