http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6821292/

Not to depress anyone who's already feeling bad in the Depression thread, but this is really a sad story. I'm sure this kind of thing was replicated a thousand times over in Asia, as well.

The link isnt working for me for some reason, but I assume you are talking about Jimmy Wallett and him loosing his family in the La Conchita mudslides. I live about 2.5 hours from there. the rains we had over the past week were the worst this area has seen in a long time.

The part about that story that no one has been talking about nationally is that that place was known for a long time as being a dangerous place to live. There has been a large mudslide there about once a decade sine the 1800's. People shouldnt have been living there in the first place.

The link isnt working for me for some reason, but I assume you are talking about Jimmy Wallett and him loosing his family in the La Conchita mudslides. I live about 2.5 hours from there. the rains we had over the past week were the worst this area has seen in a long time.

The part about that story that no one has been talking about nationally is that that place was known for a long time as being a dangerous place to live. There has been a large mudslide there about once a decade sine the 1800's. People shouldnt have been living there in the first place.

Strange that the link isn't working...that is the story I'm talking abouit. I've heard about the previous mudslides a bit and how the state wasn't taking the problem seriously. Problem is nobody is going to stand up to a real estate company these days.

It really is a sad story, especially since they seem like such a nice family. Of course even when jerks die in this way it's sad, but they really seem like good people. The guy is even hanging around to help dig through the rest of the wreckage. He said that at least when he saw the bodies there was some closure and that he wants other people to feel the same way.

Having grown up in Cali I feel for the people there, but you know, I have always looked around and saw houses so close to the edge of hillsides and mountains and thought - "they sure have a nice view up there, I wonder when it will be from the bottom looking up".

When Cali has the fires that seem to happen in the summer every year now, it burns all the plantlife that holds the soil together, then the winter rains come and the whole thing gets washed away. If you are going to build on a mountain or even a hillside, the ground needs to be terraced (spelling) in order to slow the watershed down, if not, this is what will continue to happen every year....

very sad indeed. I, like explosive live near Ventura County. My prayers are with the families

sad indeed, but in the case of that hippie guy what they were reporting on the news is that they gave that family a warning to move out of the area and they ignored it.