Authorities: 108 names on list of missing or unaccounted for in Washington mudslide

[The Straight Story]

ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities: 108 names on list of missing or unaccounted for in Washington mudslide.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/authorities-108-names-list-missing-or-unaccounted-washington-mudslide

[maxsolomon]

1. knowing the location, there's more than a few vacation cabins along the stillaguamish.

hoping they were unoccupied, but it was a nice weekend.

[Demo_Chris]

2. Wow, that's incredible. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I found this clarification on Headline news:

"Snohomish County, Wash., emergency official: 108 reports of people who are unaccounted for or missing after mudslide; does not mean 108 injuries or fatalities "

clarifies there are 108 reports-
implies that there are duplicate reports for the same person

still, maps of the area show there are neighborhoods of cabins and such up there+`

years ago when I knew the area, it was undeveloped.

[FarCenter]

4. 8 dead; 108 reports of missing people

Officials at the massive mudslide in Snohomish County said this morning they have reports of 108 missing and unaccounted-for individuals as a result of the disaster.

John Pennington, who heads the county’s Department of Emergency Management, quickly added that the reports are vague and insists the number of victims will not be nearly that large. He called 108 “a soft number.”

Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said “the situation is very grim.”

“We are still holding out hope we are going to find people alive. We are still in a rescue mode,” Hots added.

Rescuers today will use aircraft, four search dogs and technical teams to “probe the ground.” Searchers going through debris have been sinking in the mud, which is 20 feet or more deep in some areas.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, speaking at the same Arlington news conference as Hots and Pennington, said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies are ready to assist as well.

Going into detail about the slide site, near Oso, Pennington said there are 59 vacant lots in the slide area, and another 49 lots had some sort of structure — meaning a house, a cabin or some type of possible dwelling. Of all of the structures, 25 were likely occupied full-time.

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