DizzyDigger
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- Location
- Concrete, WA
- Detector(s) used
- Nokta FoRs Gold, a Gold Cube, 2 Keene Sluices and Lord only knows how many pans....not to mention a load of other gear my wife still doesn't know about!
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Sadly, this morning there was a massive landslide that took
place near the town of OSO, located on the North Fork of the
Stillaguamish River.
The slide took out several homes, and has also claimed at least
3 lives. The town of Darrington is completely cut-off from access
on Hwy. 530, and the highway is totally blocked by a massive wall
of mud and debris.
Worse yet, the N.F. of the Stillaguamish (aka: Stilly) is completely
blocked by the slide, causing a massive build-up of water on the
upstream side.
There are real-time river level monitors placed all along our major
rivers, and the one for Arlington shows a very serious issue
developing...all the water is backing up miles above the mid-sized
town of Arlington, which is built just off the banks. Lord help them
if that obstruction blows out all at once, as a massive flash-flood will
go racing down the river channel, blowing out everything in it's path.
Here is the current level in Arlington (Note the drop!)
USGS Current Conditions for USGS 12167000 NF STILLAGUAMISH RIVER NEAR ARLINGTON, WA
The Stilly is also a major Salmon and Steelhead spawning river, and
the lack of water downstream is exposing all the redds (eggs) to
the open air...they won't survive.
There is currently an effort by a group of elitists to stop all suction
dredging for gold in the state because they *think* we cause loss
of fish habitat. Maybe they should be taking on Ma Nature instead,
as the damage done from this one slide is a 100³ times worse than
all the dredging combined for a 10 year period!
I prospect this area frequently, and my thoughts and prayers go out
to the families there, many of which I've met at one time or another.
Hopefully, the blockage can be cleared out slowly, but if it all goes at
once the amount of property and river damage will be very significant.
place near the town of OSO, located on the North Fork of the
Stillaguamish River.
The slide took out several homes, and has also claimed at least
3 lives. The town of Darrington is completely cut-off from access
on Hwy. 530, and the highway is totally blocked by a massive wall
of mud and debris.
Worse yet, the N.F. of the Stillaguamish (aka: Stilly) is completely
blocked by the slide, causing a massive build-up of water on the
upstream side.
There are real-time river level monitors placed all along our major
rivers, and the one for Arlington shows a very serious issue
developing...all the water is backing up miles above the mid-sized
town of Arlington, which is built just off the banks. Lord help them
if that obstruction blows out all at once, as a massive flash-flood will
go racing down the river channel, blowing out everything in it's path.
Here is the current level in Arlington (Note the drop!)
USGS Current Conditions for USGS 12167000 NF STILLAGUAMISH RIVER NEAR ARLINGTON, WA
The Stilly is also a major Salmon and Steelhead spawning river, and
the lack of water downstream is exposing all the redds (eggs) to
the open air...they won't survive.
There is currently an effort by a group of elitists to stop all suction
dredging for gold in the state because they *think* we cause loss
of fish habitat. Maybe they should be taking on Ma Nature instead,
as the damage done from this one slide is a 100³ times worse than
all the dredging combined for a 10 year period!
I prospect this area frequently, and my thoughts and prayers go out
to the families there, many of which I've met at one time or another.
Hopefully, the blockage can be cleared out slowly, but if it all goes at
once the amount of property and river damage will be very significant.
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John
