Guided by History: Wildfires + Rain = Mudslides

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Wildfires + Rain = Mudslides

Fire crews got the Sawtooth and San Bernardino fires under control (check out the intensely cool maps). Crews were helped by rain, but after the fires there's too little vegetation to accept the water—meaning the prospect of mudslides .

I have been looking around for preparedness and prevention tools on the same level with tornadoes, fires and floods, but there is a lot less on "Mudslide Preparedness."

I get this, though: Preparedness is about understanding warning signs . Please leave a comment or email me with the steps you take to prepare for 'Slides.

As Wikipedia describes, slides can be slow or fast. Prediction is based on several factors, and warnings are issued. The response is evacuation —not like you have time to build a wall before you go.

Posted by Charles on July 20, 2006 10:23 AM | Permalink
Found in At Home, Prepare, Wells Fargo Bank

Comments

um iwas won'ting to know when was the most recent mudslide

Posted by: Ruby | May 26, 2008 05:56 PM

Hi Ruby:

Looks like the most recent were in kentucky in April, after that flooding.

Check out http://kyem.ky.gov/

Posted by: Charles Riggs | May 27, 2008 04:01 PM

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