[californiadisasters] Re: 4 hillside homes red-tagged After San Clemente Slide

This reminds me of a story I heard at a geology conference shortly after the Landers earthquake. I can't vouch for it, but it had the ring of truth. Someone asked a county building inspector how he decided whether to red-tag or yellow-tag damaged homes out in the desert rupture zone. After describing the usual standards, he added "Sometimes it was the caliber of the gun pointed at me."

Vic

--- In californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@...> wrote:
>
> 4 hillside homes red-tagged after San Clemente slide
> By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ, FRED SWEGLES and SEAN EMERY
> THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
> Published: Jan. 7, 2011
> Updated: 5:32 p.m.
>
> SAN CLEMENTE – Four of six homes bordering an almost vertical 25- to 50-foot
> slope failure were red-tagged, or declared uninhabitable, Friday afternoon,
> with city officials telling the occupants they could remove belongings but
> not stay overnight. "We're trying to work with the residents to allow them
> to get things out," said Bill Cameron, city engineer.
>
> The slide occurred Thursday evening behind six hillside homes along the 200
> block of Via Cascadita in San Clemente's Shorecliffs community, bordering
> Shorecliffs Golf Course.
>
> Roshy Gill, who was staying with her parents Thursday night, said the slide
> occurred at about 6 p.m. Thursday, but the darkness prevented residents from
> seeing the extent of the damage.
>
> "It was pretty dark last night and we didn't see the damage," Gill said. "We
> saw it this morning, and we were scared."
>
> The slide left a steep vertical drop within ten feet of the red-tagged
> homes.
>
> Gill said the slide took with it a large swath of land behind her parents'
> home, including trees and shrubs that are now at the bottom of the hill.
> Firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority were called to Via
> Ballena at 10:18 a.m. on Friday, said Capt. Greg McKeown.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> View entire article here: http://www.ocregister.com/news/-283179--.html
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