Matthew 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
As a state official says residents of the area struck by a massive landslide on Saturday knew of the “high risk” of being killed in that way, rescue workers recovered 2 bodies and found the locations of 8 more victims.
The total of the missing is now listed at 150.
The Washington Army National Guard and FEMA arrived Tuesday to join the recovery efforts using specially trained dogs and sonar to search the area. The additional searchers came as local government officials did a flip-flop on their public stance regarding the disaster.
Initially, officials had said the slide was unforeseen and “came out of nowhere.” The same officials changed their story Wednesday.
“This entire year we have pushed message after message that there’s a high risk of landslides,” John Pennington, director of Snohomish County Emergency Management told reporters. “The dangers and the risks are known.”
Rescuers on site have told reporters that the work is going very slowly because the ground is “like quicksand.” Local fire chief Travis Hots said some of his crew could only go 50 feet in a five minute time frame because of the soft ground.
I don’t think I can even imagine what these people are going through. I pray for them daily and for those brave people who are removing debris and searching for bodies. God Bless them all and give his mercy and grace to all who have lost loved ones and keep the volunteers safe.
Jim I was watching CNN this morning-said that there were more landslides-mudslides in 1949 1951 1967 and this year Has something to do with Israel? I think there were other years mentioned also but I didn’t see those im praying for Lori and all of you there too!!!! love judy