USGS Keeping A Close Eye On Mudslide Sensors

March 23, 2011 7:10 AM

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sensors have been placed along local roads to monitor potential mudslides.

The Department of Forestry installed the sensors after a mudslide in 1997 sent 35,000 truckloads of dirt onto Highway 50.

The sensors are buried in the ground.

Caltrans and the USGS use the real-time data from these sensors to detect potential slides.

Geologists say that the saturated soil in 1997, are the same conditions we’re seeing this week.

USGS Keeping A Close Eye On Mudslide Sensors

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Hillbilly

WHERE ????? this information is TOTALLY useless, unless you indicate where and why abouts that they are worried and monitoring !!!!!!

CowsRfun

Um…they said it was above Pollock Pines…near the same area it happened in 1997. A little town the mentioned a couple times called WHITEHALL!!! Jeez. Listen to the video.

Hillbilly

I apologize, my browser is sooooo slow that I didn’t recieve the video, THANKS for the detailed information…..
john

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