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83 Miners Trapped in Tibet Landslide

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Wunderground.com - 3/31/13


Tibet Landslide Traps 83

Rescuers lead sniffer dogs while searching through rock and debris at a gold mine after a mudslide in Gyama village, in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, Tibet, on March 30. (AP Photo)

BEIJING — Authorities in Tibet said Sunday that chances were slim that any survivors would be found after a massive mudslide at a gold mine buried 83 workers in piles of earth up to 100 feet deep. Searchers have found 11 bodies and were searching for the remaining missing.

The landslide Friday has spotlighted the extensive mining activities in the mountainous Chinese region of Tibet and sparked questions about whether mining activities have been excessive and destroyed the region's fragile ecosystem.
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There goes Peter Cottontail: Iconic rabbit facing extinction

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NBC News - 3/31/13

Credit: Lou Perrotti / Roger Williams Park Zoo

A cottontail, not Peter.

 

By Sofia Perpetua, Writer
 

The grass is not that green for the New England cottontail rabbit anymore, as its habitat is disappearing — and if there is no intervention the Massachusetts famous rabbit could become extinct, experts warn.

This rabbit species was once so popular that it inspired Peter Cottontail, Thornton Burgess children’s story character, a century ago, as well as songs, comic strips, movies and television specials.

News Landslide: Before and After

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Weather.com - 3/29/13

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Image credit: Washington Department of Ecology

Here are before-and-after aerial images of the area near Coupeville, Wash., on Whidbey Island. The before image shows the area in 2006. Move your mouse over the before image to see the after image taken Wednesday, March 27, after a landslide that severely damaged one home and threatens more than 30 others.

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Sinkhole Round-Up

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GFP Note: Sinkholes appearing out of nowhere are the new norm! This phenomenon is part of Mother Earth and Humanity's cleansing process and representative of what we are going through right now - walking the line between Reality and illusion while most of humanity is resistant to change.

 

Check out the following links. There are some amazing photos and vids in these articles.

 

hoboken sink hole

 

Giant sink hole appears in front of mall

 

Security Camera Captures Moment Sinkhole Swallows Guard

 

Whidbey Island landslide shifted massive amount of earth

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KPLU.org - 3/28/13, AP

Credit Washington Department of Natural Resources
At 4:15 a.m. Wednesday along Driftwood Way in the Ledgewood Beach Community in Coupeville, Whidbey Island, residents awoke to a noise that sounded like thunder or a sonic boom.

Twenty properties on a scenic island hillside were damaged by the massive landslide in Washington state that displaced 200,000 cubic yards of earth, or about 40,000 dump truck loads, officials said Thursday.

Not all the affected properties suffered structural damage — some lost portions of their yards, said Christopher Schwarzen, a Snohomish County spokesman drafted to assist Island County.

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