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Air date:
Wed, 01/06/2016 - 12:00am
Landslides in Oregon City
Two apartment buildings in Oregon City are slowly sliding down the hillside, according to a local geologist.
The residents of the apartments had to evacuate just before Christmas, and have been unable to return to their apartments since then.
Retired geology professor Scott Burns predicted a landslide on this very spot, when he did a study in the 1990s, and recommended at the time that a planned new development be cancelled.
But the development went ahead, and now, Professor Burns says, it is collapsing just as he predicted.
He spoke with KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg today about the history of the Oregon City site, and what’s happening now:
The residents of the apartments had to evacuate just before Christmas, and have been unable to return to their apartments since then.
Retired geology professor Scott Burns predicted a landslide on this very spot, when he did a study in the 1990s, and recommended at the time that a planned new development be cancelled.
But the development went ahead, and now, Professor Burns says, it is collapsing just as he predicted.
He spoke with KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg today about the history of the Oregon City site, and what’s happening now:
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