The northwestern states are beautiful, but when you live in a "safe" area as I do, it makes you wonder ........

Six More Bodies Found in Washington Mudslide Zone, Death Toll Increases to 14

Six more bodies were found Monday in a Washington town that was engulfed by mud when a hillside collapsed, raising the number of confirmed dead to 14, and authorities are chasing down 108 reports of people missing.Many of the reported missing, however, would likely turn out to be false alarms, authorities cautioned.                                                                                  The threat of a secondary landslide were hampering search-and-rescue efforts Monday afternoon.Emergency management officials said some crews had been pulled off the disaster site in Oso, Wash., because of the danger."There is movement on the landslide," said state geologist Dave Norman.State officials said geologist from several agencies were on the scene to monitor the hillside, but the slide area remained unsafe for recovery work.

The mudslide Saturday flattened dozens of homes in an area that was 4,400 feet wide by 4,400 feet long — shy of a square mile — leaving a jumble of muck and debris in its wake.

It peeled off a section of the hill that is 1,500 feet wide and 600 feet high. The concern was the land behind that so-called head-scarp might be unstable.

The mud and debris also dammed up a river, which was causing flooding upstream. The water was up to the eaves in seven homes, and officials were considering further evacuations.