because a couple of years ago this hillside was on fire and the crews were filling up the helicopter buckets out of this lake which is now a dry lake bed, elizabeth lake. so this is one of the reasons why this is a powerful mudslide behind the houses, because, you know, the hillside burn didn t have any vegetation to hold on, and it has been four years, not enough rain to germinate any root structure to hold the hillsides in place. so they have that to contend with. and dump truck after dump truck has been coming up and down the road today, and they have 300,000 cubic yards of mud. they have the put it somewhere. right now, they are moving it awe of the roads and hoping to dig some of the the cars out. in other areas nearby here on highway 58 where you saw that massive pileup of cars and big rigs, well, those are still there, and they expect those will be there for some time. that is a cleanup project that could take days, and the good
beautiful columbia river. which among other things is the lifeline for about 10,000 farmers and dozens of commercial fisheries. so the hanford cleanup in washington state is a tough situation. the energy department is in charge there. they hired the bechtel corporation to do the work. it s a multibillion-dollar project on a 600-square-mile site that, again, is the most contaminated place on the continent. and now a senior engineer on site, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel, said something is very wrong there. last week hanford engineer dr. walter thomasitis, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel called u.r.s., dr. thomasitis testified before a senate committee. the doctor told senators that after he raised concerns about the cleanup project being dangerously rushed by bechtel and u.r.s. in order to hit deadlines and get bonuses, after he raised concerns that shortcuts being taken with hanford s radioactive mess could lead to more radioactive leaks or explosions or fires, he s
north america is right on the beautiful columbia river. which among other things is the lifeline for about 10,000 farmers and dozens of commercial fisheries. so the hanford cleanup in washington state is a tough situation. the energy department is in charge there. they hired the bechtel corporation to do the work. it s a multibillion-dollar project on a 600-square-mile site that, again, is the most contaminated place on the continent. and now a senior engineer on site, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel, said something is very wrong there. last week hanford engineer dr. walter thomasitis, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel called u.r.s., dr. thomasitis testified before a senate committee. the doctor told senators that after he raised concerns about the cleanup project being dangerously rushed by bechtel and u.r.s. in order to hit deadlines and get bonuses, after he raised concerns that shortcuts being taken with hanford s radioactive mess could lead to more radioactive leak
beautiful columbia river. which among other things is the lifeline for about 10,000 farmers and dozens of commercial fisheries. so the hanford cleanup in washington state is a tough situation. the energy department is in charge there. they hired the bechtel corporation to do the work. it s a multibillion-dollar project on a 600-square-mile site that, again, is the most contaminated place on the continent. and now a senior engineer on site, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel, said something is very wrong there. last week hanford engineer dr. walter thomasitis, who works for a subcontractor to bechtel called u.r.s., dr. thomasitis testified before a senate committee. the doctor told senators that after he raised concerns about the cleanup project being dangerously rushed by bechtel and u.r.s. in order to hit deadlines and get bonuses, after he raised concerns that shortcuts being taken with hanford s radioactive mess could lead to more radioactive leaks or explosions or fires, he s
that congress approve government regulations that have a significant impact on the economy or small business, lowering the tax rate for businesses and individuals to know more than 25%, passing free trade agreements with columbia, panama and south korea. they say that will create up to 250,000 jobs and increasing domestic energy production. the pentagon says the don t ask, don t tell policy in the military officially ends on tuesday. the defense secretary has been asked to hold off on repeal. congress needs more information about the policy changes they say. the pentagon says the repeal of the policy of gays serving in the military has been through a rigorous vert fiction, process. thousands of students in tacoma washington will not be in school again today. the teachers union voted to keep its strike going despite a judge s order to put the signs back and get back to the classroom. we were surprised and disappointed. we fully expected students would be arriving and teac