“It came with such a force ... the gods were smiling on us, I tell you,” Karridge said. The concrete wall took most of the mud. Scott Hammond/Stuff The bank above Suzy Karridge and John Cocks’ house had given way, taking several trees with it and smashing into the back of their home. Trees fell, taken away by the mud slide, smashed the windows and come through one of the bedroom and from the bathroom that the couple was renovating. “It is just heartbreaking... But we are ok,” said Karridge. The couple jumped into their pick-up and drove to town.