There were a few things that may be done to shore up that bend in the river. they concluded that any fix would likely be temporary. it's almost impossible from a practical standpoint to stabilize this slide. the slope will continue to slide. that was in the 1950s they said that. fast forward 50 years. in 1999, again, a report prepared by the u.s. army corps of engineers warned the potential for a large catastrophic failure at this location. the following year, the year 2000, another expert offers a similarly dire warning for the army corps of engineers, saying the slide area posed a significan...