Word: rios
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...findings. That would leave the rest of us to report on the finding, critique it, buy stock in it and design policy around it. A few of us would ignore it completely. All of this would happen in Bilbao, Chicago, Pocatello and Rio De Janeiro, and in other places too. We will be right in the mix of the world, and we will be way out of it as well. On Thursday we will stand as one, but as many ones. Out of our many ones will come manifold destinies. Choose them wisely and with good care...
Technically, the landslides that hit Laguna Beach, Loma Mar and Rio Nido are known as debris flows. These are shallow slides that involve only the top layer of soil and usually occur during rainstorms. Debris flows are dangerous; they can run at speeds as high as 40 m.p.h., far faster than a person can run. Fortunately, most debris flows funnel through fairly narrow channels, and so the damage they inflict is limited. But Californians are at risk for a second type of slide, which the U.S. Geological Survey's David Howell refers to as a "bedrock landslide." Such deep-seated...
What happened at Laguna Beach last week happened at Loma Mar and Rio Nido a couple of weeks before, as torrents of mud filled with debris smashed into dwellings with terrifying force. No one died in the Rio Nido slide, but homeowner Gary LaCombe feels lucky to be alive. He vividly remembers watching a tree's mammoth root ball, 12 ft. in diameter, hurtle toward his kitchen window, then veer off at the last minute, narrowly missing his house. Now LaCombe, along with his wife Phyllis and a few hundred of his neighbors, has been evacuated by county officials, barred...
...voted for Clinton twice. I am astonished by the boys-will-be-boys attitude expressed by the American public. I expect Clinton to show respect and keep his extracurricular activities out of our White House! KAREN RODGERS MYKLEBY Rio Rancho...
...Students may not be able to physically drop out at 14," says Shari Gonzales, head of Rio Rancho's first-year academy, "but mentally they can." After two months, it is too early to tell if Rio Rancho will prevent that. But if education reforms are worth anything, this high-desert incubator, perched Acropolis-like over the Rio Grande Valley, means to show and tell. --By Margot Hornblower/Rio Rancho...