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Word: thuds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monterey Park, Joanna Dressier was packing suitcases to flee when she heard a thud. Said she: "I looked outside and saw my husband and two friends being pushed by the mud against and underneath a car. I couldn't get the front door open, so I bashed a window. I threw my dogs out, then I jumped out." Her husband and friends survived, but her house was badly damaged. Ray Linton, another Monterey Park resident, salvaged little more than a stereo, a couple of cans of honey and some dented pans from his house, which collapsed. For drinking water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Nightmare in Southern California | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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