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A Summary of the Yungay, Peru Natural Disaster, Which Took Place on 1970 May 31st
In 1962, an avalanche-turned-debris-flow destroyed nine villages near Yungay, Peru. Towns vanished in minutes, and the by the time it reached the river below, the loaf of debris was reportedly nearly 40ft tall and around 1 kilometer long, and carried bodies over 60 miles (BBC, 2004). Afterward, the Peruvian Geomorphology Commission of the Geographic Society…
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Buying a Salvage Vehicle and Registering it in Washington
With used vehicle prices up 44.4%(1) over the last three years, repaired vehicles which were previously declared to be “totaled” are looking even more enticing. In early May of 2022, I purchased a vehicle from a licensed dealer (something I verified with the State of Oregon) located in Hillsboro, Oregon, west of Portland. It had…