{"id":3863,"date":"2011-11-01T08:09:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T08:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2011-11-02T06:57:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T06:57:31","slug":"intriguing-landslide-of-the-week-catastrophic-bluff-collapse-at-oak-creek-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2011\/11\/01\/intriguing-landslide-of-the-week-catastrophic-bluff-collapse-at-oak-creek-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Intriguing landslide of the week – catastrophic bluff collapse at WE Energies plant at Oak Creek in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong>: An initial report of a landslide that occurred yesterday at the WE Energies electricity generating station in Wisconsin, USA.\u00a0 Some thoughts on possible causes are included.<\/p>\n

In Wisconsin yesterday a landslide occurred at the WE Energies power station complex<\/a> near to Oak Creek in southern Wisconsin.\u00a0 This is the site, which is located on the western edge of Lake Michigan:<\/p>\n

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The landslide has occurred on the southern side of the complex in an area that is being developed for pollution control equipment (presumably sulphur scrubbers or suchlike).\u00a0 It appears to be a fairly mobile flow slide that covered an area that is reported to be “the size of a football field”:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.nctimes.com\/news\/national\/article_576a7846-ce5a-5f77-95bd-e34e5e8ddefc.html<\/p><\/div>\n

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The image above shows the landslide quite well, but the youtube video below, which has news helicopter footage (and some rather excitable commentary,\u00a0 shows it rather better, and includes some close up imagery of the slide:<\/p>\n