Disaster at Slide Mountain

Living in the high desert near the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it is one of the most mountainous regions in the country. One of those peaks is called Slide Peak due to the numerous amount of landslides that happen there each year. The area ranks one of the highest for seismic activiyt. On May 30, 1983 was one of the largest landslides that have occurred there which dozens of homes were ruined with many injuries and one fatality. In this area the peaks do not have much vegetation and have many rocks. In the winter prior to the diaster there was a lot of snow and rain which resulted in this massive landslide.