We sometimes make mountains out of molehills here on CHS. But we’ve never tried to make one out of a peat bog. In one of the more unfortunate editorial choices it has made since going online only, SeattlePI.com’s lead story tonight documents the threat of peat bog sinkholes in the city. Will bogs keep eating Seattle homes?
It’s a good story for Greenwood. But for Capitol Hill — and most of the rest of the city — not so much. Here’s the city’s latest map marking peat bog areas in Seattle.
As you can see, we’re peat bog free. Now if we can just do something about those pesky sandy voids .
I guess the answer is, “No, your house is probably not next.”