A landslide into Lake Roosevelt in Washington created a massive wave that caused about $250k in damage. The Morning Report puts the wave at 12 feet tall while The Seattle Times says only 5 or 6 feet. Two kids were slammed into a dock and no one was seriously injured; during a similar incident earlier in the year one person was killed. This time it sounds like about an acre of land broke loose and smashed into the lake, which caused a wave to roll into Porcupine Bay Campground in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. It’d be insane to climb out of your tent and walk to the lakeshore to see what that loud bang was only to see a 12-foot roller headed towards you. What about the acre that fell in? Good thing the campgrounds isn’t on that side of the lake.

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