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Slow slip events occur when pent up tectonic forces are released over the course of a few days or months, like an earthquake unfolding in slow motion.

“But also, there is so much pent up demand. The state is getting all this growth, and most of it is in the Treasure Valley.”

Rock bursts happen when pent up energy stored in rock causes it to violently fracture.

“But slowly, activity will resume” as economic activity pent up in wartime is released, he said.

William Brackett, whose namesake son was among those killed, visited the memorial Saturday and said he could feel pent up tension leave his body when he learned Card was dead.