just beyond the treeline, there's about 100 acres that crews cannot get to. it's too unstable.e mud is like quicksand. what happens if you send crews over there to go to that area? >> well, it's so unstable, so wet, it's ten feet deep of slurry. you fall right into it. >> reporter: the army set up decontamination stations to hose down workers and search dogs. the mud slide contains household chemicals, propane from heating tanks, and human waste. >> we've already had a little bit of dysentery out here, kind of working in a septic tank, almost, if you will, of material. so we want to make sure everybody is washed and decontaminated. >> reporter: drier conditions helped searchers, but as the mud dries out, it encases everything inside. steve harris is supervising the east side of the slide. >> there's a lot of material out there that very likely won't be recovered. it's just going to be buried there. >> reporter: washington governor jay insly says 30 homes are destroyed or are uninhabitable. another 12 are damaged. he's asking for federal funds for 48 funerals, but, scott, that's