This is also, in my 35 years here, one of the more unusual floods I have seen in that our creek isn't just backing up water from a nearby river but it's got a lot of its own current. The photos are amazing. A little scary too as I am not sure how much higher it will get. Theoretically the crest was supposed to be this morning but now they are saying this evening where we live.
We do have a plan for such a situation if it reaches the driveway in front of the house which we have never seen, but the former owners told us happened once. My part of the plan involves getting out the cat carriers and rolling up the Oriental rug-- just kidding, I think.
A lot of the roads on the way to out here are already closed as we are a land of many small rivers and creeks. For today, cross out the small :). Unless people do something stupid, like try to drive through running water on the road, there is no danger in this kind of situation. It's just-- let's say different for how you get around and what you have to do-- like in create dikes out of plywood (the other part of our emergency plan for our creek and us.
As a reference for anyone not familiar with what our creek is supposed to look like, I took this photo January 3rd right below our house. When the water finally goes down, thanks to all this current, it won't look the same for probably years as trees will have been swept away.
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It's beginning to look a bit hairy. Hopefully, the water doesn't get any closer than it already is now.
Scary indeed. Weather patterns are changing so much that we cannot predict floods or droughts anymore. I am so hoping that you flood does not last long and if there is any chance you will be flooded out...do not take a chance.
The water is starting to drop. Now it'll just be the damage to sort over when it's finally back in its banks. This kind of thing hurts fences a lot.
wow, it really came up high! glad it is going down, but yeah, lots of repair work in the aftermath. the downside of farm and ranch life!
This looks really quite scary, Rain....I hope the water starts receeding SOON! Your pictures are amazing, and really tell the tale, don't theyt?
Cat Carriers and Oriental Rug---Indeed, my dear. I hope it doesn't come to that.
Glad to read that the water is starting to recede. Your beautiful photos make me wonder how much rain you had there.
That is a lot of water. Hope you are able to stay dry. We have only received 0.9 of an inch out of this storm. There seems to be a line about 50 miles north of us dividing the wet area from the dry area. And that is what La Nina brings, heavy snow followed by warm rain.
Hoping that water kept dropping today.
We are about a day behind you. We still had freezing temps until this morning when it rapidly went from 27 to 45 in about two hours and the rain started falling. Seattle south really got hit worse than us north of there. Wednesday there was a lot of snow- 17 inches in one day in Lewis County (Centralia/Chehalis area), only about 11 in Seattle and then yesterday the ice rain hit. As of tonight on the TV news there were about 300,000 places (homes & businesses) in the Puget Sound area without electric power and some will be that way for a week or so. There is concern for more trees & branches falling as they warm up and get heavier from the rain in the snow & ice that is on them.
And next comes the flooding.
You didn't post today. I hope the creek didn't come into your house. Everyone I know in OR and WA is suffering, but being isolated like you are, it seems doubly scary. My 89 year old sis in the retirement home in Tumwater has been without power for 2 days--Olympia and Tumwater largely are. Hard where there are so many elderly--now eating sandwiches endlessly and mostly staying in bed with blankets. Your storm expected here in the a.m. Hope you are OK.
Our flood water went down and most of the rivers are below their bad flood stage. We never had the snow they did up in the Seattle area, didn't lose power.
I am counting the days for spring is all I can say about the weather this winter :)
Rain--We, too, have lived on creeks for most of the past 50 years. I understand, exactly, how sane it is to have a plan and trigger points within the plan. Kudos!
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I'm glad the waters receded. Flood damage is horrible.
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