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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWow! The flooding in the Seattle area is really bad!
Interstates are closed in several areas and Auburn Wa for the most part is flooded with about 5 feet of water. This after several inch of rain that filled the rivers low line areas.
Hope if any DUers are affected, youre safe.
mahina
(20,592 posts)Good luck to all!
nolabear
(43,850 posts)My daughter in laws Montessori school is closed though not flooded. Every road to get there is. I-90 is shut down by a landslide and half the Snoqualmie Valley is under water. Ive got a friend who just made it home from surgery before their entire area was shut off. People are being evacuated and shelters are looking for fosters. The governor is saying all the governor things, hoping FEMA still functions somehow, and were all waiting to see what $#!+ h34d has to say. If we can get through without federal aid, Cascadia might become a thing.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Nrc7s0JPZ70?si=stGZyEsFhEK_9Sip
This is Snoqualmie Falls, regular and now. For those interested its the one they show in Twin Peaks.
gopiscrap
(24,674 posts)and yes it is a mess. They are saying this a once in a hundred years flood
erronis
(23,465 posts)But it's OKAY. We'll just stop measuring and reporting these pesky details.
ZDU
(1,182 posts)"You can't manage what you don't measure." Winning! Are we GREAT yet?
0rganism
(25,562 posts)It's almost like something important is changing but we're not supposed to talk about what, why, and especially not who.
it kills me when the weather reporter says this, but not that the fact this is happening because of climate change and our part in it
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Sure, fix global warming. But be emergency-ready too. We in WA are, but can always be more.
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ananda
(34,778 posts)My niece lives there.
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Ive not heard any reports from there, but people are being warned as far up as the border.
ananda
(34,778 posts)The weather is really weird up there.
My sister lives in Bellingham and she says it's warm
for the season, so the water also flows down from
the mountain because it's not snowing like it
usually does.
2naSalit
(101,868 posts)I have been in touch with family who live in the area and they say they are okay so far. They are in Bellevue.
I've been to Snoqualmie Falls and looking at current flow is really scary. I've seen North Bend flooded before but not like this.
Wounded Bear
(64,139 posts)Auburn is flanked by a couple of rivers, the White on the South side and the Green on the East.
Here in Kent we've been OK so far though there has been serious puddling and clogged drains, etc. I hear the golf course about a mile west of me is flooded. No surprise. It's right on the river and AFAIK there are no dikes there.
More rain tonight.
malaise
(295,081 posts)Stay safe DUers
ananda
(34,778 posts)Huge numbers of evacuations and
serious flooding due to an atomospheric
river.
pfitz59
(12,590 posts)but my county has many refugees. The cleanup will cost mucho.
Aristus
(72,017 posts)I'm dreading the drive home. I hope the river is still between its banks...
Trailrider1951
(3,579 posts)Earlier today I did a grocery run to the Safeway in Orting. The highway was open and clear, with the Puyallup/Carbon Rivers at flood stage and some side roads closed. I've been set to evacuate if ordered to. I feel so sorry for those affected by the floods
Aristus
(72,017 posts)It's no longer raining in the Puyallup River Valley, and the roads are dry.
Hope that gives the river a chance to recede a little...
KPN
(17,303 posts)think I understand what you worry about. If there is one, my whatever great spirit exists up there watch over you.
See my post above. We're all right for now. And the rain has stopped.
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,396 posts)They're always happy to escape the rain. But this is just too much!
Buzz cook
(2,871 posts)This is the major East/West highway in Snohomish County.
https://komonews.com/news/local/huge-logjam-threatening-hwy-2-bridge-east-of-everett
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tblue37
(68,400 posts)Deuxcents
(26,430 posts)mwmisses4289
(3,806 posts)Heard from my younger sister, she said she was OK; haven't heard back from a friend i tried to contact earlier today. Please stay safe everyone.