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Home » Storm 12/2007
 
As Bad As I've Seen It
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 6:08am.

I have lived here through the Columbus Day Storm, the '65 and '01 quakes, the '96 Ice Storm, and Mt. St. Helens blowing up real good. This one is up there in the same league, especially for those folks in Lewis, Grays Harbor, and Pacific counties. Here in McCleary I heard what could be a rural legend-- supposedly dead livestock are hanging from trees down south of here. But then again we are a town of storytellers. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone out there who can confirm this tale.

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I remember Olympia didn't

Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 8:49am.
I remember Olympia didn't get much (if any) ash from the May 18 eruption. I was in 1st Grade and was hearing stories about Spokane being pitch black from ash in the sky and thought it wasn't fair that I had to go to school. The next eruption I finally saw little flecks of ash falling.

Have cars been submerged on the Westside before? (or had there been large enough puddles in the streets before?) Would you say it was the result of a more intense climate, negligent construction, or both?

If I could get serious for a moment...do you think the caimans were able to swim over to the Westside? Could they be building camp in that spot where the naked mud wresters once frollicked?

Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake

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I haven't seen any Steven

Submitted by Norm on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 2:00pm.
I'm out here in Menlo this weekend. It is incredibly sad, lots of homes, barns that are just destroyed. I've seen a couple of really close calls, fallen trees that came close to homes, etc. A couple of the local farmers having to kill livestock that were caught in fallen barns, one local neighbor had to put down his horse as well. My parents really lucked out, and they apparently weren't without water for long because the national guard flew in a new filter for this area and the Raymond area as well. They were without power for quite awhile though, lots of folks lost their freezers with the years hunt stored in there to help feed them through the winter. Pretty amazing how communities can pull together though, gives me a little hope for the human race.
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It's been many years since

Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 2:48pm.
It's been many years since I've lived like that but I remember what it was like when an elk and a mule deer helped feed the family for a year. One time I didn't shut the freezer door all the way, it was discovered in time but the Hell I caught made sure that it never happened again.

It's expensive enough for Tammy and I to feed ourselves, and we eat like birds. I can't imagine affording to feed two kids on top of that during Reagan's Recession.

Hope all goes well for your folks and their neighbors. Happy to hear they weren't harmed.

Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake

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Why?

Submitted by jlw on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 5:47pm.
I haven't really heard or seen any analysis of why this storm caused such severe flooding. Is it simply because an extraordinary amount of water was dumped in a short period of time? (It didn't seem to be raining exceptionally hard where I was.) Was it something about the rain coming hard on the heels of the snowstorm? Or were there other factors? Does anyone know?

Peace became pizza. -- Guglielmo

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In the Pacific Co area

Submitted by Norm on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 6:09pm.
It was just a storm that lasted 3 days. It dumped a lot of rain, melted the snow that had just fallen (in the hills too) plus they had incredibly high winds during that whole time.
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Freak of Nature

Submitted by CIAGuy on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 6:46pm.

"So why was Lewis County hit so hard by flooding? Federal experts say a freak of nature may be to blame."

"The rain pounded the area of southwest Lewis County known as the Willapa Hills -- the headwaters of the Chehalis River. Nearly 9 inches fell there in one 24-hour period. By comparison, just a third of that amount fell on Centralia."

 

Read the whole story here.

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Thanks

Submitted by jlw on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 7:31pm.
Thanks, CIA Guy. That explains things a little better. II guess that it rained quite a bit harder in some areas than it did at my house -- although my neighborhood was by no means dry!

Peace became pizza. -- Guglielmo

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