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Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:05am.
So there seems to be a lot of roads closed out there due to flooding. Can folks report on them here and maybe we can help each other get around town until the waters subside?
» Here's the map, folks should add to it.
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I just ran through several
Submitted by OperaGirl on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:12am.I just ran through several large puddles (puddles really doesn't seem like the right word!) while going to and from the craft store (Michaels). There was a really big one on Sleater-Kinney kind of by where the Jiffy Lube is but on the other side of the street. There is a huge one on Pacific Ave kind of by PSE. They have one lane marked off by a cone but the other lane is just as deep it seems. There was also several "smaller" ones along Pacific Ave up by where Michaels is.
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
The Scott Lake Golf Course
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:23am.is closed. Lake PondThatDrains has reappeared in my backyard (the fairway). The ducks and geese are loving it. Drive careful out our way. Drainage is not real good and surface water comes from nowhere.
Westside
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:28am.Is a mess! Stay on main roads. Side roads like 14th and 20th are viable but be careful. Lots of standing water over a foot deep. Access 101 from Mud Bay Rd. rather than Cooper Point.
If traveling 101N past Mud Bay Rd. be ready for delays and possbile closures at the 101 / State Route 8 split. Madrona to Steamboat to 101N may be a better bet.
Does anyone
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:41am.Frappr
Submitted by Sarah on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:49am.Try Frappr - I know there are other map applications out there but don't know much about them.
Cooper Point Rd./Cedrona/Madera/TESC Area
Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:49am.There is a lake, literally, at the entrance to Cedrona/Madera. The only way to get in or out is go through Madera out past the TESC college housing and loop back to Kaiser. There were 3 tractor trailer tow trucks pulling out cars and one car is nose down in the water & water is running over the hood & windshield of it!
20th St. off Cooper Point going towards Division is now closed off right before the turn to LP Brown elementary. There is a car buried in water partially blocking the lane going towards Handy Pantry/Division St. and police were coning off the road.
Cooper Point is flooded over at the Goldcrest entrance and the road to Hansen Elem. & Marshall Middle schools.
My kiddo at Capital said there were only about 10 people in her classes of 30+ because most of the kids were out on Steamboat and couldn't get in.
She also said her best friend out on Delphi Rd. is being evacuated by the fire department due to flooding and she couldn't get to school either.
It's a zoo out there! I only ventured out because Mr. Onry bought me a 50 inch HD Plasma to hang over my fireplace in the family room yesterday for Christmas and I needed to trade in my old cable box for a HD/DVR box! I must be a slave to TV!
Hubby went into Dupont for work today and said if you can swim through Olympia going North, the highways are fine but not to leave town and try & get back in because I-5 on to 101 is a total parking lot, probably due to the mudslide down towards Steamboat.
Coming home from Comcast, I was thinking today might be a great day to get out & do some Christmas shopping because nobody else will be out! LOL!
Cooper Point & Walnut/14th
Submitted by Logarithm on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 12:55pm.From the City of Olympia website
Submitted by tctvjohn on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 1:09pm.http://www.olympiawa.gov/newsfaqs/newsreleases/floodingroadway.htm
Motorists are advised the following streets are experiencing flooding due to rain.
Road Closed: West Bay Drive between Brawn Avenue NW and Raft Avenue NW, is closed to all through traffic due to flooding. This is a result of Schneider Creek experiencing high water conditions and flooding.
Flooding Roadways: Public Works street crews have placed warning signs due to flooding at the below locations. Motorists are advised to take alternate routes.
Motorists are reminded:
Avoid Unnecessary Trips
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 2:19pm.This has nothing to do with me or any other impatient driver being in a hurry - I drove 25 in a 35 for example - it has everything to do with overly timid drivers contributing to the hazards.
Everyone be careful and stay out of this mess if at all possible.
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
TCTV Coverage on Ch. 3
Submitted by tctvjohn on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 1:11pm.If you're coming to Ken Lake
Submitted by chaney on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 1:21pm.I'm not familiar
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 2:16pm.Could someone please try this Community Map:
Submitted by Logarithm on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:16pm.Please attempt to add another point to the map. It appears to have communal editing.
I've registered on communitywalk...
Submitted by Rick on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:17pm....but I don't see how to add to the map. Anybody know?
> Say something interesting or say nothing at all. <
Budd Inlet is really high
Submitted by Meta Hogan on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 2:32pm.The Time to Invest in a Canoe
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 2:43pm.Security Six -
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 2:49pm.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
Bring beer!!!
Submitted by security_six on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:21pm.I have a leaky inflatable for sale cheep! Only $850... :-)
I'm going to sit around huddled over my broken laptop muttering things to myself while listening to Dylan and drinking rum.
Perhaps stormwater management will
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:11pm.We can hope...
Submitted by oysterpreserve on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:47pm.Ranch House BBQ
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:16pm.?
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:22pm.CNN.com's
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:24pm.Read all about it
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:26pm.I always meant to go there
Submitted by Myrtle McFertile on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:59pm.I can't add to the map, but I hear Delphi is pretty messy
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:24pm.NOAA upgraded its forecast of maojor flooding
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 3:37pm.adding points on the map
Submitted by jovial_cynic on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:31pm.Anybody figure out how to do this yet?
http://newprotest.org
I don't think this map is communal
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:34pm.Our creek has risen!
Submitted by oysterpreserve on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:56pm.I-5 to close near Chehalis
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:59pm.http://thurstonblog.blogspot.com/
I-5 in Chehalis Closed
Submitted by tctvjohn on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:13pm.From WSDOT:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/Update/I5-Closure-milepost-68-88.htm
I-5 in Chehalis Closed Due to Flooding
I-5 is closed from exit 88 near Grand Mound (approximately 20 miles south of Olympia) to exit 68 (11 miles south of Chehalis) due to flooding. The freeway will remain closed for at least 36 hours and likely longer while crews wait for the Chehalis River (at milepost 77-79) and Dillenbaugh Creek (at milepost 74) to recede.
How to add points:
Submitted by Logarithm on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:04pm.Nope...
Submitted by jovial_cynic on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:25pm.You only have that option because *you* created the map, I believe.
http://newprotest.org
Bummer
Submitted by Logarithm on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:37pm.Hrm. It must lock onto your IP because I don't have an account with them, so it was impossible for me to test.
Can't add markers.
Submitted by Rick on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:39pm.There's no "Olympia Flooding" link. Can you edit the permissions on the map, Logarithm?
> Say something interesting or say nothing at all. <
Fixed
Submitted by Logarithm on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 5:48pm.Sorry for the confusion, there was no way for me to test before, so I appreciate the feedback.
Thurston County Emergency Information
Submitted by tctvjohn on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:52pm.I just found this on the county's website. It has lots of good info on road closures and advisories.
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/em/emerinfo/ei_index.htm