Hi Folks,
Just looking for some reasurance that our Washington
FAOL family is fairing well with the current flood
situation. Would appreciate any updates. Warm
regards, Jim
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Hi Folks,
Just looking for some reasurance that our Washington
FAOL family is fairing well with the current flood
situation. Would appreciate any updates. Warm
regards, Jim
Jim, lots of flooding here in BC also but the good news is that all rivers in BC and Washington have past their crest and are going down. Most highways are now open again. My sister in law phoned they are ok just lost power for 8 hours or so. There is at least one death in BC when a Red pickup plunged into the Squamish river.
The video of salmon crossing that highway in Washington state was incredible. I hope all FAOLers are ok. And everybody else too.
Some idiot swam across one of the swollen rivers in Washington and was promptly arrested. Apparently He barely made it. He had Hypothermia that hospitalized him. What a dope!
Been through that kind of stuff myself. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.
We're just fine here, excepting the power outages, pretty common. We do have a good generator, so rarely are we 'disconnected' from the outside world. :lol:
Jim,,, I posted details earlier on my "Film of Salmon" thread... :D
I just spoke to a friend who lives in Forks, Washington. The Dungeness and SolDuc are over their banks and so are a lot of the other streams and rivers. He is handicaped and his wife and new infant daughter are home bound. Lucky they have caring neighbors who are helping with supplies, etc. Fair well Washingtonians, your saga and conditions are well noted here in Michigan.
The timing is perfect. The flooding allows the salmon access to the areas needed for spawning.
JC, Thanks for confirming what I THOUGHT I saw swimming through my parking lot! :shock:
Doug P.S. We have two new ponds here (Darn Leaves!) :D
Oregon just lost Hwy 35 between Government Camp and Hood River. 20 foot deep wash outs in the road in several places. ODOT say's it will take months and millions to get it open again. The Hood River flows along side this road most of the way to the Columbia. Mostly a Salmon stream, and a beautiful one at that.
If the flooding in the NW wasn't bad enough, Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast registered 136 mph winds. A lot of folks without power from down trees toppling power lines. Bummer!
Floods, windstorms, all we need now is a good ol' fashioned earthquake topped off with a volcanic eruption from one of our many volcanoes. Why would anyone live in the Northwest?
Kerry,
Steelhead and Sea Run Cutts. I rest my case.
REE
To test out RAIN wear for Columbia Sportswear.
Kerry, where does Old Fashioned fit into rating earthquakes?
Thanks,
Doug :D
Oh, how I long for the "Good Old Fashioned Days" when earthquakes were earthquakes... :P :P :P
Wait until you are in one of those new fangled earthquakes. By gosh you will be wishing for an old fashioned one then.Quote:
Originally Posted by DShock
Simple.... whenever we have an earthquake, I drink several Old Fashions. 8)
Why don't you come up here? Along with earthquakes, we have occasional rain storms, we have a Volcano in our back yard (Mt. St. Helens) When the wind blows in the Columbia Gorge, in the winter, you can experience the same cold as the Arctic and save plane fare! :D What's not to like?
One problem is we don't pump our own gas and OH YEA! We DON'T have a Sales Tax! :cry:
We also sell more lawnmowers than you guys! So when your out fishing, WERE mowing lawns! :oops:
Venting a little!
Doug :D
DShock,
I used to live in Gladstone. My old address was 1080 High Street, Gladstone, Or. Hows that for an address?
Doug: After living in a state where you pump your own gas, I prefer it. It took forever for someone with an IQ of 12 to waddle out and screw around with the pump and mess with the card and cash...forget it. That is one thing I don't miss. The no tax, now that is another thing. The real secret to living in Orgon is the low price on license plates for cars and trucks...now that I really miss.
I'm feeling a little left out. We don't get Tornados,hurricanes,earthquakes,volcanos,high winds,floods,droughts,or anything else of that kind.
We keep our floods about 125 miles away from here. so I suppose if I really wanted to I could drive over and see one. lol
With the exception of the odd forest fire on the hillsides.
We do have to mow our lawns 8 Months of the year.
We have the option of pumping our own gas or letting some low IQ twiddlehead pump it for us for 2cents a liter more. No-one and I do mean no-one will wipe your windshield or check your tires and oil like they did in the olden days when I first started driving. Full service ain't what it used to be.
The power just came back on here, been off most of the day - the big one is the Hood Canal Bridge (the world's longest floating bridge) has been closed twice today - it is closed right now. The submarine base a few miles from us posted 68 mph winds this afternoon. Flashlight is handy, generator gased and oiled ready to go again.
Hey LF,
I don't envy you the power outages. Happens all
too often here as well. Silly pewters ain't worth
beans when it occurs.*G* We just had 60-65 knot
winds moving through here in the last hour. Have
two different tornado warnings in effect at the
moment here. But strange for us, the power is still
up.*G* I did make a discovery as the storms moved
in a little while ago. My new bionic knee predicts
the weather every bit as effectively as the local
weather station. Now if I could just figure out
how to turn the storm warning circuitry off on the
knee I could go back to sleep.*G* Warm regards, Jim
The weather is runnin' rampant everywhere. We lost power at the office yesterday for a bit too.
Take care out there, ... 'specially North of Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver :!:
My, wasn't that last windstorm fun! We lost power Wednesday afternoon and just got things up and running again. No, we don't have our own generator. It did give us an excuse to go out for dinner though. Had to drive about 45 minutes to find a place with the lights still on.
Lots of roads closed due to downed trees and flood watches are back in effect for most of the rivers.
REE
Wife called about 11 and said power was out at our house just north of Sedro. Network monitoring software informed me of remote location going down in Whatcom County about 11:30. Notified by network monitor of second site going down shortly after the first. Monitoring software informs me main Whatcom branch office down about noon. My network was falling apart as the wind storm moved north and took out power along the way.
Most locations up this morning. Some after 15 hour long power outages. News in Bellingham reported wind gusts in Whatcom County between 90 and 100 miles per hour yesterday. Whoooaaaaa!
Yesterday I visited one of my favorite spots near Monroe and it ain't pretty. The water is still very fast and opaque. It is unlikely that fish can see a lure unless it hits them on the head.
I read where Hwy 35 at Mt.Hood Oregon won't be open to Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort until December 15. I also read that the other ski resorts on Mt. Hood are letting Meadows season ticket holders use their runs for free until the Meadows reopens. Now that is what I call good will in business. The ski area owners are a tight group and understand how mother nature controls their incomes. Can you imagine Ford - GM - Crysler working together like that? They may have to sooner than later.
Jonezee, one of the side benefits from being a sponsor on FAOL has been linking with other that are on here. It is one of the things we never intended, but has happened so any times with the help of the LF. So often most outfits seem to be at logger-heads with other companies. Her catalyzing has often been highly successful. When she finds two companies who might benefit from some mutuality she tries to arrange it.