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Rivers rise in Washington state after record rainfall
Sac Bee ^
| 10/21/03
| Jim Cour - AP
Posted on 10/21/2003 3:13:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:00:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Volunteers stacked sandbags on levees Tuesday as the Skagit River rose toward an expected major flood crest following the second torrential rainstorm in the Pacific Northwest in less than a week.
Flood warnings were posted along 11 rivers in western Washington. Record amounts of rain fell Monday on the region, where the ground already was saturated by a storm last Thursday blamed for one death, flooding, road washouts and mudslides. Two deaths were blamed on the earlier storm in neighboring British Columbia.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: recordrainfall; rivers; washingtonstate
Mighty wet in the Northwest... Hope some of this heads South and drenches the West too this winter...
... A car and a van attempt to cross high water on State Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway, near Marblemount, Wash., Monday, Oct. 20, 2003, next to the Skagit River. Heavy rains in the past week have brought many rivers in Western Washington to flood stage. The highway was closed a few miles northeast of Marblemount. The car and van shown in this photo made it safely across the water. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:17:51 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... HELP STOMP OUT FReepathons.. Become a Monthly . Thanks)
To: NormsRevenge
Record rainfall in Seattle is really saying something. Driving home last night was an adventure!
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:20:04 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(One of Those Dreaded Federal Employees)
To: NormsRevenge
We had a long dry summer. All the people griped about the sun and heat. Now we have record rain falls. Bremerton nearly 13 inches in 24 hours, Olympia about the same. Other up north even more. The Great North WET is washing into the Sound. Now the whiners are whining about all the rain. Can't make some liberals happy with anything!
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:20:13 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
To: NormsRevenge
Right now its bright blue sky and sunshine west of downtown Seattle.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:29:57 PM PDT
by
Wheee The People
(Do not read past this line, under penalty of law.)
To: RetiredArmy
We had a long dry summer. Still are in Eastern WA. 86 degrees and still heating up at 3:30 PM in Richland. It is causing unusual stress to landscape plants.
Hope it dries out over there.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:33:11 PM PDT
by
steve86
To: SandyInSeattle
Record rainfall? Must be caused by global warming. No, last year's draught was caused by global warming. I'm confused . . .
To: NormsRevenge
Wonder if some of this rain will stay around to greet the USC Trojans on Saturday.
To: NormsRevenge
Wonder if some of this rain will stay around to greet the USC Trojans on Saturday.
To: Steve_Seattle
My little 8ft creek in the backyard is now 22ft wide. Four Feet from last springs record on my property.
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posted on
10/21/2003 3:55:00 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( "Lawrence", Lawrence of Arabia , He's an English Guy ..,He Came To Fight The Turkish....Macys DayP)
To: RetiredArmy
"Now the whiners are whining about all the rain. Can't make some liberals happy with anything!" Maybe you all can bottle the stuff and sell it to us south of you for a buck a bottle. Haven't seen rain for months here.
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posted on
10/21/2003 4:14:38 PM PDT
by
roadcat
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