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i just got an email from the King County Republicans with the following ("write your votes on a peice of paper and mail them in" - I hope it doesn't turn into a fiasco!):

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If you happen to be in an area that is completely cut off from the outside world – such as a home right in the bottom of a river valley, surrounded by water and unable to reach ANY polling place, then King County has informed us that they will be accepting late “Flood Ballots”. You should call 206-296-VOTE for instructions, but essentially they will ask you to write out your votes on a piece of paper (or go to the county web site for a list of all the races you can vote on, print it out, and clearly mark it), put it in an envelope, put that envelope inside another envelope, write the explanation of why you’re voting late on the outer envelope, and mail it as early as possible but WITHIN 7 DAYS. The ballot will be treated as a provisional challenged ballot, and will go before the canvassing board before being duplicated onto a real ballot and counted. Such “Flood Ballots” will only be accepted from people who can prove that they were physically cut off and unable to get to their polling place, so if you can get to ANY polling place and vote a provisional ballot, that would be preferred and help insure that your vote is counted.

Please pass along this information to anyone you know who wants to vote but is concerned about being unable to do so. Thanks!