Longtime residents of Concrete and neighboring towns along the Skagit River are no strangers to heavy rain, flooding, wind and landslides.
However, all four within the last week — along with multiple minor earthquakes, evacuation orders and a blizzard warning — is a different story, Concrete librarian Cody Johansen said.
Residents already bracing for more landslides and soaking rains are now waiting to see whether up to 10 inches of snow expected Thursday morning in the nearby Cascades will help calm the chaos, or make things worse, he said.
“It’s out of one hot pot and into a frozen other one,” said Johansen, a children’s librarian at Concrete’s Upper Skagit Library, by phone Wednesday. “I think we’re all just looking forward to some rest.”
Over 2 inches of rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday swelled the Skagit River back to 30.5 feet by Wednesday morning, when 30 feet is considered a moderate flood, according to the National Water Prediction Service. The potential switch from rain to snow this week could mean precipitation will collect on the ground, rather than traveling through the town’s drainage system, reducing the chance of more flooding, Johansen said. -- nordy
AP: High winds batter water-logged Northwest, killing Idaho man and cutting power to half a million
High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by more than a week of heavy rains and flooding.
Wind gusts reaching up to 85 miles per hour battered Pullman in Eastern Washington and the Idaho cities of Moscow and Lewiston on Wednesday morning. More than half a million power customers were without power in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, according to the website Poweroutage.us. Colorado’s largest utility cut power to about 50,000 homes and businesses Wednesday to prevent downed power lines from starting wildfires.
A 55-year-old man died after a tree fell on his home in the northern Idaho town of Fernan, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office said. The tree hit the bed where the man was sleeping, according to a press release, and other people inside the home escaped without serious injury. -- nordy
Wind gusts reaching up to 85 miles per hour battered Pullman, Washington and the Idaho cities of Moscow and Lewiston on Wednesday morning. More than half a million power customers were without power in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, according to the website Poweroutage.us. Colorado’s largest utility cut power to about 50,000 homes and businesses Wednesday to prevent downed power lines from starting wildfires.
A 55-year-old man died after a tree fell on his home in the northern Idaho town of Fernan, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office said. The tree hit the bed where the man was sleeping, according to a press release, and other people inside the home escaped without serious injury.
Guardian: Washington state flooding damage profound but unclear, governor warns
The extent of the damage in Washington state is profound but unclear after more than a week of heavy rains and record flooding, according to the state’s governor, Bob Ferguson.
More than 400,000 residents lost power in southern and eastern Washington, and in neighboring Oregon, from Portland to Salem and along the Pacific coast, as high winds downed trees and power lines on Wednesday.
More high water, mudslides and power outages were in the forecast. Elevated rivers and flood risk could persist until at least late this month, according to the National Weather Service. Wind and flood watches and warnings are expected in much of the Northwest for the next couple of days as storms bring rain, heavy mountain snow and high winds. -- nordy
Notes on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteWe're in full-on Elf Mode here...seeing 7 of 8 grands and the 4 kids this weekend!!
Sounds like fun, if exhausting. -- nordy
ReplyDeleteConcrete faces weather whammy: Floods, slides, wind, blizzard warning ... earthquakes...
ReplyDeleteLongtime residents of Concrete and neighboring towns along the Skagit River are no strangers to heavy rain, flooding, wind and landslides.
However, all four within the last week — along with multiple minor earthquakes, evacuation orders and a blizzard warning — is a different story, Concrete librarian Cody Johansen said.
Residents already bracing for more landslides and soaking rains are now waiting to see whether up to 10 inches of snow expected Thursday morning in the nearby Cascades will help calm the chaos, or make things worse, he said.
“It’s out of one hot pot and into a frozen other one,” said Johansen, a children’s librarian at Concrete’s Upper Skagit Library, by phone Wednesday. “I think we’re all just looking forward to some rest.”
Over 2 inches of rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday swelled the Skagit River back to 30.5 feet by Wednesday morning, when 30 feet is considered a moderate flood, according to the National Water Prediction Service. The potential switch from rain to snow this week could mean precipitation will collect on the ground, rather than traveling through the town’s drainage system, reducing the chance of more flooding, Johansen said. -- nordy
AP: High winds batter water-logged Northwest, killing Idaho man and cutting power to half a million
ReplyDeleteHigh winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by more than a week of heavy rains and flooding.
Wind gusts reaching up to 85 miles per hour battered Pullman in Eastern Washington and the Idaho cities of Moscow and Lewiston on Wednesday morning. More than half a million power customers were without power in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, according to the website Poweroutage.us. Colorado’s largest utility cut power to about 50,000 homes and businesses Wednesday to prevent downed power lines from starting wildfires.
A 55-year-old man died after a tree fell on his home in the northern Idaho town of Fernan, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office said. The tree hit the bed where the man was sleeping, according to a press release, and other people inside the home escaped without serious injury. -- nordy
Wind gusts reaching up to 85 miles per hour battered Pullman, Washington and the Idaho cities of Moscow and Lewiston on Wednesday morning. More than half a million power customers were without power in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, according to the website Poweroutage.us. Colorado’s largest utility cut power to about 50,000 homes and businesses Wednesday to prevent downed power lines from starting wildfires.
A 55-year-old man died after a tree fell on his home in the northern Idaho town of Fernan, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office said. The tree hit the bed where the man was sleeping, according to a press release, and other people inside the home escaped without serious injury.
Oops -- double post. At the risk of sounding callous, the Idaho fatality is a typical high-winds-falling-tree event. -- nordy
DeleteGuardian: Washington state flooding damage profound but unclear, governor warns
ReplyDeleteThe extent of the damage in Washington state is profound but unclear after more than a week of heavy rains and record flooding, according to the state’s governor, Bob Ferguson.
More than 400,000 residents lost power in southern and eastern Washington, and in neighboring Oregon, from Portland to Salem and along the Pacific coast, as high winds downed trees and power lines on Wednesday.
More high water, mudslides and power outages were in the forecast. Elevated rivers and flood risk could persist until at least late this month, according to the National Weather Service. Wind and flood watches and warnings are expected in much of the Northwest for the next couple of days as storms bring rain, heavy mountain snow and high winds. -- nordy