Hey Washingtonians!

Outdoors said:
Everyone staying dry?
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No.

I'm not complaining, though. When it's 0400 and I have to be outside, I'd rather be standing in 60 degree rain than 30 degree wind, which is what we were having prior to the rain.

Stuff is already starting to wash away, though. I have some concerns about mudslides.
 
Glad to hear you are ok, Dave. Take care out there!

I think we may have some slides if the rain keeps up. Everything is saturated at this point, so any more rain is just weight on the slope ... not good.

We cancelled our field work for the week. No point looking for wetlands when everything is soaked. The house is mostly dry, though - just a little seepage in the basement.

Pat
 
DAVE,, you should be used to that standing in the rain,, well at least I hope you have a coat now, hee-hee.

P.S.
I'll let ya know when all the belts and stuff get here.
 
I just thought I'd take this chance to bond with my nieghbors to the south (of the border not of this storm system). We are definatly getting thoes pineapples here Victoria on the south coast of BC. If I walk for 15 minutes I can see washington across the Juan de Fuca. Us rainforest types have to stick together (for warmth, and to prevent drowning).

Also a warning to thoes of you in the other washington, its weasle derby day so try not to drown in the BS.
 
I just happen to be near Salt Lake City for the week on an audit. Red Flower is at home dealing with the flooded basement. It was 70 with clear skies where I am today.

I'll have to do something special for her when I return.
 
Novadak said:
Ha bloody ha. I don't have a car and walk/bus everywhere, so yesterday I looked like I took a shower with all my clothes on. Today I brought an umbrella -- much better. :)
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Pics? ;) You know what everyone says, "This thread ain't worth a damn without pics." :cool: :D ;)
 
Out of the three routes that I can take to get to work, two are now out of commission and underwater. The third has signs warning that the road is submerged but it hasn't been whenever I've been on it. It's just beside and only slightly above the Hood Canal, though, and I'm expecting some trouble in the near future if the rain doesn't quit for a few days.

Big Yard was underwater the other day. It seemed to be above the surface last night but some of it has washed onto the walkways. The creek between R-6 and R-7 now has islands and can be forded safely. (There is not supposed to be a creek there, or any other body of water for that matter.) There has been some flooding in the tunnels. I don't know what the basements in the living units look like (I worked the Infirmary last night) but I have no wish to check.

I was out at the range earlier this week; it had recently been renovated. I walked out to the 200 yard line to find out where in the hell my gongs had gone. I hit the quicksand at about 180 yards and suddenly remembered that newly graded sandy soil is not always entirely stable after a heavy rainfall. Cndrm was kind enough to shout encouragement from the (dry) rangehouse while I flailed and cursed my way back to the line. I never made it to the gongs. They sank, as far as I know. I don't think that I'm going to head back there to check until the rain stops. (Mid-June at the earliest.)

For all the time that I spent during the summer griping about the lack of rain, we now have entirely too much of it. Such is life in Washington.
 
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