archenemy Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Scary! I can't imagine being right there at the right time with the camera on the right spot. The odds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Gauthier Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I'd post some video, but our government computers are barred from youtube... Â The Paradise weather recorded over 11 inches of rain in the past 24 hours... Not bad, I wish it was 15 degrees cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Wow. Saw that the Sky broke 100-freaking-thousand CFS today. Insane. I think the highest flow on record is 118K, so it must have come close to hitting that. Insane. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 From komotv.com  A very potent storm has tapped into some tropical moisture near Hawaii (that's why you might hear it referred to as a "Pineapple Express") and that storm is just shuttling all that moisture right into western Washington.  How wet? In the western Washington lowlands, we're expecting 2-6" of rain, and upwards of 5-10" in the Cascades and perhaps over 9-10" in the Olympics.  For perspective, we usually get about 6" for the entire month of November, and most of Seattle's Top 10 wettest days ever are around 3". (The record being 5.02", set in October of 2003.) Snow levels are up around 10,000 feet, so it's all falling as rain up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 The trails will need some love.... http://wta.org/~wta/cgi-bin/wtaweb.pl?6+tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I knew it was getting bad - but this might be record-breaking bad - looks like the flow is approaching the highest levels since they installed the guage. Â Â Water Year Date Gage Height (feet) Stream- flow (cfs) 1929 Oct. 09, 1928 10.55 18,800 1930 Feb. 05, 1930 10.44 15,800 1931 Jan. 28, 1931 14.08 35,100 1932 Feb. 26, 1932 20.70 83,300 1933 Nov. 13, 1932 19.50 72,500 1934 Dec. 21, 1933 21.28 88,700 1935 Oct. 24, 1934 18.28 62,400 1936 May 16, 1936 10.91 19,400 1937 Dec. 18, 1936 12.19 25,300 1938 Apr. 18, 1938 16.37 47,200 1939 Jan. 01, 1939 12.92 28,900 1940 Dec. 15, 1939 26,000 1941 Nov. 28, 1940 11.38 21,600 1942 Dec. 02, 1941 11.30 21,100 1943 Nov. 23, 1942 14.08 35,000 1944 Dec. 03, 1943 19.40 71,600 1945 Jan. 07, 1945 16.43 47,400 1946 Oct. 25, 1945 13.95 34,500 1947 Dec. 11, 1946 14.86 40,200 1948 Oct. 19, 1947 15.67 45,300 1949 Nov. 23, 1948 11.66 22,300 1950 Nov. 27, 1949 17.50 56,500 1951 Feb. 10, 1951 18.87 65,600 1952 Oct. 03, 1951 9.58 13,300 1953 Jan. 31, 1953 15.15 40,600 1954 Dec. 09, 1953 12.84 27,500 1955 Feb. 08, 1955 13.45 30,600 1956 Dec. 11, 1955 16.13 46,900 1957 Dec. 10, 1956 17.87 59,100 1958 Jan. 17, 1958 9.81 14,100 1959 Nov. 12, 1958 15.40 42,100 1960 Nov. 23, 1959 20.20 78,800 1961 Jan. 15, 1961 15.11 40,400 1962 Jan. 03, 1962 13.27 29,600 1963 Nov. 20, 1962 19.45 72,000 1964 Jan. 01, 1964 12.21 24,400 1965 Nov. 30, 1964 13.41 30,400 1966 May 06, 1966 11.07 19,100 Water Year Date Gage Height (feet) Stream- flow (cfs) 1967 Dec. 13, 1966 13.10 29,000 1968 Jan. 20, 1968 16.46 49,200 1969 Jan. 05, 1969 15.36 41,900 1970 Jun. 03, 1970 10.52 16,900 1971 Jan. 19, 1971 14.06 34,100 1972 Feb. 28, 1972 15.00 39,700 1973 Dec. 26, 1972 14.61 34,700 1974 Jan. 15, 1974 16.11 46,800 1975 Dec. 21, 1974 15.48 42,600 1976 Dec. 03, 1975 19.85 76,600 1977 Jan. 18, 1977 14.17 34,700 1978 Dec. 02, 1977 18.22 62,800 1979 Nov. 04, 1978 12.28 24,700 1980 Dec. 18, 1979 16.89 52,200 1981 Dec. 26, 1980 21.34 90,100 1982 Jan. 24, 1982 15.11 40,400 1983 Dec. 03, 1982 17.70 58,600 1984 Jan. 04, 1984 15.18 40,800 1985 Jun. 07, 1985 12.09 23,800 1986 Feb. 24, 1986 16.23 47,600 1987 Nov. 23, 1986 19.90 76,500 1988 Dec. 09, 1987 14.43 35,500 1989 Oct. 16, 1988 17.47 56,300 1990 Dec. 04, 1989 17.44 56,100 1991 Nov. 24, 1990 22.49 102,000 1992 Dec. 05, 1991 12.75 27,800 1993 Jan. 25, 1993 13.84 33,700 1994 Mar. 02, 1994 10.05 15,700 1995 Feb. 19, 1995 15.54 44,100 1996 Nov. 29, 1995 20.24 80,400 1997 Mar. 19, 1997 16.18 44,900 1998 Oct. 30, 1997 16.98 50,400 1999 Dec. 29, 1998 18.72 63,800 2000 Dec. 15, 1999 15.88 42,900 2001 Oct. 01, 2000 11.05 17,600 2002 Jan. 08, 2002 16.37 46,100 2003 Jan. 26, 2003 16.38 48,700 2004 Oct. 20, 2003 20.73 86,500 2005 Jan. 18, 2005 19.55 74,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I've had record-breaking flow in three of my study sites in the last 3 days and more on order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Looks like the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie just hit a record at 30, 400cfs. Â Water Year Date Gage Height (feet) Stream- flow (cfs) 1961 Feb. 21, 1961 10.50 14,000 1962 Jan. 03, 1962 9.66 11,600 1963 Nov. 19, 1962 13.14 22,800 1964 Nov. 26, 1963 8.90 9,520 1965 Jan. 29, 1965 11.05 15,800 1966 May 06, 1966 7.82 6,860 1967 Dec. 13, 1966 9.41 10,900 1968 Jan. 20, 1968 11.75 18,000 1969 Jan. 05, 1969 12.66 21,200 1970 Apr. 09, 1970 8.33 8,070 1971 Jan. 19, 1971 9.91 12,300 1972 Feb. 28, 1972 10.83 15,100 1973 Dec. 26, 1972 11.28 16,400 1974 Jan. 15, 1974 11.26 16,400 1975 Jan. 18, 1975 13.67 24,900 1976 Dec. 03, 1975 13.37 23,700 1977 Jan. 18, 1977 9.72 11,800 1978 Dec. 02, 1977 14.93 30,200 1979 Nov. 08, 1978 8.84 9,360 1980 Dec. 15, 1979 11.79 18,100 1981 Dec. 26, 1980 12.82 21,700 1982 Jan. 24, 1982 11.93 18,600 Water Year Date Gage Height (feet) Stream- flow (cfs) 1983 Dec. 03, 1982 11.91 18,500 1984 Jan. 24, 1984 12.35 20,000 1985 Jun. 07, 1985 9.42 10,900 1986 Nov. 01, 1985 11.71 17,900 1987 Nov. 23, 1986 14.68 28,900 1988 Dec. 09, 1987 11.31 15,900 1989 Oct. 16, 1988 13.29 23,100 1990 Nov. 09, 1989 13.63 24,400 1991 Nov. 24, 1990 14.97 30,100 1992 Sep. 25, 1992 11,900 1993 Jan. 25, 1993 11.29 15,9008 1994 Jun. 14, 1994 7.26 5,370 1995 Feb. 19, 1995 12.00 18,300 1996 Nov. 29, 1995 14.35 27,400 1997 Mar. 19, 1997 11.22 15,600 1998 Oct. 30, 1997 11.24 15,700 1999 Dec. 29, 1998 11.97 18,200 2000 Dec. 15, 1999 11.99 18,200 2001 Mar. 19, 2001 7.05 5,090 2002 Apr. 14, 2002 10.76 14,200 2003 Jan. 31, 2003 10.76 14,200 2004 Oct. 21, 2003 12.03 18,400 2005 Jan. 18, 2005 13.07 22,200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Looks like the Sky just broke the record by 5000cfs and counting. Unbelievable. Hopefully the damage won't be as bad as these levels readings make me fear and everyone who needed to evacuate was able to get out in time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT61 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 A couple friends are heading out to paddle it today, if they can get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Gauthier Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Paddling the Nisqually would be quite a ride these days, but the park is closed. Â I've posted a few pics on the blog. Don't expect access to Paradise anytime soon. Word is that the road between Longmire and Nisqually is completely washed out, and others are underwater... Â More on the blog later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Paddling the Nisqually would be quite a ride these days, but the park is closed.  I've posted a few pics on the blog. Don't expect access to Paradise anytime soon. Word is that the road between Longmire and Nisqually is completely washed out, and others are underwater...  More on the blog later  Holy s**t!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT61 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 It is going to be interesting to see what things look like in the mountians after this is all over. There are going to be a lot of roads out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderfour Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Was it two years ago that Kennedy Hot Springs were destroyed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideT61 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 yeah, and based on the river levels (the Sky and Snoqualmie had record highs), this is much worse than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 The only "good thing" is that they never even started the major road repairs on the Mountain Loop from 2003. That was scheduled for next summer if I remember correctly. If any contracts have been awarded, they may have to be rebid. Hopefully the EIS won't have to be redone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yo, everybody  We are still here but things look a lot different than they did two days ago. Never in thirty plus years in Index have I seen such rain and never would have I believed the river could get so high with no snowmelt to feed it.  The Skykomish was over the bank in town for most of the day yesterday. Several houses in town have structural damage from logs and other have water damage and silt inside. Our big bridge has serious erosion of the south approach and was closed this evening for assessment and repair.  Up the North Fork several cabins were washed away and large sections of road are gone.  I have been massively busy for two straight days and only have a very few photos which I have not yet had time to dump. I'll post anything interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 A couple friends are heading out to paddle it today, if they can get there. Â Been following that one. Saved by the flotation afforded by his beach-ball sized testicles is my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) Â Â Edited November 8, 2006 by JayB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbingPanther Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 You are all blowing this way out of proportion. The east side is where the real mind-blowing records are being broken. Â Data for the Tri-Cities, taken at Pasco International Airport Get a load of this: Most rain in one week: A monstrous 0.45 in. Most rain in one day: A terrifying 0.20 in. Most days in a row with recordable rain: Un-freakin-believable 5 DAYS!!! Â 0.45 in. is approximately our monthly average for precip. and we got it in just 5 days! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Blowing this out of proportion? The road to my home is gone. My neighbors' homes are gone. Some of my friends' cars are gone. And also,I won't be able to go fishing for a bit. Â thank god for the sun today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 PM Sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Blowing this out of proportion? The road to my home is gone. My neighbors' homes are gone. Some of my friends' cars are gone. And also,I won't be able to go fishing for a bit. thank god for the sun today! Â but you have time and desire to spray?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 well, if the road to a person's home was out, they would either be a) stuck in their home w/ nothing else to do but pray they're not next (and spray) or b) sit at a bar and be pissed (and spray) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 or they could have plenty to do around the house: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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