Refugee Status
instead of doing a mass email to everyone with a general update, i thought this would be easier…. maybe. 
The weather has been very busy up here in the PNW. The dogs were excited about the 7″ of snow in the Snoqualmie Valley and truthfully so was I. I needed a vacation and didn’t realize it. The rain & warm weather storm we could have done without. This past morning around 2am, i realized that the river forecasts were not keeping up with the actual readings on FloodZilla. If we didn’t get out it would be a repeat of Nov 2006. Not something i’d like to do again.
In the Nov 2006 flood Simon and I were trapped on the property for almost a week and in the house for 3 days. No grass for poor Si, surrounded by water and curiously enough… with electricity & cable.
The view from my place in the loft apartment to my landlady’s house in 2006:
Ew, i know. It was really scary too. That stair you see there is the top of 5 stairs.
Anyway, what we have now is probably going to look a lot like this. This year i decided with 2 dogs and a job that would like me to at least show up… I should leave.
I did however find some UTube stuff from around the state.
This is a nice concise video from Whatcom County (North of us):
And from Centralia area (south of us):
This is Snoqualmie Falls at Flood Stage (about 5 miles upstream from me):
And Oregon isn’t much better:
On the up side, Si and Molly have been real troopers. Si’s been on his best bigdog behavior and while I know that Molly is stressed she’s not being really obvious about it.
More soon!
Amy, Simon and The Definitive Molly Mae
I wondered how you and the fur kids were doing in the flood zone. Don’t forget the guest bedroom here in North Seattle. I don’t want to see you declare refugee status!
The blog is an excellent idea! I didn’t watch the videos though–I’ve seen enough floodwater to last my whole life.