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Tim in Yucaipa |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 2246 Location: Yucaipa, California | ...not sure how many OFCers we have in Western Washington, but they are having terrible flooding and it looks like it will be getting worse. I-5 South is closed as are all of the East/West highways over the Cascades..... Washington Flooding | ||
2ifbyC |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | It's been an unusually tough winter for the Northwest folk. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7210 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Mother nature reminding us who's boss. Should have taken some pictures yesterday. We have lowlands/flood plain that most of the year disguise themselves as mild mannered tulip fields, potato fields and pastures. Yesterday it was kind of eerie driving on a highway that normally just goes through the countryside, but it looked/felt more like a causeway with water on both sides to a HUGE lake or inlet. Pretty much water as far as you can see. One funny note.. residential neighborhood, A guy in a rowboat on his front lawn/pond with his two kids. Woulda made a nice picture had I thought of it. I do feel sorry for the folks down south. They got blasted last year too. The peak here along the Skagit River should be below flood stage. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7210 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | For those interested... Hydrologic Prediction Service | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13983 Location: Upper Left USA | I have postponed some FedEx shipping until there is a way off of this Island. I heard one anouncer last night saying they lost 26" of Snow depth in 36 hours. There is a lot of water moving right now. Most Oregonians will be able to go to the coast without driving through Washington if it keeps up! Keep your powder dry. | ||
seesquare |
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Joined: November 2002 Posts: 3599 Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Minor flooding, so far, on the east side of the Cascades. Some winds measured @ 114 mph, a few days ago. Blew a friend's travel trailer down the hill- BUMMER! | ||
gh1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX | Originally posted by MWoody: Which coast? Most Oregonians will be able to go to the coast without driving through Washington if it keeps up! _____ gh1 | ||
seesquare |
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Joined: November 2002 Posts: 3599 Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | On a more local note, the thawing has revealed the products of about a month's-worth of my 2 canines' digestive processes in the backyard. Now, THAT is a load of crap!! | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by MWoody: It's amazing how many people I've met on the east coast who think we have to.Most Oregonians will be able to go to the coast without driving through Washington if it keeps up! | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know where MWoody was coming from with that comment, but Miles is one of the few Easterners I've met who knew anything about Northwest geography. I was talking to a New Yorker in Seattle and he didn't know that Washington bordered the Pacific. I was talking to a guy in Buffalo yesterday about their "normal" winter--wind, tons of snow, thawing, ice storms, more wind and more snow. He hadn't heard or seen anything about what's going on in the Northwest. It's all your frame of reference. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7210 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Thanks for noticing Mark :) Actually the geography is what drew us out here. Just got the word that the river crested at Flood Stage up the river in Concrete and is supposed to crest 1" over the flood stage here in Mount Vernon at about 10pm. Bottom line, if nothing changes, no need get into the boat here. As far as perceptions... we have noticed since living here that the "east coast" starts at the peak of the Cascase mountains and goes east. No offense meant Mark (especially after the nice compliment) but Idaho, New York, CT.. all the same... It has to be something REALLY important to even hear about Spokane over here. | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | That's why Spokane wants form it's own State with Northern Idaho and Western Montana. Most of Eastern Oregon relates better with Boise than it does with Salem or Portland. Those mountain ranges still pose barriers. When we first moved here from Iowa, I thought it was strange that the locals thought I moved from "Back East", when the true Easterners thought Iowa was "Out West". Maybe it's because I moved around so much as a kid that I paid some attention to geography, but it did take me a long time to remember that Portland and Seattle aren't on the Pacific Coast. I can't imagine that anyone in the Seattle area really thinks that Idaho is the same as New York, though. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7210 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | " I can't imagine that anyone in the Seattle area really thinks that Idaho is the same as New York, though." Not same in the "same" sense... just in the "oh.. it's over that way" sense. I periodically nudge myself that Seattle is not on the coast too. But... in defense.. normally when you see huge container ships, Cruise Liners, whales, sharks, etc etc.. it's natural to think "Ocean." Just too bad it rains all year, and the sun never shines. | ||
dobro |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 2120 Location: Chicago | I've driven through Oregon to Seattle and out to Mt. Rainier recently. I can imagine the situation. Godspeed! | ||
sligoman |
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Joined: October 2007 Posts: 283 Location: Portland, OR | The Cascade Mountains also serve as a philosophical, political boundary I've noticed. But then almost the entirety of Oregon is totally different from the population centers. I would not mistake Idaho with NY. But I'll bet rural NY has the same differences we have here. My first roommate in college was from Butte, Montana and before I met him I pictured him as this big doofy guy with a cowboy hat and boots. Not even close. Preconceptions based on location are usually wrong. We've had some flooding here but not enough to ignite the local news 24 hour alerts like the snows did. | ||
2ifbyC |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by sligoman: This is true throughout most of the US of A!But then almost the entirety of Oregon is totally different from the population centers. | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13983 Location: Upper Left USA | "I don't know where MWoody was coming from with that comment" Story of my life... | ||
dvd |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 1889 Location: Central Massachusetts | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation: I'd agree with this one, having pretty much been here all my life. I consider myself generous, I call it at the Rockies. My wife is from Boston and hates it when I call places like Kentucky "the east coast." Now I just do it to get her goat.As far as perceptions... we have noticed since living here that the "east coast" starts at the peak of the Cascase mountains and goes east. | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by dvd: Keep up the good work, youngster. That's one of the joys of marriage.Now I just do it to get her goat. | ||
CanterburyStrings |
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Joined: March 2008 Posts: 2683 Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | When I tell people here in the Black Hills that I'm from back east, they say "Oh, Sioux Falls?" When I say I'm from New England they say "Wow, you aren't from America?" When I say I'm from Connecticut they say "But you don't have a southern accent." (Thinking of Kentucky). Now I just say I'm from Hot Springs. Saves a lot of explaining. | ||
numbfingers |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 1111 Location: NW Washington State | The rain is gone, it's sunny, and there's no chance of a flood where I live. But the wind is coming! 41 knots on Smith Island at 1:00 pm. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings: Arkansas?Now I just say I'm from Hot Springs. Saves a lot of explaining. | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | Just like Boise--Iowa? | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7210 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Mark in Boise: That's where the potatoes comes from.Just like Boise--Iowa? | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | or corn. Take your pick. | ||
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