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Sat. November 4, 2006, 03:58pm PST
Speaking of rain...
I guess Alexander Graham Bell's wife was right -- there seems to be plenty to go around today. Just drove home from some time at work and was pretty much inundated from there to home. In town there was plenty of street flooding and even some manhole covers with burbles of water poking through the holes in its top. Driving on Schuster Parkway along the water there was yet more standing water some of which was deep enough for concern. Avoid this stuff whenever you can so as to avoid flooding your engine like I saw one disabled and steaming mini-van was. Since it's at the bottom of the North Tacoma bluffs, there was enough pressure in the storm drain system to shoot a geyser of air and water about 15' high along that same stretch of road. There even looked like there was some minor slippage along the hillside so joggers beware of mud and sliding stuff if Schuster Parkway is along your normal exercise route.
Up the 30th Street hill are plenty of beautiful tree-lined neighborhoods and there were a couple spots where people were trying to keep leaves out of the storm drains to prevent flooding. On one corner there was at least three or so neighbors all working in rain gear with rakes trying to clear one drain. Heck, even my poor alley neighbor had yet to clean his gutters for the season and had to deal with some flooding in his basement because water from the gutter poured into a window well. Poor guy's out there now cleaning his gutters in this foul weather.
No pictures of any of this but you should be happy I was driving rather than snapping photos. Take it easy out there.
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11/5/2006 @ 9:47am
Talk about rain. David and I are currently in Florence (Italy, not Oregon) and have happened upon the 40th anniversary of the 1966 Flood in Florence. Unbelievable destruction to world-reknowned buildings, priceless artwork, and irreplacable books. Heart-wrenching and very inspiring to learn about the Mud Angels. Sadly there are still tens of thousands works of art and books awaiting restoration. It is hard to picture this glorious city under 22 feet of water and mud. You can learn more about it here: http://www.florence-flood.com and here: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/c-d/cities06.html
by Toni
11/8/2006 @ 10:42am
Although Toni’s link may be an interesting read when we have nothing to do on a Sunday, I am more concerned about those events happening around us. Personally, I believe that the exposure to information regarding our local surrounding is exactly why Kevin’s blog is getting increasingly popular for the local Tacomans. I, for one, love to read about his take on the northwest.
So, I’d like to pass along pertinent information on our OWN surroundings. I have some inside knowledge that FEMA is in the process of preparing themselves for a natural disaster that appears eminent for the northwest: a 300-year flood. That is, a flood so large, it should only appear once every 300 years. Pretty awing. Here is the link: http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wa.html
For us central Oregonians, a wet season makes for a very nice snowfall on the mountains. But for my friends a wee closer to the coast, please buckle down. I would hate for you to get washed away.
by Mandy