PNW Flood Watch - Dec 8-12, 2025
- Thread starter Evan B
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2006 was brutal. The Snohomish punched through the French Slough levee and then flooded back UP the OLD Skykomish valley right to the edge of our Fryelands neighborhood in Monroe. Luckily, they built the whole neighborhood about 2' above the regular elevation.
My neighbor & I decided to duck hunt the flooded field to the west. We literally WALKED out from our houses. This is before the elementary school was there.
We both had a dozen decoys and our shotguns. I didn't bring the mutt since we knew he would have to float the whole time. I'm sure our other neighbors were not amused.
There were mice and spiders anywhere it was dry, which was pretty much just tall grass and fence posts. It was creepy. I don't remember shooting so no ducks for us.
Snohomish was a mess. Hopefully the levees and dikes hold this time!
Looks like the gauge at concrete on the skagit already peaked for today. 'only' 28 feet so not as bad as the first predections. That 40.65 on Thursday morning is looking bad still though.
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
Kinda sad actually....
I was hopin' to take a road trip for a look at a risen NU and EU this weekend.
As an indication of what can happen when it's "bad", read up on 1862 for the US West Coast. 43 days of atmospheric river dropping 10' of rain, ending with warm rain on snow. An "inland sea" appeared in the CA Central Valley where land was not visible to the eye, and steamships were able to safely transit Willamette Falls.
Think about what something close to that would look like today. Crazy.
Think about what something close to that would look like today. Crazy.
Rains, heavy snow, and unprecedented cold hit Washington Territory du
The winter of 1861-1862 is by far the worst in Washington Territory's short history since the arrival of the first non-Native settlers. In November and December of 1861 heavy rains cause extreme floo
www.historylink.org
Washington was freezing at that time. Columbia River frozen, feet of snow in Seattle.
Bad winter
Don’t swim in the Willamette River today. The Big Pipe is full
Put down the swim cap and back away from the dock.
www.oregonlive.com
don't go swimming in the Willamette just yet....
Standing by....Don’t swim in the Willamette River today. The Big Pipe is full
Put down the swim cap and back away from the dock.
don't go swimming in the Willamette just yet....
Breck
The Whisk(e)y Dick
You'll have to dodge those pesky corn-speckled brown trout.
Grayone
Steelhead
That water is coming from my pond!!
This will be bad for the 2027 humpy run I'm afraid...and the chances of getting a
the new PNWFF Humpy shirt.
Not sure which is more troubling...but both are concerning.
Don't worry, they've spawned heavily in the quiet side channels that get less scouring at flood levels.
As fun as they are, the coho and kings and steelhead might appreciate a few less 2027 humpies eating their food.
Given a choice, I’d cut off the AK and Russian hatchery pinks before the wild salmon we have left in Puget Sound (for the time being anyway).
