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Merle said:
Caught a break between storms and got up there to check it. The hole at the bottom of the bucket was packed with muddy gunk. I’m surprised any water got through.

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I got tired of having to get up on a ladder to service my Acurite all in one sensor so I it put on a 4' length copper pipe on the SW corner of my 2nd story deck railing. The wind sensor is affected by our "forest" that starts about 75 feet to the south and to the NE by the house. But the rain gauge is accurate today to within 0.16" of a NOAA station 5 miles NNE of us; I'm OK with that.
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NRC said:
Any preliminary thoughts from the resident knowers of things on impacts to redds on our major river systems? I know we’re yet to see water levels crest, so maybe it’s too early to say.
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Redd scour occurs at high river flows. As the river rises, the water gets deeper and moves faster. Depth and velocity directly affect redd scour. Pink salmon dig the shallowest redds in the smallest gravel, generally. If flows reach flood stage, which I think is 28' on the Skagit, pink salmon redds will experience over 98% egg mortality. The 2025 run will be reduced accordingly. Chum salmon also take a big hit from floods, but many of them have not yet spawned, so that helps. And chum often seek out side channels that shelter them from the brunt of high river flows.
 
Stonedfish said:
Ever had any flooding issue there like some other local lakes have experienced in the past?
SF
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A number of years ago when it rained for 30+ days in a row I got very worried. Lake came up almost 2' in elevation. Another 6" and it would be at my basement door. The only outlet is thru my property to a 15" pipe under the gravel road. If I can survive that, no worries any more...
 
Salmo_g said:
Redd scour occurs at high river flows. As the river rises, the water gets deeper and moves faster. Depth and velocity directly affect redd scour. Pink salmon dig the shallowest redds in the smallest gravel, generally. If flows reach flood stage, which I think is 28' on the Skagit, pink salmon redds will experience over 98% egg mortality. The 2025 run will be reduced accordingly. Chum salmon also take a big hit from floods, but many of them have not yet spawned, so that helps. And chum often seek out side channels that shelter them from the brunt of high river flows.
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Current forecast is for 35’ on the Skagit, eek.
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If it had stayed cold like the start of this event, we would be in better shape.
All this rain with warm temps on top of the snow is not a good combo.
SF
 
Saturday's rain looks to colder than this round, so maybe that will help things a bit.
 
Salmo_g said:
Redd scour occurs at high river flows. As the river rises, the water gets deeper and moves faster. Depth and velocity directly affect redd scour. Pink salmon dig the shallowest redds in the smallest gravel, generally. If flows reach flood stage, which I think is 28' on the Skagit, pink salmon redds will experience over 98% egg mortality. The 2025 run will be reduced accordingly. Chum salmon also take a big hit from floods, but many of them have not yet spawned, so that helps. And chum often seek out side channels that shelter them from the brunt of high river flows.
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With December being one our wettest months, and timing with salmon spawning, this discussion seems to come up a lot. I am surprised we still the salmon runs we do albeit not as good as they should be...
 
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Not looking good in Granite Falls.
SF

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Tracking flooding in Granite Falls

Crews responded to a water rescue in Granite Falls after a woman became trapped in her car by rising water on the road Tuesday morning.
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Ben Howard on the Sky an hour ago! And it's supposed to keep raining! Posted a thread.. could have posted here but forgot about this thread!20231205_122547.jpg
 
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Ben Howard on the Sky an hour ago! And it's supposed to keep raining! Posted a thread.. could have posted here but forgot about this thread!View attachment 93695
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Any naked women with a blanket wrapped around them running around there?
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Lake House is gonna get wet.
Neighbor says it's higher than this photo from a few years ago.
I will be out there to cry/clean up this weekend.
Sure is nice to be at water level til the water level is the same as your kitchen floor.
 
Peyton00 said:
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Lake House is gonna get wet.
Neighbor says it's higher than this photo from a few years ago.
I will be out there to cry/clean up this weekend.
Sure is nice to be at water level til the water level is the same as your kitchen floor.
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Is there a natural outlet at your lake or could a drainage pipe be plugged with debris?
Hope you don’t sustain any major damage!
SF
 
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Salmo_g said:
Redd scour occurs at high river flows. As the river rises, the water gets deeper and moves faster. Depth and velocity directly affect redd scour. Pink salmon dig the shallowest redds in the smallest gravel, generally. If flows reach flood stage, which I think is 28' on the Skagit, pink salmon redds will experience over 98% egg mortality. The 2025 run will be reduced accordingly. Chum salmon also take a big hit from floods, but many of them have not yet spawned, so that helps. And chum often seek out side channels that shelter them from the brunt of high river flows.
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This flood seems eerily similar to 2021 on the Skagit, possibly a little less. Pink run remained bonkers this year, so heres hoping.
 
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Creek is a bit high.
 

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Stonedfish said:
Is there a natural outlet at your lake or could a drainage pipe be plugged with debris?
Hope you don’t sustain any major damage!
SF
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It's kind of funny, there is a sump pump right next to my foundation that pumps it back into the lake, which in reality when it's flooding is about 2 ft below the water level. Lol. Great engineering.
 
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