raining so much even Seattle is scared

[rivendellrose]

So, Seattle (and Washington State as a whole) are under a state of emergency for flooding. Four people have died, so yes, that's bad. But... and I realize I'm betraying my semi-country-girl roots when I say this... Western Washington has been flooded every year that I remember. The beautiful hills and valleys I grew up in, with the nice farm land and all? Were made primarily by rivers, folks. When I was in high school, the local ROTC got called out pretty much every year to help sand-bag downtown Issaquah. Power outages were pretty much an annual thing, if not more than that. They got less frequent as the area got more developed, but our power was out 2 weeks when I was in elementary school, and my mom's cousin, living just across the valley from where I grew up, had the same thing happen last year.

It's times like this I really do realize that I kinda grew up in the sticks. Well, that and that I now know that not everybody had friends whose parents found a black bear in their front yard. Things like that.

Oh, and the story about the guy who died by being hit by a tree while he was out trying to cut another tree that'd already fallen (presumably on his house)? My dad totally did that during a storm when I was a kid. He came in when my mom yelled at him, but... there's my dad, up on the roof in the middle of a windstorm with his chainsaw. *Shakes head*

Anyway, come on, Seattle. Buck up. Otherwise we're going to be mocked for the one thing the world knows us for other than Starbucks and Microsoft. :P

This entry has now been edited to assure the world that I don't mean to mock people who are having a hard time because of this. Flooding sucks. I'm just sort of... bemused by the fact that our state isn't prepared for this, of all things. I mean... Seattle. That is all.

Stay dry out there, folks.

Comments

[dragonmusic.livejournal.com]

Nintendo?

I would totally mock us for Nintendo.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

...Okay, yeah, I can get behind that one. XD

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Ermmm, yeah. My area of the house was under about 4 inches of water when I woke up this morning. Bleh.
Apparently the grates up on the street were all clogged and consequently the water all came down the steep driveway and into the basement. Called the fire department, and bless their cute little....hearts, they came and pumped, so I'm soggy, but not in standing water.
Wet vaced (how the hell do you spell that?) for a few hours, then the landlord came and sayed they would tear up and replace the carpet. YAY!
Yup, I totally remember your Dad on the roof with the chain saw. Yikes!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I didn't think of that, with your new place being so low! That's good about the replacement carpet, though, and about the firemen coming out, too. The kitties must've been so upset by the whole thing, and what a mess for you first thing in the morning!

I hope all the traffic-reroutes aren't being too hard on you. It sounds like it's pretty messy on I-5 right now...

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Kitties were totally freaked out and still sort of are because they have to be upstairs when they prefer to be down stairs. We are getting ready to tear up the old carpet so EVERYTHING is upstairs right now.
The puppies are so confused too poor things.
It has been exciting, but at least most things are fine, and peoples, kitties and puppies are fine.
Traffic still sucks!

[windrose.livejournal.com]

My entire state is below sea level. We know from flooding, too.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Eagh. That thought terrifies me... especially given that you guys get even more rain than we do in a normal year!