Flooded Valley
Jan. 6th, 2015 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchIn yesterday's photo, it was a bit tough to tell that the river was actually running incredibly high... today you'll get to see some fine examples of a river well and truly above flood stage!
After checking the road closures in the area, I figured I had a good chance of making it down to Snoqualmie Falls today. Woodinville-Duvall Rd managed to remain unflooded (after it got flooded a few years ago, I believe they added more culverts to channel the water under the roadway a bit better) and Hwy 203 was open again going south.
First stop was halfway across the valley on Woodinville-Duvall Road, looking south toward Mount Rainier. For those unfamiliar with the area, this isn't a photo of Mt. Rainier across a lake. It's Mt. Rainier across a valley of fields with a seriously flooded river. There were two other cars of people in the pull-off when I got there, they left and three more cars pulled up before I left. Busy spot!
I hit the East side of the valley and headed South... stopping over by the roundabout for 124th, the only other nearby route across the valley (the two south of here are also flooded, as is the one north of Woodinville-Duvall, which is why that road is pretty much the only way to get from one side to the other).
Here's a shot looking west toward the bridge which is, amusingly enough, the only the only part that's above the water. There were about half a dozen of us out taking photos here.
I finally got down to Snoqualmie Falls and took a bunch of photos... only a few of which turned out very well, because there was a LOT of water in the air being churned up by the falls. It was a bit like standing in a major rainstorm that was hitting you from all directions. So glad I was wearing a waterproof coat... although my hair was drenched when I was done.
In case anyone was wondering... yes, that's the falls and lodge that was used in the TV show Twin Peaks.
If you want to see what it looked like a year ago for comparison, take a look at my entry from 25 January 2014.
And a bit of video, because photos really don't do it justice.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
After checking the road closures in the area, I figured I had a good chance of making it down to Snoqualmie Falls today. Woodinville-Duvall Rd managed to remain unflooded (after it got flooded a few years ago, I believe they added more culverts to channel the water under the roadway a bit better) and Hwy 203 was open again going south.
First stop was halfway across the valley on Woodinville-Duvall Road, looking south toward Mount Rainier. For those unfamiliar with the area, this isn't a photo of Mt. Rainier across a lake. It's Mt. Rainier across a valley of fields with a seriously flooded river. There were two other cars of people in the pull-off when I got there, they left and three more cars pulled up before I left. Busy spot!
I hit the East side of the valley and headed South... stopping over by the roundabout for 124th, the only other nearby route across the valley (the two south of here are also flooded, as is the one north of Woodinville-Duvall, which is why that road is pretty much the only way to get from one side to the other).
Here's a shot looking west toward the bridge which is, amusingly enough, the only the only part that's above the water. There were about half a dozen of us out taking photos here.
I finally got down to Snoqualmie Falls and took a bunch of photos... only a few of which turned out very well, because there was a LOT of water in the air being churned up by the falls. It was a bit like standing in a major rainstorm that was hitting you from all directions. So glad I was wearing a waterproof coat... although my hair was drenched when I was done.
In case anyone was wondering... yes, that's the falls and lodge that was used in the TV show Twin Peaks.
If you want to see what it looked like a year ago for comparison, take a look at my entry from 25 January 2014.
And a bit of video, because photos really don't do it justice.
Crossposted from my Livejournal.
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Date: 2015-01-07 06:48 am (UTC)This is a shot of 124th from above... you can see the bridge that's visible in my second photo and can even make out where the river is actually supposed to run (rather than covering the entire valley... and that's one of the freakier parts of this. That water you see in all these photos is actually flowing, fairly quickly in some areas.