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Ronnie Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Love Pico Posts: 714 Gender:	Storm. Dec 4^th, 2007 at 1:13pm Hi Nerdz. I heard about the storms up Washington way.Tom are you alright? Nerdz central made it through okay I hope. To everybody else up there be safe and good luck. Ronnie.
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Reply #1 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 2:34pm

Thanks for asking, Ronnie.

We are surrounded by destruction but untouched by it. Trees down, roads washed away, deep water everywhere...even interstate 5 is five feet under water. Whole counties cut off from the world, buildings washed away, people killed. Worst ever.

You would never know it where we are. Just another wet season. I saw it by watching the news too.

Here is my town.....

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Ronnie Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Love Pico Posts: 714 Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2007 at 8:09pm Man that is bad. And the south is in the exact opposite condition. Take care. Ronnie.
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Reply #4 - Dec 5^th, 2007 at 9:22am

Homes in downtown Centralia,Wash. rest in a lake of mud Dec.4, 2007 after flood waters from the Chehalis River inundated Lewis County. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway, Interstate 5, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. In Centralia, Wash., police used small boats to evacuate neighborhoods inundated by floodwaters from the Chehalis River that were the consistency of chocolate milk. (AP Photo/The Olympian - Steve Bloom)

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Tom Roberts Autonerdz Administrator Picogroup Offline Autonerdz Founder Posts: 8,595 Olympia Washington USA Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #5 - Dec 5^th, 2007 at 11:09am Hmmmm, you guys in Oregon waiting for the UPS truck to bring your PicoScope might have a little wait No way around this but over the mountains... On the up side, my wife won't be going to the mall anytime soon
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Tom Roberts Autonerdz Administrator Picogroup Offline Autonerdz Founder Posts: 8,595 Olympia Washington USA Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #6 - Dec 5^th, 2007 at 11:12am Wider angle...
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Tom Roberts Autonerdz Administrator Picogroup Offline Autonerdz Founder Posts: 8,595 Olympia Washington USA Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #7 - Dec 5^th, 2007 at 8:13pm Photo front page of today's "The Olympian" of Interstate 5 through Centralia, WA.
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Jan Kraakman Senior Member Picogroup Offline Love my STS Posts: 191 Zwaag Netherlands Netherlands Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #8 - Dec 6^th, 2007 at 2:13pm Hi Tom, That's only 30 miles away how are you doing today Jan
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Reply #9 - Dec 6^th, 2007 at 3:38pm

Hi Jan,

Nice picture for comparison. Yeah, all these areas are quite close. The movie above with the bridge washed out is at Cedar Flats Road. That's 14 miles. The other movie is Black Lake Blvd and Cooper Point Road in West Olympia. That's less than 10 miles.

All this surrounds us, but we were untouched here because we are not too close to any streams or rivers. One of the reasons I chose this property. I have lived here for a long time and I knew what areas are prone to flooding. Also no hills for mud slides either. The larger trees are also far enough away in the direction we get the heavy winds that they are not likely to fall on us.

So, we are fine here due partly to luck and partly to planning Wink

Billions of $$ in damage over most of the Western Washington counties though. Interstate 5 will remain closed in both directions there at Centralia at least through the weekend.

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Rich Barton Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Pico_Power Posts: 1,357 Iowa Iowa USA Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #10 - Dec 6^th, 2007 at 7:39pm Hi Tom, I am glad you are ok that looks very bad Good thing the autonerdz training center is safe. Do you have a boat Have a good night
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Ronnie Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Love Pico Posts: 714 Gender:	Re: Storm. Reply #11 - Dec 19^th, 2007 at 6:29pm Hi Tom. How did everything turn out. Can you travel on highways again? Probably take years before everything is back to normal if that is even possible. Ronnie.
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Reply #12 - Dec 19^th, 2007 at 10:20pm

Ronnie,

The waters have receded leaving all the devastation behind. Recovery will take some time. I was talking to the guy that came to hook up the propane tank for the shop and he was telling me how busy they were during the whole mess. He said that there were 18 propane tanks missing. I asked ho how much those things weigh. He said about 1600 pounds. They were just gone.

Rich,

You put on snow tires. We bolt on pontoons and paddle wheels. Shocked

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