Ah, Floodaclysm 2009, Right on Schedule

We just ripped this off the teletype: FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...FOR MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON STOP. Naturally we ran straight to Cliff Mass's house and pounded on the door. Turns out he was out back building an ark. "The high resolution WRF atmospheric model we run in the department (which I show you quite frequently) indicates the potential for 10-20 inches of rain over the next two days on the windward mountain slopes. We also couple the high resolution weather prediction models and hydrological models of stream flow. The results of the latest simulations are scary, with major flooding on several rivers," Cliff told us in that wry way he has. He was still hammering and sawing when we left.