WSDOT has announced they will be re-opening I-5 this afternoon after flooding and debris forced the state to close the highway by Chehalis on Wednesday. The road crews are hard at work making sure the stretch is safe, and will be letting trucks and then regular traffic through at some point later today. That's great news for commerce in general, commuters, and all the weekend shows who were looking at cancellation. Won't it be nice when spring is here and the weather stops wreaking havoc on our city?
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Special thanks to YouTuber acatron for captioning the locations. WSDOT says the water is still rising, though it's supposed to crest sometime today, and at this point estimates that I-5 will remain closed through the weekend. The flooding is also covering the train tracks, so Amtrak is not running between Seattle and Portland either. I-90 through Snoqualmie Pass remains closed, with no ETA on reopening. This photo gives an idea of the work remaining after the roads are cleared.more ›
This is video from yesterday at the Falls. Snoqualmie Pass is closed all day as crews try to dig out and repair after avalanches and slides. WSDOT closed I-5 down by Chehalis, from milepost 68 to milepost 88, yesterday evening. The word today is that they won't have a firm ETA on reopening until after the river crests there tonight. Cliff Mass has the rainfall recap for you, broken out in radar images and chart form. After the jump, a Centralian looks at her flooding streets last night, just a year and a month since the last major flood, and even more Snoqualmie falling.more ›
Seattle is being followed by a rain shadow, rain shadow, rain shadow, but most of the rest of the state is not so lucky. A friend of ours just snapped this picture of the Cowlitz River down in southwestern Washington--"Yes, that's an 80-foot tree heading downstream," he added in the caption. Meanwhile, exit 72 from I-5 (that's the Napavine offramp--go Tigers!) was closed earlier today because of water over the roadway. On Twitter [#waflood] the talk is that I-5 at Centralia/Chehalis *coughfloodplain* will close around midnight (check here). [UPDATE: I-5 is closed--Amtrak is also not running from Seattle to Portland.] Not for the first or last time, of course--the twin cities got drowned in December of 2007.more ›
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Chehalis Stretch Of I-5 To Re-Open Soon
Video of I-5 Flooded Near Chehalis
Special thanks to YouTuber acatron for captioning the locations. WSDOT says the water is still rising, though it's supposed to crest sometime today, and at this point estimates that I-5 will remain closed through the weekend. The flooding is also covering the train tracks, so Amtrak is not running between Seattle and Portland either. I-90 through Snoqualmie Pass remains closed, with no ETA on reopening. This photo gives an idea of the work remaining after the roads are cleared.
Someone Left the Snoqualmie Falls Tap Turned on All the Way
This is video from yesterday at the Falls. Snoqualmie Pass is closed all day as crews try to dig out and repair after avalanches and slides. WSDOT closed I-5 down by Chehalis, from milepost 68 to milepost 88, yesterday evening. The word today is that they won't have a firm ETA on reopening until after the river crests there tonight. Cliff Mass has the rainfall recap for you, broken out in radar images and chart form. After the jump, a Centralian looks at her flooding streets last night, just a year and a month since the last major flood, and even more Snoqualmie falling.
We Get All Our Flood News From Twitter and Facebook
Seattle is being followed by a rain shadow, rain shadow, rain shadow, but most of the rest of the state is not so lucky. A friend of ours just snapped this picture of the Cowlitz River down in southwestern Washington--"Yes, that's an 80-foot tree heading downstream," he added in the caption. Meanwhile, exit 72 from I-5 (that's the Napavine offramp--go Tigers!) was closed earlier today because of water over the roadway. On Twitter [#waflood] the talk is that I-5 at Centralia/Chehalis *coughfloodplain* will close around midnight (check here). [UPDATE: I-5 is closed--Amtrak is also not running from Seattle to Portland.] Not for the first or last time, of course--the twin cities got drowned in December of 2007.
Seattle to Portland: The "Uncle Sam" Billboard
After sitting around Centralia College as the heat soared towards ninety while David re-hydrated, we headed back to the car and hit I-5 for one of our last stops along the way to Portland. But just south of Centralia, we decided to make a quick stop to check out one of the sites that's always fascinated us—and nearly everyone else who takes I-5: the infamous "Uncle Sam" billboard.
Flooding News From Centralia
As an alumnus of Centralia Community College (out of boredom, we took a Latin class there one fall) and former southwest Washington resident, we've been following the flooding thataway with interest. A friend of ours just passed along two emails from K. in Centralia, and they can't be beat for a you-are-there feel that balances some of the apocalyptic news coverage -- let's face it, if nothing terrible happened to you, you aren't news. On...
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