Pictures of the Flood in Raymond WA January 4 2006
These are flood pictures of Raymond, WA from the Village Green Apts, overlooking 1st street. Someone in Raymond took them on Saturday 4th, 2006.
This is about 10 miles from my apartment. But the entire area floods like this wherever it is low enough to pour in. I live on a hill. LOL So the water would have to be about 30 feet deep to reach me. These pictures show the flood was anywhere from 3 inches to 6 feet deep in town. The flood gates overflowed and were shut until high tide went out again, so people couldn't do anything but wait for low tide.
This flood happened while the power was out Saturday 4, 2006. The power was out for 14 hours here in South Bend, but is still being repaired in some parts of Northern Washington.
Any time there are extremely high tides, and we've had an unusual amount of rain; this happens here in Raymond, WA and occasionally in South Bend. When this happens we are cut off from everyone.
Weirhouser Lumber mill is by the main road (river now); the river on one side borders them and the road crosses the river on another. The picture of one of Weirhouser's parking lots looks more like a boat launch.
These are ocean water flooding times due to the Willapa River being an inlet from the Pacific Ocean. Raymond is the lowest point of the two communities on the Willapa. South Bend usually gets a little flooding but not like Raymond. Some people in Raymond have had to move onto their roofs or into their attics and wait it out. It always goes down when the tide goes out.
This is another shot of Weirhouser Lumber Mill
Why do people live here? It's simple.... there is some sort of natural disaster you will have to contend with no matter where you live on earth. Just be prepared with some things to make you more comfortable and wait it out. Enjoy the little things and don't take things so serious; there's enough in life needing our attention; like a warm pot of soup when the power is out, a good book to read by candlelight, and no phones or
sales people pestering. LOL
We are all fine and we've all rested and gotten to know one another all over again.
One store was open for a while. It is a little neighborhood Mom and Pop store owned by cleaver Asian American neighbors in South Bend. They ran their generator till it ran out of gas so their neighbors could get things they carried in their little market. I got some batteries for my radio, and get this.... I was offered to wait until the next day when there was everything back to normal to pay them. I had enough money, but I was impressed with their trust and I WILL buy from them more often now because of it.
See what I mean.... good things happen all around us even in the bad; we just need to look for them and appreciate them when they happen. Thank God! They still had chocolate! LOL
Jan
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