The Northwest is seeing its share of high water this month and fortunately the water is for the most part staying within river banks. In fact most rivers are really only high with a few at or slightly above flood stage. On Sunday I visited one my favorite spots in the north part of Clark County to see how the Lewis River was doing. It was high alright, in fact higher than I’ve ever seen it. According to the guages it is still 6′ below its flood stage so nothing to worry about there.
Here’s my photo from Sunday of Amtrak 501 crossing the river. Take note of how high the river is on the center column of the swing span and then…
…look at the second photo below of a Union Pacific manifest crossing the bridge in March of 2008. Quite the difference!
According to the flood outlook the Northwest should be OK floods wise for a bit. Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota are currently in the worst shape for floods with lots of reds and oranges indicating active flooding or imminent flooding. I’m headed to where the big red blob is in the middle of Montana in less than a month. I hope the flooding has worked its way out by then.
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