why I haven't been on line for awhile.

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Today, Terri and I have been ditching all day to keep the barn from flooding. The water came up faster this time than in the previous 33 years we have lived here. The little creek running by the house has a normal flow of 2 ½ cfm (cubic feet per minute) and I am guessing it was around 12,000 cfm at its peak this morning. Listening to the weather reports, I may not be able to get out of here tomorrow.

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It has been a –while since I have been on this site. The only days I had time to go on line, I was without power or it snowed, so I did not have internet service. It will take me some time to catch up. I have several emails and some PM’s from a few of the C-Brats that I will get to in the next few days.

I have to blame Brent for the beginning of my troubles. :wink He posted the following message about a lighthouse for sale. I wasn’t interested in the lighthouse but saw that the government was also selling 323 acres just south of Bend, OR. On our way to look at the property on the 17th of November, I went around a corner near Portland, OR and ran into a large SUV stopped in the road without break lights, hazard lights or a turn signal on. Said he was stopped for a light, but there was no light in sight. His vehicle was still drivable and he did not want to stick around for the police, so he took off. My truck is still in the shop waiting for parts.

There has been around 1500 messages posted since I was last on. Are there any important announcements I should be aware of? I have been swamped at the office plus looking for some timber land with timber or pre merchantable timber on it.
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Dave-

Sorry to hear about your flooding and power problems. I hope you and Terri are well and doing fine despite the difficult siituations.

I'm also sorry to hear about your wreck. At least you weren't really injured. The vehicle will get repaired sooner or later.

I don't think anything really momentous has happened around here on the site. Your best bet would be to look through the various threads to see if any of them have information that is particularly relevant to you.

Hope everything works out for you and Terri! Keep us posted on all the developments!

Take Care,

Joe. :thup
 
Dave,

Let us know if there's any way we can help. It's days like today that I'm really glad I live near the top of a hill. Some friends of mine just came over to borrow my battery charger, my trolling motor battery and one of my spare bilge pumps. Their rental house needed a little de-watering help. Another friend of my lives really close to Chico creek and is one of the guys who's house is under a forced evacuation order. He's lucky as one of his neighbor's houses is afloat in the creek (now a river)! To make matters worse, he's the maintenance guy for several buildings in the Mill Creek area - including one that was flooded out today. So the rest of us - count your blessings and help out where you can.
 
Dave,

We've been thinking about you. Glad that you and Terri are okay. Sorry to see what's happening with your property. Had that experience when we lived on the Oregon coast. Take care.

Ruth and Joe/R-MATEY
 
Dave,

So sorry to hear about the weather and vehicle problems... :cry: truly a case of "when it rains, it pours". Glad to hear that you and Terri are OK, but it sounds like you have a lot of work ahead. I hope Mother Nature cuts you some slack and that things get back to normal quickly.

Anything the Brat Buddies can do or provide to help?

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Dave,
Sorry to hear about the truck accident and the flooding. Glad to hear that you and Terri are both fine. Best wishes as you work through the mess Mother Nature is dumping on you folks in the PNW.

Boatless Al
 
Dave,

Everyone has pretty well covered our feelings. The important thing is safety of the people. Let the insurance company take care of the rest. :wink

Jack
 
I have to blame Brent for the beginning of my troubles. :wink He posted the following message about a lighthouse for sale. I wasn’t interested in the lighthouse but saw that the government was also selling 323 acres just south of Bend, OR. On our way to look at the property on the 17th of November, I went around a corner near Portland, OR and ran into a large SUV stopped in the road without break lights, hazard lights or a turn signal on. Said he was stopped for a light, but there was no light in sight. His vehicle was still drivable and he did not want to stick around for the police, so he took off. My truck is still in the shop waiting for parts.

I hope things improve. I added this item to the blame list. Your are number #38. I can only imagine what would have occurred if you visited the lighthouse.
 
Dave, Glad it's not you and Terri in the shop (hospital) waiting for parts. Sorry you are dealing with all that and the flooding too. We have other friends farther down I-5 that are stranded at best and possibly washed out. Haven't heard but judging from the news pix, They aren't going anywhere for a while.

Wish there was more we could do from here.

Harvey
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Thanks for all the well wishes and offers of help. I did not start this thread to generate sympathy for me. Just wanted to let my friends know why I had been absent from this site for the last couple of weeks.

Next to going out on my C-Dory and working on it, I enjoy buying real estate. Can’t boat so I was trying to do my next favorite.

All around Michigan Hill where I live, looks like this.
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Right now I am trapped on Michigan Hill with all routes in or out flooded.
This is my normal route out.
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While watching a rescue by the Coast Guard, I was talking to an old acquaintance when timber ground came up and he just happens to have a 200 acres for sale for one of his clients. Will have to look at it as soon as the flood waters go down. Probably be Thursday before I can get out. It should give me a chance to respond to the emails and PM’s I have received.

Coast Guard rescue.
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The helicopter is in the middle of the photo behind the trees. He was there for about an hour getting a family out. I don’t think he moved more than a couple of feet in any direction during that hour.

These cows may not be as fortunate.
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Earlier I watched two try to swim to higher ground and get caught in the swifter current and disappear down river.

I know they are saying this is a record flood for this area and it may be over all, but where I took these photos, I believe it was deeper in the 1996 flood. Will have to look at some of my old photos.

Brent":1wk7dyf9 said:
I hope things improve. I added this item to the blame list. Your are number #38. I can only imagine what would have occurred if you visited the lighthouse.
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Looking at what happened when I went to look at the Bend property, I can only guess that my boat would have sunk, if I went to look at the lighthouse. That would have made me a little unhappy. The rest of this does not bother me at all, except I hope the cows make it through the night. If they do, they will have a chance.
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Dave,
Sounds like you have things under control. Except for the accident. Glad no one was hurt. Did you rear end that guy? If so, it is good he took off. I have a friend who had the same thing happen. Probably was a swoop and squat with him. He got the ticket. The other guy got a new truck. In this case the guy actually slammed on his brakes right in front of my friend. He left long skid marks, proving it was intentional. But no matter, If you rearend someone ,by law, it is your fault.

Keep your powder dry.

Captd
 
Hi Folks,

Remember the guy running around the West Coast telling everybody that the West Coast was going to slide into the sea. I think he might be right.

Fred
 
Dave,

Glad you're ok! Up my way we didn't get as much water as you guys did. The Raging went from it's normal 75 cfs to 2000 cfs (well within its banks). This is pretty typical for this river so nothing to worry about. Had it gone up to 3500 cfs I might have to start looking for more sand bags. I hate it when we get snowfall followed by a Pineapple Express! And this one was worse than most as we had a lot of snow before it started.

Sorry to hear about your truck! I hope you at least got the guys license plate number.
 
Dave, Glad you are ok. Lots of water down that way. Cordell flew over Grand Mound and I-5 today to look at the flood waters. He was amazed at the amount of water still over the interstate.

Michigan Hill....You must live just a few miles from Independence. My grandfather logged that area way back, teens, maybe early 20's. My dad was a very young "whistle punk" when they were in that camp.

Robbi
 
Robbi":1nzftxj6 said:
Michigan Hill....You must live just a few miles from Independence. My grandfather logged that area way back, teens, maybe early 20's. My dad was a very young "whistle punk" when they were in that camp.
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Two miles south of the Independence Bridge on Michigan Hill Road. Independence Road is still closed, but I can get out by going over the hill and then west on Prather Road. Prather Rd has some damage to it, but it is still passable. It is still timber country out here, but the city folks are starting to build out here and complain when a tree is cut down.


Brent":1nzftxj6 said:
Did anyone rescue the cows?
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No one had a boat capable of getting out there that was not busy rescuing people, so the cows were on their own till morning. They (the cows) made it through the night. By morning the water was only 18 inches or so deep where they were but they would still have to swim to get to dry ground. By that afternoon the water was low enough for them to walk out. They were not in very good condition, but will be OK. Right now they are in a dry barn recuperating.


captd":1nzftxj6 said:
But no matter, If you rearend someone ,by law, it is your fault.
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I agree in most cases it is so, but not always. There are exceptions.
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Dave,

Glad you're ok! Up my way we didn't get as much water as you guys did. The Raging went from it's normal 75 cfs to 2000 cfs (well within its banks). This is pretty typical for this river so nothing to worry about. Had it gone up to 3500 cfs I might have to start looking for more sand bags. I hate it when we get snowfall followed by a Pineapple Express! And this one was worse than most as we had a lot of snow before it started.

Sorry to hear about your truck! I hope you at least got the guys license plate number.
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Some interesting facts about the Chehalis River at the Gaging station a couple of miles up river from the Independence Bridge, where I took the photos.

On the 4th of Dec. it peaked at just over 20 feet above flood stage.
In less than 24 hours, it went from below flood to 20 feet above flood stage.
On the 29th of Nov, its flow was 1500 cfs (cubic feet per second)
On the 2nd of Dec, its flow was 2500 cfs
Two days later on the 4th the flow was 80,000 cfs

To put that in perspective, 80,000 cfs would fill one acre of ground with a column of water 30 miles deep in one day.
Somebody check my numbers on the column of water. I did it three times and came up with the same thing each time. It just seems like too much.

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Dave,
Who got a ticket is this case? I am sure if a person had some witnesses or some way to prove "swoop and squat" They would even lock the other driver up. That would be insurance fraud. But in my short experience as a cop. All rearenders got the ticket. My wife got one when a guy backed up and hit her. The Police would not give us the name of the guy that hit her. This happened years ago in Missoula ,Mt.

captd.
 
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