It's been a wet one

This last week's storm, which began with some pleasant snow fall on Saturday, turned quite unpleasant for almost everyone in the region. The excess water in our basement and garage simply pale in comparison.

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What you're seeing above is a freeway overpass for Interstate 5, the primary artery for traffic and commerce linking California, Oregon, Washington, and western Canada; for those of you on the East coast, this is roughly the equivalent of I-95. I-5 is completely submerged. The large, flat, grey and white building in the upper right of the image is a Walmart.

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This shows the flooded town of Centralia and another view of the I-5 corridor under water. It's clear there's just nowhere for all that water to go.