If it's not one thing, It's your Mother...

in law, that is. (Hi, Nana!)

Well, not her so much as Mother FREAKING Nature.

Remember earlier this week when I told you we had 6 inches of snow fall and then it rained?

Well, it rained, then it rained some more, then, hey, it even rained in the mountains where Mother FREAKING Nature decided to melt 10 inches of snow in less than 12 hours which is a recipe for disaster.

Like real disaster.

Like a disaster that has displaced over 30,000 people, including one Great Dane who was saved in a dramatic rescue by Nana (my Mother in law) in a row boat with a friend. Thank heavens for that friend because without him Duke would have met a horrible fate.

Don't believe me?

Let's take a trip together seeing as how I am seeing the damage the same way you are, through the lens of our camera because there just isn't enough room in our little boat.

Snoqualmie Falls is, um, breathtaking? Terrifying? Both? I think everyone can agree that is a whole lot of FREAKING water, yes?


The railroad tracks completely eroded with nothing left but tracks completely unsupported underneath. (sorry it's blurry, but look at the tracks and that dark space underneath is the missing "land")

The park we love to walk to. I know, you are all, what park? Where? You can see the fence behind first base to the right of the stop sign and the top of the playground is to the left in the distance.

My Mother in law's neighbor, Matt, returning from escorting his mother to her car to go to work. Matt is my kind of kid.

Drum roll, please.

My Mother in law's house. If you look closely you can see the water level on the house was about a foot higher than what it is actually visible in the photo. I guess you also can't really tell how deep that water is...it's approximately 4.5 feet deep in this picture.

Nice parking space, no?

Or, hey have you seen my refrigerator, it's missing from the garage? Oh, yes, it was back 'round the corner at Fir street.

The most excited 4-year-old in the county because Daddy insisted he was big enough to tag along.

Finally, the bridge home.

And there you have it, the grand tour of our floating city - it's a wonder why the entire city hasn't just floated away and gone over the Falls.

The river is expected to return below flood stage sometime tomorrow morning, which is a relief on one hand but an entirely LARGER headache on the other hand because, well, the recession signals the clean-up, which from reports is going to take some time, months even.

As you can also see our power has been restored which feels like we just won the lottery not having to wash those dishes by hand in the candlelight. Oh, who am I fooling, we have a generator I would have been washing the dishes by hand in a nicely lit Kitchen, but still it feels almost like winning the lottery, you know, a scratch ticket, maybe.

So, I've decided to include these photo's in Candid Carrie, Friday Foto Finish Fiesta, you know for the Fun of it. Come join!