Here's a nice article about what's been happening on the US side of the border from you Smash.
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Storm brings record rain, wind to Western Washington
12/14/2001
KING5.com
SEATTLE - A winter storm brought record rains and strong winds to Western Washington and left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.
Angie Lundberg, a spokeswoman for Puget Sound Energy, the regions largest utility with 935,000 customers in nine counties, said 8,000 were still in the dark as of early Friday.
Most of the outages were around Olympia, Puyallup and the suburbs between Seattle and Tacoma, Lundberg said.
A coastal flood watch was issued for high tide Friday morning in the Bellingham area as winds reaching 50 mph generated 8-foot waves.
Warnings were issued winds gusting to 60 mph over Admiralty Inlet between Whidbey Island and the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas and along the Pacific coast.
Five to 10 inches of new snow was expected Friday in the Cascades and minor flooding was reported or forecast along the Chehalis, Satsop and Skokomish rivers in Grays Harbor, Lewis and Thurston counties.
High winds Thursday night followed rain earlier in the day. The National Weather Service reported strong winds from Olympia to Bellingham, including gusts reaching 55 mph in Grays Harbor County.
Rainfall records for Dec. 13 were set at Olympia with 2.12 inches, compared with the old mark of 1.38 inches set in 1966; Hoquiam, 2.36 inches compared with 1.41 inches in 1961; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 1.63 inches compared with 1.32 inches in 1979, and Bellingham, 1.55 inches compared with .93 inches in 1966.
Snow advisory in Cascades
In the Cascades, precipitation at Stampede Pass was a record 2.63 inches, beating the mark of 2.04 inches set in 1946. The good news: the winter storm warning issued for the Cascades has now been downgraded to a snow advisory.
The snow is still falling heavily at Snoqualmie Pass. Another five to ten inches are expected Friday with temperatures hovering just around the freezing mark.
The wet, heavy snow increases the possibility for an avalanche. Stevens Pass has already started avalanche control, and if the snow continues to fall as expected, we can expect to see avalanche control at Snoqualmie very soon.
Roads affected
A tree blew down across the northbound lanes of Interstate 405 in the suburbs east of Seattle, blocking traffic for about an hour.
Crews are working to clear mud and debris from Deschutes Parkway in Olympia. The road runs along side Highway 101 at the I-5 junction. The Department of Transportation says it could take up to 2 days to get the debris completely cleared.
Mudslides were also reported on Newberry Hill Road north of Bremerton near Silverdale.
As of 6:15 a.m. Friday, King County Road Services Division reports the additional road closure information:
NE 165 St. between 175 Ave. NE and 187 Ave. NE
NE 50th St. between Sahalee Rd and State Route 202
NE Tolt Hill Rd between SR 202 and NE 20th Pl.
Tolt River Rd from 353rd Ave NE to road end
S 132nd St between 64th Ave. S and the 7300 block
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
..and 2 more under threat.
3 hours of sleep will do that...
, now your backyard has a great bright future as a Wonder of the World ahead of it with different fantastic possibilities, and the list is far from being complete.
is not dead, so those wonders are still available for our future!
