Floodwaters

When I was watching the high water levels last weekend, I had no idea what was in store for the area. Western Washington has been in what could be 100 year floods. Almost every major road into the mountains is closed from flooding, possibly permanently. Most of the major rivers are at or beyond record heights. Entire towns have been evacuated and are under water. The Sunshine Point Campground at Mount Rainier National Park has completely washed away -- it is no more -- along with a quarter mile of the Longmore Road. The power of Nature is simply incredible.

The following are selected photos from the floods. I did not take these pictures, and do not take credit for them in any way.

Deception Falls NRA (from Alpine Andy @ WTA):





Snoqualmie Falls (from MtnDog @ NWHikers):




Mount Rainier National Park (from Mount Rainier Climbing):







Stillaguamish River (from JimK @ NWHikers):





Fall City, WA (from MtnDog @ NWHikers):




Snohomish River (from Pütz-in-Boots @ NWHikers):




Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (from Tom @ NWHikers):




Granite Falls, WA (from naturalbeing @ NWHikers):





Eagle Falls (from Seattle Times):




North Fork Skykomish River (from kleet @ NWHikers):




Nooksack River (from Bellingham Herald):




Cowlitz River (from grizzly86 @ NWHikers):