The Snoqualmie Valley is dealing with water and lots of it after the Snoqualmie River overtopped its banks following yesterday’s heavy rain.
There is still a lot of water in the fields around there, but the Snoqualmie does appear to be receding.
Still, there is a fair number of signs warning of road closures because of water over the roadway.
It was quite the sight, especially from Chopper 7.
To truly understand just how much water fell from the sky Thursday, you need look no further than Snoqualmie Falls. The spectacular collision of water and mist brought out anyone with a camera.
For Tom Mous, an amateur photographer who lives in Issaquah, it meant stopping down just long enough to wipe it all away, the better to capture this.
Still, he says the Falls are no longer at their peak.
“It peaked a couple of hours ago,” said Mous. “It was more than 20,000 cubic feet-per-second. And when I left, it was 17,000. But I don’t know if it’s going down or staying more or less stable.”
“I think I could do without the rain,” said Clara Tenorio, visiting from San Antonio, Texas, “because it’s really dry in San Antonio. So, I’m used to the sun and all that. But it’s nice. It’s beautiful. It’s beautiful here because of all the rain.”
It is only with Chopper 7 that we could see the full impact of the historic storm that swept through here Thursday. Fields were covered in water that still have not receded, hours after the rain stopped. Some people were seen ditching their vehicles, getting around the water the best way they could. The first week of storms has already taken a toll.
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Two people were killed over the weekend when a tree fell on their vehicle near Preston.
“The son and mother that lost their lives; it was just a huge tragedy,” said Kelly Coughlin, executive director of the SnoValley Chamber of Commerce.
She is still feeling the pain of it all.
“And so, we have to remember we live in these big trees and when this water comes down, we have to watch, definitely watch,” said Coughlin. “Be totally on guard.”
Coughlin and everyone here reminds us that this is just the beginning.
It does appear the Snoqualmie River is slowly receding.
But after the long, dry summer, it will likely take a while longer for the ground to fully absorb the water.
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