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applegrove

(132,223 posts) Fri Dec 12, 2025, 01:11 PM Dec 2025

Vibes to those in Washington State and the Province of British Columbia:

Be safe.

Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. https://to.pbs.org/3MXJCB6
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) 2025-12-12T17:07:04.851898295Z

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Vibes to those in Washington State and the Province of British Columbia: (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2025 OP

The rivers should recede today. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #1

So sad. applegrove Dec 2025 #2

Will take more than one or two days, I think... Wounded Bear Dec 2025 #3

I'm just going off the predicted Skagit flow charts I saw this morning. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #4

maxsolomon

(38,737 posts)

1. The rivers should recede today.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 01:40 PM

Dec 2025

It's not going to be pretty.

Access to the Cascades is going to be devastated. Many forest roads with washouts or slides will never be rebuilt. I expect multiple campgrounds to be utterly destroyed.