We have arrived in Washington State. There was not much more we can do in Vernonia except help with getting food in. The released the prisoners from the jail to help with the debris cleanup so we decided to come up to Washington to see if we could evaluate the situation here.
We headed toward Chehalis and then to the coast to a city called Aberdeen. There were bridges and train tracks out due to the intense flooding. In fact, one flood took a whole bridge down and washed it away.
We headed toward Chehalis and then to the coast to a city called Aberdeen. There were bridges and train tracks out due to the intense flooding. In fact, one flood took a whole bridge down and washed it away.
There was one river basin full of more trees than I have ever seen in one place in my life. As far as I could see were massive trees that the raging floodwaters of the river brought down from the mountains. It’s hard to put into words. It must have been an amazingly powerful force that would take 120-foot trees—some 8 feet in diameter—and pile them up in a little town. It will take months just to remove them, and this probably happened in hours. The sun is going down but we will return in the morning to see if we can find someone who is in charge here. If they would like we can remove all the mud the rain brought in. As of now it looks like most of these people do not even have a clear path into their homes.
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