My favorite Manifesto Blog….

Change This –

Declaration of Independents: Fighting against the Colonization of Our Local Communities by Big-Box Retailers.

Rebecca

Country Meadow

www.countrymeadowsoaps.com

Quick post…

If you love pets and the vet’s who treat them you will love Pet Peeves!
Written by an ER Vet you will laugh (and cry) reading about the trouble our beloved pets can get themselves into.

Rebecca

Country Meadow

www.countrymeadowsoaps.com

Country Meadow is based in the city so other than a little urban flooding and some difficulty getting to surrounding areas we have little to fear as far as actual flooding. Closed roads are being opened as the flood waters slowly receed….but more rain is on the way with the potential for wind storms and power outages this weekend!

CNN Weather:

Forecasters say another intense Pacific storm is set to hit the already soaked Northwest Friday.

The region got a short break on Thursday, when early morning light showers were expected to give way to dry conditions by afternoon, as residents cleaned up after storms that smashed rainfall records and damaged hundreds of homes, authorities said.

The body of a 78-year-old woman who disappeared on a storm-battered beach was found Wednesday, the third confirmed death from the so-called Pineapple Express storm.

The storm, named for its origin over the warm Pacific Ocean, eased on Wednesday after sending rivers over their banks Monday and Tuesday, causing millions of dollars in damage.

Authorities focused on finding up to 1,000 hunters who rode out the slow-moving rainstorm and remained on the hillsides between Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens, said Gene Seiber, chief deputy for the Lewis County, Washington, Sheriff’s Office.

“Many up there are just waiting it out,” Seiber said. “The rescue guys in the air said the guys are just sitting around campfires, waving at the plane. They’re fine now, but eventually they’re going to come down and realize they can’t get out.”

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski declared an emergency in coastal Tillamook County, where about 100 people were evacuated because of rising water.

Elma Benefiel and her daughter-in-law were last seen walking near Gleneden Beach, Oregon, on Tuesday. Lt. Vicky Ryan of the Depoe Bay Fire District said she saw the women and “cautioned them to not go out on the beach because of the high water.”

They apparently moved to another stretch of beach, she said. Benefiel’s body was found on a spit off the beach, Ryan said. A search was continuing for her daughter-in-law.

Two deaths were reported in Washington — a hunter whose pickup truck was swept into the Cowlitz River and a man whose vehicle was swept into the same river after he ignored road closure signs. The first body was recovered late Monday, and the second early Wednesday.

Some highways and numerous local roads were closed Wednesday because of high water, mud and rock slides or flood damage.

While river levels were dropping, some were still at flood stage, with recovery and damage assessment still hours or even days away.

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire had declared an emergency for 18 counties on Monday, authorizing the National Guard and the Emergency Management Division to offer assistance.

The state Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will have crews on the ground next week, state spokesman Rob Harper said.

Rainfall records were set Monday across western Washington, including 8.22 inches at Stampede Pass, which broke an all-time record for a 24-hour period there of 7.29 inches, set in 1962. The storm dumped up to 15 inches on Oregon by Tuesday, mostly along the coast.

Fall City, Washington by Ric Ransom

Log jam at the Snohomish River Bridge by Russ Reynolds

Looking over the Snohomish/Monroe Valley by Chad Hawthorne

Rebecca

Country Meadow

www.countrymeadowsoaps.com