Springwater Corridor. Gresham, Oregon. January 19, 2012.
The day after a decently little snowfall which was followed up by two inches of rain. The water was back down within 24 hours. The creek channel has, for so many years, been deepened and redesigned for flood control that there was little damage in our area.
Water this high in the more natural creek beds where I grew up? The flooding would have been much worse.
Portland, Oregon. January 20, 2011. Johnson Creek at Leach Botanical Garden and ducks taking advantage of the high water along the Springwater Corridor. This was a few days after a decent snow and after a couple days of heavy rain.
However, the water had gone down many feet from where it was a day earlier.
Minor flooding along the banks of the Columbia this month. These were taken at Rooster Rock State Park in the Gorge on June 5, 2011.
Here is the official flood warning from today:
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER.
* AT 2 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN
16.0 AND 16.5 FEET FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FALL BELOW
FLOOD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.
* IMPACT...ABOVE 16 FT...FLOODING IN LOCALIZED AREAS BUT
IMPACTS ARE MINOR.
