Woodley Hills Trailer Park, Alexandria, VA after Hurricane Hazel 1955
I believe my Uncle Ernest, Aunt Emily, cousins Kit, and Rinda stayed here one time when the park flooded in the 50's
Guest blog by Chris:
I guess I am not a good observer of storms anymore. Might be the building we live in as we rarely lose power and the storms don't bash us in our apt. However, it was raining pretty hard and that was noticeable as the windows were being pounded.
I had a Zoom meeting last night with the Power Squadron (now called America's Boating Club) and a couple of folks texted that they had been without power for a day or more. One lives in Lake Stevens and the other in Stanwood. Also, one active boater said the storm at the Everett Marina was severe enough to have cleats pulled from the docks by one of the larger boats (he said this was because the boater doesn't know how to tie his boat up properly). And another said that four hours after the high tide the docks at Dagmars were almost floating off the pilings. Swollen rivers and a high tide are a big problem.
British Columbia was slammed with flooding high enough to cover many cars. Mount Vernon had significant flooding as did the east and south sound areas. One man was swept away after he drove around a road-closed barricade and his car was swept into a field that was totally under water. He did get out of his car, but then was swept away. He was able to make a phone call asking for help, but then the line went dead.
So, while we were blissfully unaware of the storm, it was pretty bad I guess. If I still had a boat at the marina I would have been down there to take care of it. Nice not to have to worry about another thing and to stay warm and dry.
