Wicked winds bring floods and darkness
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March 16, 2016
TIDAL FLOODING – The sea tried to claim two homes during a wind driven high tide storm surge on Thursday. Big tides and punishing storms have been growing more frequent in recent years. – Photo by Firefighter Duane Dent, courtesy Fire District 13
Wild winds and a storm tidal surge caused downed trees, flooding and power outages throughout the La Conner area Thursday and again on Sunday.
Thursday morning wind-driven waves came crashing over Chilberg Road near the old Hope Island Inn, and two houses on McGlinn Drive were attacked by the sea.
Nearby resident and Fire District 13 firefighter Wood Weiss said, “I’ve lived here since 1999, and I have never seen anything like that. It was the most intense presentation, and you feel helpless fighting against nature like that.”
Weiss was on scene responding to the flooding emergency of his neigh...
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