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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Here is the Chehalis Walmart



i5 Toyota in the back, and i5 Ford in the front



I am getting more as friends send them to me.. this is making 96 look like kids play
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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if i could send some better weather i would. but if i send cold weather things will freeze and become ice skating rinks, and if i send sunny weather, snow will continue to melt and flooding wouldn't stop..


HOPE EVERYONE IS OK~ my mom (pizzabox) told me she is ok, and that she was amazed how well the box handles in the very strange weather you all are having.


stay dry!

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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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holy ish guys, that sux
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Here are more pictures;

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...%2007/?start=0
Old Dec 4, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Did the dealerships move their cars to high ground or is everthing under water?
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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From what I heard they got everything moved.
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 12:41 AM
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good god. hope all of your families are safe. didn't think it was this bad after looking at the pictures. man this is nuts.

looks like they dropped the city in the pudget sound
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 02:55 AM
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Damnz Will.... Good think your dad has that benz for you to tool around in....
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 03:45 AM
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hey so does that mean since the dealership has some flood water in it that they will be selling some cheap parts for cars, like a discount LOL
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 04:48 AM
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wonder how the truckstop @ mm-72 is doing?. and it looks like I won't be going home after I get to the yard... at least until the water goes down, or I have to go to Yakima then down to I-84 and back to PDX & south on I-5.... wife said that we lost some shingles in the windstorm... but said that the roofers have it under control... at least I hope so.
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 04:59 AM
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wow..thats crazy..im glad i live in So cali!! :]
it'd be fun if u had a truck and u were driving in that water lol
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ratcityrain
Damnz Will.... Good think your dad has that benz for you to tool around in....
You have no clue how many looks we got from people going WTH are those people out driving in this stuff in a BENZ! We drive through more crap than most rednecks will take their 4wd's those, after all it's just a pickup! I will say the air suspension is badass as from the factory it allows you to raise it 3 inches. We went past the road block as we had to get medication to my grandma because its locked up otherwise she would OD herself. The 4 helo's that are out are busy medivacing people to the high school and hospital, its weird having the sounds of choppers flying over all the time. It's bad, this is the worse my Dad's ever seen and he's lived here almost 60 yerars (his whole life).

BTW I also added more pictures to my Flickr, Look up for links.

Also there is now a blog with information and pics;
http://flood.dothelp.net/

Enjoy!
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 05:59 AM
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Oh man -

I was in Chehalis last night driving Tundras back to Portland from Seattle for Toyota Corp. and we got completely stuck at Exit 72 at the Shell station near the McDonalds that flooded! They had just shut down I-5 from Exit 68-82 and our only chance at getting back to Portland was attempting to drive the Tundras through the flood waters and get on the freeway illegally. (Should I be telling this since I was working for Toyota? LoL)

So we took our chances and slowly waded each of our 4 Tundras through the water. The water was so deep it was up past the bottom of our doors and slowly starting to sneak inside the cab! So scary! But we got through and onto the freeway just in time and were on the home stretch back to Portland.

Would have definitely sucked to get stuck in Chehalis for days on end!
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 06:08 AM
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Glad you made it Cynce. Well look on the bright side if you got stuck in Chehalis at least you would have known someone, and had a place to crash.
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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Good point!!!
Old Dec 6, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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It sux to live down there....good luck i hope things go well...
Old Dec 6, 2007 | 02:08 AM
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wow! be safe everyone!!
Old Dec 6, 2007 | 03:59 AM
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Just a note to those who need to go to PDX from Seattle (or vise versa)

take I-90 east to I-82 east (Yakima), then US-97 south to I-84 (Biggs JCT. ORE.),
and then west to PDX.
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check the weather as you have several mountain passes and high ridges to cross, as well as traveling the Columbia Gorge.(frequent high winds)

The total miles from I-405 @ I-90 to Biggs jct.or to jct of I-84 @ I-205 is 317 miles.
(VS 176 miles if you could just run down I-5 & I-205 )

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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 04:14 AM
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hmmmmmm hey saddlesore do you stop at the shell @ exit 72 alot ??? the reason i ask is that the guy i work for owns tht?? yea its been crazy up that way some of our drivers couldnt get to our trucks so the boss chartered a helo and flew them in to get our trucks last night.
ohh by the way does anyone know what the acronem for swift is???




see. what. i. f^($@d. up.today


ooops.
Old Dec 6, 2007 | 04:15 AM
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Red, you stuck in Smokey Point then?



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