http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477445,00.html

Is Glenn out of harms way?

He lives on top of a mountain. Plenty of snow and wind

and maybe some run-off, but I doubt that flooding is an

issue.

8-)

We had record snowfall the past few weeks, but it all melted within the last few days.  Now we're getting heavy, heavy rain and wind.  RW is right, no worries about flooding at my place.  But getting out and about is a little dicey.  Lot's of standing water over the roadways.

Thanks for asking.

Hope you guys in WA are all ok.

Pretty much all the major roadways in/out of my area are closed due to flooding.  Traffic is a mess.  And really the only way to get in and out of the region is by air, since all the freeways. biways, and railways are closed due to flooding or snow/avalanches.

You guys take care out there. I saw some footage on the news this morning and couldn't believe it. Sometimes people don't seem to understand how much force their is behind that much water.

You guys are all in my thoughts.  

Be safe and Be smart

Saw this on the news before I left for work this morning and wondered about Glenn.  Was hoping that losing power wasn't an issue for him.  Stuck high and no power.  Hope not.

Stay well, ff15

Pretty much all the major roadways in/out of my area are closed due to flooding. Traffic is a mess. And really the only way to get in and out of the region is by air, since all the freeways. biways, and railways are closed due to flooding or snow/avalanches.

 Keep an eye out for Fish Chris he love fishing flooded timber! :

Take care Glenn.

Got power.  Lights flickered a few times, but otherwise we're good.  I'm thankful we didn't get strong winds, otherwise trees would have been downed everwhere.  The ground is so saturated from several feet of snow followed by 6-12" of rain, a small puff of wind is all it would take to knock down trees.

Getting in and out of my town is a pain, since several main arterials are closed due to flooding.  There's a tremendous amount of flooding here.  The term "record flooding" doesn't even come close to describing it.  

Nearly 100 roads have been closed.  They've called out the national guard to help.  Several hotels have reduced their rates substantially to give flood victims a place to stay.  I feel really bad for folks that have lost everything.

The good news is that the rain has stopped and most rivers have crested, or will within a few hours.  They expect most rivers to be back to normal levels by Sunday night.

If you have a well you may want to get the water checked after all of this

Well, it sucks here, too. It's PRIMETIME and I can't fish!

The Tennessee Valley is flooding and all my gates are open.

200,000+  cfs and we are done!

Pretty much every river and stream is above flood stage, with all of them breaking records - and not by just a bit, but a lot.  They've been keeping records since the late 1800's.  Some of these records have held strong since 1933 or before.  Today, the old CFS records were more than doubled on many rivers and streams.  

Go here: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=real&r=wa&w=map

Every blue dot is a flooding river, ever black dot is a major flood.  Click the dots, then select the hydrograph, then click the graph. You'll see some pretty wild data.

Here's one, for example: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=14243000  The old record was 44,200 CFS.  Today it was over 100,000 CFS.

Here's another: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=12119000

Old record (1983): 2900 CFS; as I write this, it's at 11,100 CFS, and that's DOWN from it's peak!

Crazy!

Glenn, only been to Seattle once.  Ended up browsing around after I followed your links.  Your temps don't change very drastically through the year, do they?

Update:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478385,00.html

Generally we have cold rainy days for 10 months, with 2 months of "summer" (days over 70 degrees).  But in the past 12 months, we've seen temp swings from 100 to the single digits.

Hang in there guys. Its been beyond windy here in maryland and cold. We had an ice storm but, the power was only out for 6 hours. I used to love along the Potomoc River. I got flooded out twice in the 90's. That is why I now live in the Mountains in the middle of nowwhere. My prayers to all facing the high waters. ---Jim

RW--With the water that high you should have some BIG EDDY'S for the smallies to stack up in, LOL.

We have had a lot of rain here in the Mid South, too. As a result,

TVA is moving massive amounts of water and all the flood gates

are wide open, 205,000 CFS! At the Pickwick Dam that equates to

about 1.5 million gallons per second, 24/7. There is no fishing this

weekend.

The forcast calls for rain today, all day and it just started a few

minutes ago.

8-)

RW, I'm not really familiar with where you are. What water is the dam part of and how large is it?

Glenn, I was curious about how close your monthly temps were based on what this page showed me. Obviously, you live it, so you would know, I was going on what this graph shows.

http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USWA0395

It makes one assume that the temps are comfortable year round.

The tail waters of Pickwick or technically, Kentucky Lake (85 miles long, 160,300 acres).

We simply call the stretch we fish, The Tennessee River. This year's Roadtrip is on the same

water, just further downstream (north) from where I fish.

http://www.tva.com/river/index.htm

8-)

No wonder there is no excuses, you live there!  Missed that somewhere.

Actually, about 1 1/2 hours from Pickwick,

but 3 1/2 - 4 from where we're staying on

Kentucky. Still, it is fairly close.

Not sure if you want to keep this up in this thread, but I was wondering what this does to fishing, with that amount of discharge.  My reservoir is much smaller and shallower, and when they take water, it's not that extreme to the fish.

RW - parts of the Columbia hit nearly 230,000 CFS on Thursday.    It's back under 200k, but holy cow!

firefightn15 - Your link doesn't work for me.  But it sounds like it a water temp chart.  If so, then it's REALLY dependant upon the body of water.  The rivers are fairly temperate, as they're fed by snow melt.  For example, even when it's 100+ degrees out, the warmest the Columbia gets is the low 70's.

But keep in mind, we only have 2-3 months of warm weather (over 70), so the lakes and rivers never get a chance to get much above 75, if at all.  Most peak at around 72.