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FROM: Steve Hitch, Redmond Stormwater Engineer
EMAIL (excerpt): Members of the Flood Hazard Management Advisory Committee, 1/17
"As you have watched flooding happening in other communities around Puget Sound, and we here in Redmond have come away relatively unscathed, we are thankful that our situation has not resulted in a major flood here. We are mindful that all it takes is for Redmond to receive a large storm event impacting the Bear Creek Basin followed by a few weeks of heavy rains that raise the lake level. That combination could result in the 100-year flood that fills up Redmond.
... Should the City have posted evacuation routes in the floodplain? Should we do flood drills? Should our emergency center be prepared to use the reverse 911 system to notify our neighbors of potential inundation? Send me your thoughts and I can see how those ideas may be incorporated into the City's short and longer term plans."
... Should the City have posted evacuation routes in the floodplain? Should we do flood drills? Should our emergency center be prepared to use the reverse 911 system to notify our neighbors of potential inundation? Send me your thoughts and I can see how those ideas may be incorporated into the City's short and longer term plans."
--Steve Hitch, P.E. Sr. Stormwater Engineer City of Redmond, Public Works Department Natural Resources Division, Redmond, Washington 425/556-2891 draft
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Many thanks to my next-door neighbor Larry Pawlowski for sending the slide show.
Love the slide show - really shows the extent of all the damage. I was a bone head teenager 20 years ago trying to drive on the stretch of 202 just east of Fall City in the dark right where that red minivan in the photo ended up on it's lid - the water was deep enough to float the rear of my car. The wheels started to spin and the water started to push the whole back of the car towards the edge of the road. I very strongly suggested my buddies all cram into hatch area behind the back seat 'very quickly' which was just enough to bring the tires back to the pavement and we made it through the water. Won't ever forget it - darn lucky we didn't all drown.
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