The Skagit River... Mount Vernon Flood Watch...
I've just pulled this from the Skagit County web-site (http://www.skagitcounty.net/)
FLOOD EVENT IN PROGRESS
The Skagit River in Mount Vernon appears to have crested this evening at 33.86 feet at 8:30 p.m.At Concrete, the river has reached a plateau and is holding steady at just under 35 feet. The National Weather Service continues to project that the river will continue dropping, and fall below flood stage Wednesday afternoon.
Western Washington still has a lot of flooding issues going on, but Mount Vernon seems to be fairing well... Even better than expected. I must say that we seem to have very good people doing a very good job to protect Skagit County from a very powerful river. I know that a lot of thought and effort is put into preparing for events like this... To all of these people, I say "Thank You!!!!!".
I took a few pictures of the river this afternoon around 3:30pm. From what I understand the river crested about 1 foot higher around 8:30pm. Anyway, here are the pictures..... Enjoy!

Picture Number 1 (Above) Was Taken From I-5 looking Up-River.
Pictures Numbers 2 Thru 5 (Below) Were Taken from "Lions Park".




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