Photo gallery of epic Jan. 2009 flooding
Bob and Beth Marcey look at their flooded farm from a dry roadway Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, near Carnation, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Image of flooding in Fall City, Wash. on Friday, Jan. 9 provided by KOMONews.com user John Gorton.
Image of a washed-out road in Fall City, Wash. on Friday, Jan. 9 provided by KOMONews.com user John Gorton.
A car and tons of dirt and wood debris are shown washed by recent flooding up against a home on U.S. Highway 12 east of Morton, Wash. Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Dirt and wood debris are shown washed by recent flooding up against a home on U.S. Highway 12 east of Morton, Wash. Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
An aerial view of the flood waters surrounding Washington State Route 9 is seen Friday, Jan. 9, 2008 in Snohomish, Wash. (AP Photo/The Herald, Kevin Nortz)
Mike Evans, checking on the home of a friend, walks through fog and water two-feet deep Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, near Carnation, Wash. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A truck drives along a closed stretch of the flooded Interstate 5 freeway as seen from the air, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, near Chehalis, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Puyallup River flows near flooded homes as seen from the air Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 near Puyallup, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Airplanes are clustered on high ground in a flooded area of Western Washington near Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Washington State Patrol Deputy Chief Paul Beckley walks away from a flooded stretch of Interstate 5, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 near Chehalis, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Flooded homes and roads are shown from the air Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 near Chehalis, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Rick and Sandy Claxton stand in front of their house after water from the Skookumchuck River covered N. Pearl Street in Centralia, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo)
Interstate 5 runs into flood waters from the Chehalis River Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Chehalis, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A group of youths push a car out of a street where it stalled a day earlier in flood waters Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Snoqualmie, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Trucks line-up on the shoulder an on-ramp to Interstate 90 near North Bend, Wash., near where Snoqualmie Pass is closed Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Flooding in SW Washington in the Chehalis and Centralia area, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP photo)
Motorists push their way through high water on Highway 101, south of Gearhart, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, as heavy rains and melted snow flooded rivers. (AP photo)
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Workers use heavy equipment as they try to unplug the bridge crossing Rainey Creek near Morton, Wash. (AP photo)
Floodwaters rage through Maple Valley, Wash., on Thursday morning, Jan. 8.
A mudslide covers Highway 542 near Deming, Wash. (Photo courtesy of Wash. state DOT)
Floodwaters washed out a bridge approach on Clarke Road near SR 97 in Kittitas County. (Photo by Kittitas County Emergency Operations Center)
Floodwaters cover U.S. Highway 12 at Wynoochie Flats in Washington state. (Photo by YouNews contributor Suedale)
Curtis Wolfe, left, and Robert Robinson navigate a canoe around a tree to check on a neighbors flooded home in Tacoma, Wash. (AP photo)
Homes are surrounded by Chehalis River flood water Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Chehalis, Wash. (AP photo)
A sign informs drivers exiting the Interstate 5 that the road is flooded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, near Grand Mound, Wash. (AP photo)
A home in Snoqualmie is flooded. (Photo by YouNews contributor staceyxoxo)
Buddy Chambers pulls a waterlogged boat from his flooded home in Tacoma on Thursday. (AP photo)
Highway 97 at Blewett Pass is closed due to a washout. (Photo by Washington State Patrol)
