We’ve uploaded almost a dozen video clips on YouTube from the flooding in West Richland. You can find them on our YouTube channel. The entire set of videos is also edited together into this 2-minute clip: You can also read the latest Saturday flooding update here.
Archive | January, 2009
Yakima River Flooding photos
Just got back from a drive around downtown West Richland, where a lot of people are stopping their cars, finding places to park, and looking at the rising tide of the Yakima River. As you drive along Van Giesen, there are lots of pastures and meadows that are flooded, but the water level when I [...]
Yakima River Flooding: Saturday Updates
At 8:45 am this morning (Saturday), Benton County Emergency Services notified us that they’ve activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to coordinate the county’s response to the Yakima River Flooding that’s now underway. That alert was an update to one sent at 7:00 am today, which had these numbers and warnings about the Yakima River [...]
Yakima River Due to Crest Saturday
Update: We are posting all official updates on the Yakima River flooding situation here: Yakima River Flooding Expected This Weekend —— …but may begin to flood West Richland this afternoon (Friday the 9th). The Herald has this update – “It’s still a couple of feet below flood stage, but it’s coming up fairly quickly,” Sautter [...]
West Richland Road Risks Erosion
Van Geisen, one of the main roads into West Richland, is at risk of being washed away this morning. KNDU reported last night that crews are attempting to stop the erosion by placing heavy boulders along the road/river’s edge. and I took these pics this morning – while on Van Geisen, approaching the spot where [...]
Sign of the times…
After two days of crazy-heavy winds, it looks like the city crews were busy today at South Highlands Park on Bird Hill (Hummingbird & Chukar intersection). Spotted this while taking our dog for a walk today. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but there are about 40-50 bags of leaves piled up there!
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Yakima River Flooding Expected This Weekend
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Kadlec Clinic Now Open in West Richland
- Concerts at the Pavilion – 2008 Schedule
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Hogs and Dogs Thrills West Richland
- Yakima River Flooding video
From Cari’s Real Estate Blog
- Tri-City Homes Hit Their Highest Average Sales Price in 2011 February 1, 2012What an interesting year! No federal tax credit, record-low interest rates, and a booming Tri-Cities economy combine to create an fascinating picture. Two seemingly disparate facts tell the 2011 Tri-Cities real estate story. #1 – Total sales for the year – 2,734, which is the second lowest total within the last ten years. (The lowest […]
- Final Friday Photo January 27, 2012I can’t believe it – I’ve been posting Friday Photos for a year now! What began as a way to climb out of the February doldrums turned into a year-long adventure that took me all over our great community! I hope you enjoyed trying to figure things out from a different perspective. I will still […]
- Building Our New Home, Part 8 January 23, 2012My husband, Matt, and I are building our new home. This is the eighth in a series of who-knows-how-many. I’m writing from the perspective of a buyer, and an agent, since I am both in this case. We had two important walk-throughs last week and the week before. On the 11th, we met with the […]
