WORKING FOR YOU, KOMO 4-NEWS
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> Kathi: GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
FALL FLOODS ARE KEEPING PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR HOMES, AND IN SOME
CASES, OUT OF THEIR HOMETOWNS.
>> Dan: IT'S A MESS OUT THERE,
AND A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE, AS WE'RE GOING TO
SHOW YOU IN OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
WE HAVE REPORTS FROM, THE
PRESTON AREA, WHERE A WASHED OUT
ROAD IS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM
THEIR HOMES.
WE'RE LIVE ALONG THE SKYKOMISH
RIVER, NEAR HIGHWAY 2, WHERE
PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE BECAUSE THE
RIVER IS RUNNING SO HIGH.
WE'RE LIVE IN MOUNT VERNON,
WHERE THE SKAGIT RIVER IS ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE, AND EXPECTED TO
CREST TONIGHT.
IN THE SOUTH SOUND, IN ORTING,
THE RESCUE OF FOUR PEOPLE WHO
WERE TRAPPED WHEN THEY GOT INTO
DEEP WATER, AROUND THEIR VAN.
KOMO 4'S KEITH ELDRIDGE WAS
THERE FOR THE RESCUE, AND THE
RELIEF OF THE FAMILY WHEN IT WAS
ALL OVER.
>> Keith: THE CARBON RIVER
SWELLED OVER ITS BANKS SO
QUICKLY THAT MANY FOLKS THAT
LIVE ON ITS BANKS WERE CAUGHT BY
SURPRISE.
FOUR PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE
THAT VAN.
THEIR TWO DOGS ARE WITH THEM.
THEY TRIED DRIVING OUT TO
SAFETY, BUT GOT STUCK AS THE
WATER CONTINUED TO RISE AROUND
THEM.
>> THEY WERE WET, THEY WERE
COLD, THEY WERE SCARED AND THEY
JUST WANTED TO GO HOME, JUST
WANTED TO BE OUT.
>> Keith: BRING IN THE COAST
GUARD.
A HELICOPTER RESCUE TEAM FROM
PORT ANGELES WAS CALLED ON
BECAUSE THE RIVER RESCUE FOLKS
FELT IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO
BRING THE FOUR ADULTS ACROSS THE
RAGING WATER THAT CONTINUED TO
RISE EVERY SECOND.
>> AT THE TEAM TORQUE GET ACROSS
IT WAS TOO DEEP AND TOO MUCH OF
A RISK STOCK GET THEM ACROSS.
>> Keith: SO ONE BY ONE, THE
COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW
LIFTED THE FOUR VICTIMS TO
SAFETY.
IT WAS DELICATE OPERATION
BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY CURRENTS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY WOODS.
THIS WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF
HUGE STANDS OF TREES, THE
HELICOPTER COULDN'T MOVE
OTHERWISE THE VICTIMS WOULD HAVE
BEEN SNAGGED IN THE TREE LIMBS.
BUT ALL FOUR GOT OUT OKAY,
SURVIVING QUITE A SCARE.
>> YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD RUN.
THAT'S THE PART THAT'S UGLY AND
I DON'T EVER WANT TO DO IT
AGAIN.
YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH
TIME?
OH, HELL, NO, YOU DON'T.
SO IT'S NOT FUN.
>> Keith: BUT IT WAS FUN WHEN
THEY HEARD THAT THE RIVER RESCUE
FOLKS WENT BACK IN AND RESCUED
THE TWO DOGS FROM THE VAN BEFORE
IT WAS UNDER WATER.
>> IT WAS SO COOL THEY SAVED MY
DOGS.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT.
I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE HOUSE.
I WAS JUST CARING ABOUT THE
PEOPLE AND MY DOGS.
>> Kathi: WE'RE ALSO KEEPING
AN EYE ON THE SKAGIT RIVER,
WHERE IT'S EXPECTED TO CREST
TONIGHT AROUND 10:00.
FOR MORE ON THAT WE GO TO KOMO
FOUR'S APRIL ZEPEDA WHO IS LIVE
IN MOUNT VERNON WITH MORE ON THE
RISING RIVER.
APRIL?
>> April: MORE THAN 1,000
VOLUNTEERS SHOWED NUMBER MOUNT
VERNON HERE TODAY TO TRY AND
HELP BUILD THIS VERY LONG WALL
OF SANDBAGS.
NOW, THE RIVER WON'T CREST FOR
ANOTHER FIVE HOURS BUT PEOPLE
KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT IS
HAPPENING UP RIVER.
A HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD AND 50 STATE
TROOPERS ARE IN SKAGIT COUNTY
HELPING WITH EVACUATIONS.
AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE
LEFT THEIR HOMES FOR HIGHER
GROUND.
>> WE'RE OUTTA THERE NOW, WE GOT
THE DOGS, WE ARE GOING TO GO
BACK THERE NOW MAKE SURE NOTHING
IS DAMAGED.
>> April: THE RIVER SWALLOWED
ROADS AND CARS.
LEAVING MUCH OF THE LOW LYING
AREAS OF THE SKAGIT VALLEY UNDER
WATER.
>> IT'S RISEN UP AND OVER THE
ROAD, IT GETTING NEAR THE
RAILROAD TRACKS, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE NEXT VERDICT WILL
BE, HOW MUCH FARTHER IT'S GO UP.
>> April: DOWN RIVER IN MOUNT
VERNON, VOLUNTEERS WORKED
THROUGH THE NIGHT BUILDING A
1,400 FOOT WALL SANDBAGS.
>> MOTHER NATURE IS SOMETIMES
UNPREDICTABLE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE THINGS,
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
BUILD A STRONG LEVY.
>> April: THE RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO CREST 8 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
AND POSSIBLY SPILL OVER THE
RIVETMENT THAT PROTECTS THE
CITY, BUT VOLUNTEERS ARE READY
WITH THIS SECOND LINE OF
DEFENSE.
>> WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, WE'RE
JUST WAITING IT OUT.
>> April: AT ONE POINT POLICE
CLOSED THE BRIDGE OVER WORRIES
THAT HUGE LOGS RUSHING DOWN
RIVER WOULD WEAKEN THE BASE AND
FEARS THAT REV LEVIES MIGHT BE
AT RISK CAUSED ACTION DOWN RIVER
AT STANWOOD.
THE RED CROSS EVACUATED 150 HE
WOULDERLY WITH ALMOST NO NOTICE.
>> I WAS TO EMOTIONALLY UPSET, I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TAKE WITH
ME.
>> April: THE WEATHER SERVICE
TOLD SKAGIT COUNTY TO EXPECT
WORSE CONDITIONS WHEN IN 2003
FLOODING COST CAUSED $17 MILLION
IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.
BUT NO WITH NO FOR SURE UNTIL
THE RIVER CRESTS IN SEVERAL
HOURS.
NOW THE COUNTY SAYS IT IS VERY
POSSIBLE THAT THE WATERS WILL
SPILL INTO THE STREETS BUT VERY
DOUBTFUL THAT IT WILL BREECH
THIS WALL OF SANDBAGS.
OF COURSE WE WILL KNOW, WHEN IT
CRESTS AT 10:00 TONIGHT.
REPORTING LIVE IN MOUNT VERNON,
APRIL ZEPEDA, KOMO 4-NEWS.
>> Dan: THANK YOU APRIL.
THE HELICOPTER RESCUE OF 4
PEOPLE IN ORTING, IS JUST ONE OF
THE STORIES THERE TODAY.
KOMO 4'S ERIC SHUDISKE IS LIVE
IN ORTING TO SHOW US SOME REALLY
BAD NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODING.
ERIC?
>> Eric: YEAH, DAN.
THIS IS THE VILLAGE GREEN
SUBDIVISION AND AS YOU SAID,
REALLY BAD FLOODING.
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME, THE
PUYALLUP RIVER NOWS THROUGH
HERE, WE ARE TOLD THAT EARLIER
THIS MORNING A LEVY BROKE IN TWO
SPOTS.
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS HERE,
THE WATER IS STARTING TO RECEDE
BUT THE DAMAGE ALREADY DONE
HERE.
THE FRANTIC EFFORT TO STOP A
FORCE OF NATURE BEGINS AS WATERS
RISE, CARVING AWAY ROADS, OVER
RUNNING LEVIES AND NARROWING
OPTIONS.
>> WATER OUT OF THE DAM, IF
OTHER LEVY BREAKS, WE'VE GOT
PROBLEMS.
>> IF THE WATER GOES DOWN, WE'LL
STAY.
IF IT COMES UP, WE WILL JUST
LEAVE.
>> Eric: BRIAN GRAHAM LIVED HERE
MORE THAN A DECADE AND NEVER
SANDBAGS BEFORE, JUST AS RICHARD
THOMPSON NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE
WHAT HE WITNESSED THIS MORNING.
>> IT WAS 6:45 THIS MORNING I
SAW THE MUD COMING DOWN THE CURB
AND YOU KNEW WAS COMING FROM THE
RIVER AND I WENT UP AND SAW IT
BURST ITS BANKS.
>> Eric: WHAT HE SAW FROM THE
GROUND, AIR-4 SAW FROM THE
SKY, A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD RUN
THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> Eric: THE RIVER SWALLOWED
CARS AND LAWN, LEAVING ROADS
PASSIBLE ONLY BY 4-B-4s BUT
GOOD NEW ACE RIFE BADE DIFFERENT
TYPE OF VEHICLE.
>> ATTENTION ALL RESIDENT, WATER
IS RECEDING, THERE WILL BE NO
MANDATORY EVACUATION.
>> Eric: NOT LONG AFTER, BLUE
SKY BROKE AND THE REALITY OF THE
DAMAGE THE FLOOD WATERS CAUSED
SETS IN.
>> WE'VE GOT BIG PROBLEMS.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS DRY BUT US.
>> Eric: THOSE SANDBAGS YOU ARE
SEEING NOW MAY NOT NEED TO BE
USED.
WE ARE BEING TOLD AGAIN THE
WATER IS RECEDES HERE.
THE BREECHES IN THAT LEVY HAVE
BEEN REPAIRED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO
AND UNFORTUNATELY ROADS ARE
STILL CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE AREA
AND FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT REACH
THEIR HOME, AT LEAST TWO SHE
WILL TERSE ARE OPEN.
REPORTING LIVE, ERIC SCHUDISKE,
KOMO 4-NEWS.
>> Kathi: WHAT A MESS.
ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PIERCE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY
THEY'RE BUSY RESCUING PEOPLE
FROM THE FLOODS.
THEY SAY BOATS AND HELICOPTERS
HAVE HELPED 52 PEOPLE, AND 15
DOGS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO
TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE RESCUED.
FIRE CREWS SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER
DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER OR
THROUGH BARRICADED AREAS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD-PRONE
AREA, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK
WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE
HEADING OUT.
AND IF YOU'RE TOLD TO LEAVE, GO!
PEOPLE WHO DELAY LEAVING, OFTEN
FIND THEMSELVES
IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
>>> THE FLOODING IS STRANDING
PEOPLE IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
KOMO 4'S TODD JOHNSON JOINS US
IN SULTAN LIVE ALONG THE BANKS
OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER.
TODD?.
>> Todd: KATHI, I'M STANDING IN
THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN SULTAN ON
MAIN STREET.
NOW, EARLIER TODAY THIS ROADWAY
WAS COVERED WITH ABOUT TWO FEET
OF WATER BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF HOURS THE WATER HAS STARTED
TO RECEDE HERE A LITTLE BIT.
HOWEVER THAT IS NOT THE CASE A
LITTLE FARTHER UPSTREAM NEAR
INDEX, WHERE THE SKYKOMISH IS
TAKING IN EVEN BIGGER TOLL.
THERE IS NO WAY OUT FOR MANY
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MOUNT
INDEX RIVER SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
TONIGHT.
ABOUT 150 HOME AND CABIN
OWNERS ARE TRAPPED BY THE RAGING
FLOOD WATERS OF THE SKYKOMISH
RIVER.
THIS AREA EXPECTS SMALL FLOODS
EACH FALL, BUT NOTHING LIKE
THIS.
>> WHEN YOU LIVE UP HERE IT IS
JUST HOW TO IS YOU GET ELEVEN
MONTHS OF BEAUTY AND ONE MONTH
OF TERROR, EVER MONDAY THAT IS
WHAT -- EVERY YEAR THAT IS WHAT
YOU GET, SO THAT ONE MONTH CAME
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WORSE THAN
WE'VE EVER SEEN IT.
>> Todd: DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE
SKYKOMISH IN SULTAN, THE WATER
IS FILLING STREETS AND ENTERING
HOMES.
ROBERT AND JANET PETERSON CAME
HOME FROM A TRIP TO EASTERN
WASHINGTON THIS MORNING, ONLY TO
FIND THEIR BASEMENT FLOODED OUT.
>> IT WAS QUICKER.
>> YEAH, AND THE SECOND WORSE
ONE, ACTUALLY.
WE KNOW BY HOW MANY STEPS ARE
LEFT GOING DOWN INTO THE
BASEMENT, THE WORST ONE THERE
WERE FIVE STEPS LEFT TO COME UP
TO THE MAIN FLOOR THIS TIME
THERE WERE SIX.
>> Todd: THE MESSY CLEANUP IS
ALREADY UNDER WAY AT SULTAN'S
POST OFFICE.
MANY BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED WITH
SANDBAGS TRYING TO KEEP ANY MORE
WATER OUT.
>> MOST OF US HAVE INSURANCE ON
OUR BUILDINGS BUT NOT HAVE
INSURANCE ON CONTENTS SO THAT IS
WHAT WAS SCARY, YES.
SO IF THE CONTENTS G THEY ARE
GONE.
>> Todd: AS I MENTIONED, THE
WATER HERE HAS STARTED TO
RECEDE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HYDROLOGISTS
ARE TELLING US THAT THE
SKYKOMISH SHOULD BE BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TOMORROW AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME ALL DAY LONG THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED SO IT IS APPROPRIATE
ENOUGH NOW WE BRING IN MY
WEATHER COLLEAGUE STEVE POOL.
TELL ME THIS IS A GOOD SIGN, IT
IS GOING TO BE LIKE THIS FOR A
LITTLE WHILE.
>> Steve: I WILL TELL YOU WHAT,
TJ, IT IS A GOOD SIGN.
SOME OF YOU NOTICED AS WE
WRAPPED UPDATE WE STARTED TO GET
CLEARING OUT THERE.
THAT CLEARING IS CONTINUING
THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME.
TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF, HOW
THE STORM ISHAS BEGUN TO SHIFT O
THE SOUTHEAST, MOVING OUT TO BE
REPLACED BY HOT AIR.
WE ARE COOLING BUT NOTHING LIKE
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
CLEARING BUT NOTHING LIKE THE
LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
WE ARE STARTING TO TAKE COUNTIES
OFF THE MAP IN TERMS OF THE
FLOOD WARNING, STILL SOME IN
EFFECT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE
RIVERS ARE RISING.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE RIVERS
THAT HAVE ACHIEVED RECORD
FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS FLOOD
CYCLE AND IT IS A PRETTY HEALTHY
LIST.
BY THE WAY, SOME CHECKING AND
THE LARGEST LOW LAND RAIN TOTAL
WE COULD FIND IS SHELTON WITH 12
INCHES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE
STORM.
ANYWAY, THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER
FOR NOW, SHOWERS REMAIN, RIVERS
HAVE CRESTED AND THEY ARE NOW
DROPPING AND THE SNOWLEVEL IS
DROPPING IN THE MOUNTAINS TOO
AND THAT MEANS WE WILL GET
SNOWLEVEL
WHICH WILL HELP TO STABILIZE
THAT MOISTURE AS WELL.
THE DIRECTION IS GOOD.
THANK GOODNESS.
I WILL HAVE MORE NOW YOU AND LET
YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEXT COMING UP
IN THE FORECAST IN ABOUT 15
15
MINUTES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Dan: STEVE, THANKS.
ON THE EAST-SIDE, UPPER PRESTON
ROAD IS WASHED OUT IN TWO
PLACES.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE CAN'T GET
IN AND OUT, AND UTILITY WORKERS
CAN'T GET IN TO RESTORE POWER.
IT'S ALL HAPPENING NEAR PRESTON,
ALONG THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED,
"RAGING" RIVER.
KOMO 4'S DENISE WHITAKER SHOWS
US ITS WRATH.
>> Denise: THE RAGING RIVER
HAS CERTAINLY EARNED ITS NAME IN
THE PAST AND IT DID AGAIN THIS
WEEK.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A MOBILE HOME
SITTING RIGHT HERE YESTERDAY.
IT'S GONE.
THE RAGING RIVER TOOK IT AWAY.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THAT
HOME HAVE BEEN BUILDING THEIR
DREAM HOUSE FOR YEARS AND THEY
WERE ABOUT TO MOVE IN IN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THERE'S NO MOVING IN NOW.
THE RIVER WASHED AWAY THE
CONCRETE RETAINING WALL AND NOW
IT'S EATING AWAY AT THE
FOUNDATION.
>> SO WE'RE JUST HERE TRYING TO
SAVE A FEW THINGS OUT OF THE
HOUSE.
>> Denise: SCOTT RIDOUT CAME
TO HELP HIS NEIGHBOR.
HOMEOWNER MIKE NICHOLS WAS TOO
UPSET TO TALK WITH US ON CAMERA.
AFTER WATCHING THEIR MOBILE
HOME, WITH ALL OF THEIR THINGS
WASH AWAY, THEY EVACUATED.
THE ROAD TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
IS NOW WASHED OUT.
>> WE HURRIED UP AND GOT OUR ONE
CAR ON ONE SIDE, ONE CAR ON THIS
SIDE, SO WE COULD GO BACK AND
FORTH, HOWEVER, THEN THE BRIDGE
APPROACH WASHED OUT AND WE HAD A
MUD SLIDE.
>> Denise: THE ONLY WAY IN OR
OUT IS WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD,
THAT IS SLOWLY SLIPPING INTO THE
RIVER.
>> WE'RE ALL JUST KIND OF
PULLING TOGETHER AND THOSE WHO
DO HAVE POWER ARE OFFERING THEIR
HOMES FOR NEIGHBORS TO COME AND
SHOWER AND COOK UP MEATS THAT
WOULD SPOIL OTHERWISE AND THOSE
TYPES OF THINGS.
YEAH, WE'RE A KIND OF A
COMMUNITY OUT HERE THAT STEPS
BACK IN TIME WE TAKE CARE OF
EACH OTHER.
>> Denise: EVEN THE RAGING
RIVER CAN'T KEEP THESE NEIGHBORS
FROM VOTING.
THEY DROVE TO THE ROAD CLOSED
SIGNS, THEN HIKED TO THE POST
OFFICE TO MAIL THEIR BALLOTS.
IN PRESTON,
DENISE WHITAKER, KOMO 4-NEWS.
>> Dan: KING COUNTY PLANS TO
CHECK OUT THE ROAD THIS EVENING,
AND MAYBE LET ONE CAR AT A TIME,
DRIVE THROUGH ON THE SHOULDER.
>> Kathi: MAIL SERVICE IN
CARNATION IS DISRUPTED BECAUSE
OF THE FLOODING.
NO MAIL IS GETTING IN OR OUT OF
THE POST OFFICE THERE BECAUSE
ROADS TO AND FROM THE POST
OFFICE ARE UNDER WATER.
CUSTOMERS WHO RELY ON THAT POST
OFFICE CAN PICK UP EXPRESS MAIL
OR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE AT THE
EAST DELIVERY DISTRIBUTION
CENTER IN REDMOND.
>> Dan: YOU CAN REALLY GET A
GOOD LOOK AT HOW BAD THIS
FLOODING IS FROM THE AIR.
KOMO 4'S ELISA JAFFE TAKES US UP
IN AIR-4 OVER SOME OF THE
HARDEST HIT TOWNS.
>> Elisa: IN SUMNER, A FARMER
WHO JUST DAYS AGO COULD WALK TO
HIS ANIMALS, NOW BOATS HIS WAY
OUT TO FEED AND COMFORT HIS
STRANDED HORSES.
IN DUVALL, THE CURIOUS GATHER TO
SEE ROADS DISAPPEAR, DANGEROUSLY
HIGH FLOODWATERS HAVE CUT OFF
ALL ROADS INTO TOWN.
A NEW TOLT RIVER BRIDGE LEADING
TO CARNATION HARDLY SERV A
BRIDGE'S PURPOSE.
WATERLOGGED RESIDENTS ROW
THROUGH THE ROADS.
THE FLOW AT SNOQUALMIE FALLS IS
SO FORCEFUL AND FULL IT LOOKS
LIKE NIAGARA FALLS.
OVER ORTING, AIR-4 CATCHES
PEOPLE WALKING IN WADERS DOWN
ROADS THAT RESEMBLE RIVERS.
THE PUYALLUP RIVER ROSE SO HIGH,
WATER HOVERS AT ROOF TOPS.
AND FROM AIR-4, IT'S CLEAR,
CLASSES ARE CANCELLED AT
PTARMIGAN RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
MUDDY WATERS HAVE FLOODED THE
SCHOOL.
A SKY-HIGH VIEW OF THIS NEW
ORTING SUBDIVISION REVEALS THE
DAMAGE HOMEOWNERS AND REALTORS
WILL BE EVALUATING IN THE DAYS
AHEAD.
THE HOUSES HERE IN VILLAGE GREEN
GO FOR ABOUT $325,000.
AT LEAST THEY DID BEFORE THE
PUYALLUP DEVASTATED AND ISOLATED
EVERYONE.
THE MESS IS IN THE HOMES AND IN
THE WATER.
ON HIGHWAY 2 IN EVERETT, CREWS
TRY DEFLECTING DEBRIS FROM THE
HUGE LOG JAM DEVELOPING UNDER
THE HIGHWAY.
AND AERIALS OF SKAGIT COUNTY'S
SMALL TOWN OF HAMILTON, CONJURE
UP IMAGES OF HURRICANE KATRINA.
IN THIS COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 400
PEOPLE, THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF
ROADS, NO SIGNS OF LIFE, NO
SIGNS OF FLOOD WATERS LETTING
UP.
ELISA JAFFE, KOMO 4-NEWS.
>> Dan: A LOT OF PEOPLE
IMPACTED THIS TIME AROUND.
OF COURSE THERE IS NEVER A GOOD
TIME FOR FLOODING AND THIS TIME
IT IS HAPPENING ON ELECTION DAY.
>> Kathi: FIND OUT WHAT
AFFECT, IF ANY, THE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO HAVE ON THE TURNOUT-
>> Dan: AND THE RESULTS, AND
HOW TO AVOID GETTING RIPPED OFF
IF YOU NEED TO REPAIR YOUR
RAIN-SOAKED HOME.
PROBLEM SOLVER CONNIE THOMPSON
HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION,
COMING UP.
>> Dan: TONIGHT'S OTHER BIG
STORY IS THE ELECTION.
>> Kathi: IN WASHINGTON, ALL
VOTERS WILL CHOSE A U.S.
SENATOR, VOTE FOR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE U.S.
HOUSE, AS WELL AS THREE BALLOT
ISSUES.
AND JUDICIAL RACES.
>> Dan: ANOTHER HOTLY
CONTESTED RACE IS FOR A SEAT ON
THE STATE SUPREME COURT, HOUSE
AND SENATE POSITIONS IN OLYMPIA,
AND A LOT OF LOCAL RACES AND
REFERENDUMS.
>> Kathi: KOMO 4'S POLITICAL
DIRECTOR BRYAN JOHNSON JOINS US
FROM THE NEWSROOM WHERE HE'S
BEEN TALKING TO CAMPAIGN LEADERS
ABOUT TONIGHT'S ELECTION?
BRYAN?
BRINE KATHI, YOU KNOW, AS I
WATCHED ALL THE FOOTAGE MUCH
FLOODS EVERYWHERE, HE THOUGHT OF
THE FLOODS THAT HAVE BEEN
HITTING US THE PAST FEW WEEKS OF
ADVERTISEMENTS AND THE
LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNERS ALL AGREE
IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED AND I WILL
HAVE THE PERHAPS WE ARE GETTING
AN UNPRECEDENTED TURN OUT, 67%
ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE
SAM REED AND ALL DAY TODAY
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE
BOTH BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET
THAT NUMBER EVEN HIGHER.
>> Dan: WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT
ABOUT HOWLING HOW LONG IT WILL
TAKE TO COUNT THE VOTES,
ESPECIALLY IN KING COUNTY, WHAT
IS THE PROBLEM?
>> Bryan: KING COUNTY'S ADDING
MACHINES FROM VOTES ARE ABOUT
FROM THE ABBACUS ERA, THEY HAVE
NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR YEARS AND
THEY ARE MUCH SLOWER AND TONIGHT
THEY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO COUNT
ABOUT 25% 6 THE ABSENTEES THEY
HAVE IN AND THAT COULD DRAG THE
RESULTS OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
>> Kathi: YOU WERE CHECKING
PEOPLE OUT APT YOUR POLLING
PLACE TODAY BRYAN, WHAT WAS YOUR
FEEL ABOUT THE WEATHER, WAS THAT
AFFECTING ANYTHING?
>> Bryan: I DON'T KNOW BUT THE
BEST WAY TO ANSWER IS THIS,
DEMOCRATS DON'T STAY HOME WHEN
IT POUR, THEY THINK I DON'T WANT
TO GO OUT IN THIS STUFF.
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE OUT TO JUST
SPREAD THE MESSAGE SOMEHOW TURN
OUT IN DROVES WOMAN CO THAT HAVE
AN EFFECT?
MAYBE, VERY WELL TO WAIT AND SEE
AFTER THE FIRST VOTES ARE
MOUNTAINED SHORTLY AFTER 8:00
TONIGHT.
>> Kathi: WE WILL YOU ARE RIGHT
OR WRONG AND WE WILL CHECK WITH
YOU LATER.
BRYAN JOHNSON, THANK YOU.
OUR COVERAGE BEGINS AS SOON AS
THE POLLS CLOSE AT 8, WE'LL HAVE
ALL THE RESULTS TONIGHT ON KOMO
4-NEWS AT 11:00, AND AGAIN
TOMORROW MORNING ON KOMO 4-NEWS
FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 AM.
>> Dan: AS THE RAIN POURED
DOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, I'M
SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE HEADING TO
THE POLLS, HAD WISHED THEY CHOSE
THE MAIL IN OPTION.
STEVE IT IS TRUE BUT THE RAIN IS
TAPERING OFF AS FOLKS ARE
GETTING HOME FROM WORK.
>> Kathi: POLLS ARE STILL OPEN.
>> Steve: POLLS ARE STILL OPEN
AND EVERYTHING IS CLEAR OUT
NICELY REGARDLESS OF YOUR
POLITICAL AFFILIATION, WEATHER
IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS
GOING ON OUTSIDE.
AT THIS POINT OURTY IS BEGINNING
TO DRY OUT A TOUCH AND GOODNESS
KNOWS, WE NEED IT AFTER WHAT
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
LOOK AT TODAY, INDUSTRIAL 1/2
INCH OF RAIN IN THE RAIN GAUGE
BUT AS WE WRAP UP THE DAY THINGS
ARE STARTING TO GET BETTER.
56 AND 51 IS WHAT WE DID TODAY.
AND THE DOPPLER RADAR THEYTELLSE
STORY HERE SO IF YOU ARE GOING
TO GET OUT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS IT IS A LOT BETTER AND THE
ROADS ARE GOING TO GET A CHANCE
TO DRY OUT.
THERE ARE STILL A FEW SHOWERS
BUT THE HEAVY, STEADY STUFF THAT
APPEARS TO BE ON ITS WAY OUT OF
HERE.
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THIS IS
KIND OF MOVING ON THROUGH.
WHAT IS BACK HERE IS COOLER AIR.
THE COOLER AIR DRIVES DOWN THE
SNOWLEVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
GIVES AS YOU CHANCE TO PUSH THE
STEADY RAIN ASIDE AND REPLACE IT
WITH SHOWERS AND THAT IS REALLY
THE DIRECTION WE ARE HEADED
HERE.
LOW 40s TO MID 40s FOR THE
LOWS SO IT IS COOLER AT NIGHT
AND TOMORROW DURING THE DAY, BUT
THE BIG NEWS IS HEAVY STEADY
RAIN, SEE-YA.
50 IN SEATTLE, 51 IN REDMOND,
DOWN SOUTH NEAR 50° AS WELL,
MAYBE LOW 50s IN SOME LOCALS.
AS I MENTIONED THE OVERALL STORY
IS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO
DEAL WAS MUCH OF THIS HEAVY RAIN
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE
NEED, WE SORT OF TAKE THAT FIRE
HOSE COMING OUT OF THE PACIFIC,
IF YOU WILL, AND MOVE IT ON OUT
OF HERE, MAYBE EVEN START TO
TURN IT OFF.
52 IN OAK HARBOR TOMORROW, 51 IN
THE SAN JUANS AND 50 IN
VICTORIA.
ALONG COAST THE SAME STORY, A
COUPLE PEEKS AT THE SUN AS WELL,
WOULDN'T BANK ON THAT TOO MUCH
BUT THE BOTTOM SHRINE DRYING OUT
IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR
WESTERN WASHINGTON TOMORROW.
UP IN THE CASCADES, THE
SNOWLEVEL IS GOING TO START TO
GO DOWN.
WE HAVE AFTERNOON PASS
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
30s, FREEZING LEVEL 3,000 FEET
AND WE COULD SEE SNOW FLURRIES
WHICH HELPS TO STABILIZE THAT
MOISTURE AND FREEZES ITFREEZES T
DOESN'T GET INTO THE RICHES.
50 IN WENATCHEE, FURTHER EAST WE
ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW
SHOWERS BUT NOTHING LIKE THE
WEST.
UPPER 50s IN THE TRI-CITIES.
LET'S PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR
YOU.
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS
TONIGHT.
TOMORROW SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING HOURS AND SAME THING
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SOMEWHERE IN THE LOW 50s FOR
MOST OF YOU.
TAKE A LOOK, THERE IS YOUR
EXTENDED KOMO 4-CAST, THE
WEEKEND ALWAYS IN VIEW.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS OF
RAINFALL COMING OUR WAY.
DOES NOT LOOK AT THREATENING, IS
GOING TO GET KIND OF INTERESTING
THIS WEEKEND WITH THE WIND BUT,
HEY, THAT IS ANOTHER STORY.
WE WILL SEE HOW ALL THAT SHAPES
UP.
WELCOME TO NOVEMBER.
>> Dan: SO MUCH HAPPENS AROUND
HERE THIS TIME OF YEAR.
>> Steve: YEAH, WE GET REAL
ACTIVE.
>> Kathi: THANK YOU, STEVE.
ALL THE RAIN FLOODING CAN MEAN
MAJOR REPAIRS TO YOUR HOME
Dan: COMING UP, PROBLEM SOLVER
CONNIE THOMPSON HAS ADVICE ON ON
THE REPAIR BACKLOG, WHAT SOME
CONTRACTORS ARE CHARGING, AND
WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE GETTING AN HONEST DEAL ON
YOUR REPAIRS.
>> Kathi: LOCAL CONTRACTORS
SAY PHONES ARE RINGING OFF THE
HOOK WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR
HELP WITH LEAKS AND WATER DAMAGE
REPAIRS.
>> Dan: KOMO 4 PROBLEM SOLVER
CONNIE THOMPSON MADE SOME CALLS,
AND FOUND OUT A LOT OF
CONTRACTORS ARE ALREADY BOOKED
THE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
>> Connie: I WANTED TO FIND
OUT NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BACKLOG,
BUT WHAT CONTRACTORS ARE
CHARGING.
HERE'S AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE
FACING IF YOU HAVE LEAKS OR
DAMAGE AT YOUR HOME.
I CALLED ROOFING AND LEAKING
REPAIR CONTRACTORS IN THE
SEATTLE, BELLEVUE, EVERETT AREAS
AND ASKED HOW SOON CAN YOU COME.
ONLY ONE SEDCO COME OUT TODAY
AND CHECK THINGS OUT.
ONE SAID IT WOULD BE TWO TO
THREE DAYS, MAYBE.
ANOTHER SAID THREE TO FOUR DAYS.
ANOTHER SAID IT WOULD BE SOME
TIME NEXT WEEK.
AND ONE ALREADY LOCKED INTO
PRESCHEDULED BIG JOBS SAID THEY
ARE BOOKED THROUGH DECEMBER 28.
NOW, I SAID FOR THE BIGGY, HOW
MUCH DO YOU CHARGE, WHAT ARE
YOUR RATES?
ONE COMPANY SAID THEY CHARGE
$100 AN HOUR PLUS MATERIALS.
ANOTHER HAD $150 BUSY DISPATCH
FEE THAT INCLUDES TARPING THEN
IT IS $50 AN HOUR PLUS
MATERIALS.
ANOTHER COMPANY HAS A BASIC FEE
OF $250 FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TO
PATCH THE LEAK OR TIME AND
MATERIALS IF IT IS A BIGGER
PROBLEM.
AND CHECK THIS ONE, A MAXIMUM,
RATHER A MINIMUM OF $350 PLUS
TAX AT ONE COMPANY AND THEN TIME
AND MATERIALS IN IT IS A BIGGER
JOB, YET ANOTHER COMPANY SAID
THEY WOULD COME OUT AND INSPECT
AND GIVE YOU A QUOTE BASED ON
THE JOB.
SO A BIG RANGE AND YOU WILL FIND
THE SAME RATE DIFFERENCES WITH
BUILDING AND PLUMBING
CONTRACTORS.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT INFORMATION
IS TELLING YOU NOTHING ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF THEIR WORK SO DON'T
JUST GO WITH THE THE FIRST OR
CHEAPEST OFFER, DO WHAT CAN YOU
TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE AND
GET REFERRALS FROM PEOPLE YOU
TRUST.
CHECK REGISTRATION AND COMPLAINT
RECORDS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, I PUT A
LINK ON OUR WEB SITE.
IF YOU RUN INTO CONTRACTOR
PROBLEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM
YOU IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM FILING
A CLAIM ON YOUR FLOOD INSURANCE,
THAT IS COMING UP.
CALL OUR PROBLEM SOLVER TIP
LINES OR E-MAIL US:
>> Kathi: SOUR FRANTIC WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING
BUT YOU ARE SAYING TAKE YOUR
TIME AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION.
>> Connie: A SMART ONE.
>> Kathi: THANK YOU, CONNIE.
>> Dan: NEXT, CONTINUING
COVERAGE OF OUR FALL FLOODS.
WE'RE LIVE ACROSS THE REGION,
INCLUDING MOUNT VERNON, WHERE
THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIEF.
AND DISASTER.
A DRAMATIC RESCUE CAUGHT ON
VVIDEOTAPE IN OREGON, WHAT THIS
WOMAN WAS TRYING TO DO WHEN SHE
GOT CAUGHT IN THE FAST RISING
FLOODWATER.
>> Dan: ITS A WET AND MUDDY
MESS OUT THERE TONIGHT.
THE RAIN JUST KEPT COMING,
RIVERS OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS,
AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
FLOODED.
ROADS ARE CLOSED.
SOME PEOPLE GOT TRAPPED IN HIGH
WATER, LEADING TO DRAMATIC
RESCUES LIKE THIS ONE.
>> Kathi: THE RAIN MIGHT BE
LETTING UP NOW, BUT THE FLOOD
DANGER REMAINS AS MANY
COMMUNITIES BRACE FOR DISASTER.
WE HAVE CREWS ALL OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON COVERING THE FLOODS,
INCLUDING FALL CITY, MOUNT
VERNON AND SULTAN.
BUT WE START OUR TEAM 4 COVERAGE
WITH KOMO 4'S ERIC SCHUDISKE
LIVE IN ORTING.
ERIC?
>> Eric: KATHI AND DAN, A LEVY
BREECH ALONG THE PUYALLUP RIVER
SENT THESE BROWN WATERS INTO
THIS THIS IS A VILLAGE GREEN
SUBDIVISION AND IT IS AND WAS
FEET DEEP BACK THERE.
THAT LEVY BREECH HAPPENED AROUND
6:45 THIS MORNING.
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS, THE
WATER IS RECEDING BUT SOME
FEARED AT SOME POINT THE
SUBDIVISION COULD HAVE
COMPLETELY GONE UNDER, THAT IS
IF THE ENTIRE LEVY WOULD HAVE
FAILED.
TAKE A LOOK.
THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET
THROUGH THE STREETS IS THROUGH
THE BED OF A MODIFIED 4-B-4.
HE SAW THAT BREAKTHROUGH EARLY
THIS MORNING, CASHES OF FIRST
FLOORS OF HOMES WERE SWALLOWED
BY THAT FLOOD AND RESIDENTS
SANDBAGS MOST OF THE DAY.
THIS EARLY WE DON'T KNOW HOW
MUCH DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED
AND WE ARE TOLD THIS DAMAGE TO
THE LEVIES HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
REPORTING LIVE, ERIC SCHUDISKE,
KOMO 4-NEWS.
[NO AUDIO]
FLOODING IS A PROBLEM, IT IS THE
SKYKOMISH RIVER THAT FLOODED
BANKS HERE AND FLOODED MUCH OF
DOWNTOWN SULTAN, SCHOOLS WERE
CLOSED AND MANY ROADS WERE
IMPASSABLE TODAY BUT THE GOOD
NEWS IS THE WATER STARTED TO
RECEDE AND SOME OF THE ROADS ARE
STARTING TO REOPEN.
UPSTREAM IT IS A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT STORY, WE TOOK A DRIVE
UP TO THE MOUNT INDEX RIVER SIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY AND THERE THE
WEATHER IS A REAL MESS.
THE SKYKOMISH RIVER HAS SHUT OFF
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE TOLD
THERE ARE 150 HOME AND CABIN
OWNERS THAT ARE TRAPPED TONIGHT,
THE MAIN ROAD IS WASHED OUT AND
TOLD IT WILL BE TWO TO THREE
DAYS AND THEY WILL HAVE TO COME
OUT ON FOOT, THAT IS THE ONLY
DAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT
DOWN FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND
BACK OUT UP NEAR INDEX.
OF COURSE THE SITUATION HERE IN
SULTAN STARTING TO IMPROVE A
LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AND WE
UNDERSTAND THE SKYKOMISH IS
GOING TO BE DROPPING BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
LIVE IN SULTAN, TODD JOHNSON,
KOMO 4-NEWS CAPE CANAVERAL IT
TOOK 1,000 VOLUNTEERS TWO
DAYS TO BUILD A VERY LONG WALL
OF SANDBAGS HERE IN MOUNT
VERNON, IN ABOUT 3 1/2 HOURS,
THEY WILL BE TESTED, YOU WILL
FIND OUT IF IT HOLDS AGAINST THE
CRESTING SKAGIT RIVER.
IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 8
FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND THE
PEOPLE HERE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING UNRIVER.
I'M TOLD EVACUATIONS, NATIONAL
GUARD, WASH STATE PATROL ALL
HERE TO ASSIST, THE COUNTY SAYS
IT VERY LIKELY THE WATERS WILL
SPILL OVER THE CEMENT EMBANKMENT
BUT VERY UNLIKE THREE IT WILL
CREST THIS WALL.
OF COURSE WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN
THE WATER DOES CREST AT 10:00
TONIGHT.
REPORTING LIVE IN MOUNT VERNON,
APRIL ZEPEDA, KOMO 4-NEWS.
>> Liz: I'M LIZ ROCCA IN NORTH
BEEN WHERE THE WATER IS NEARLY
KNEE DIEHL DEEP AND THE LOCALS
TELL ME THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A
FLOOD LIKE THIS IN DECADES.
EAST SIDE FIREFIGHTER HAS TO
RESCUE A PREGNANT WOMAN AND HER
HUSBAND AND HE WOULDERLY --
ELDERLY MOTHER AFTER THE WATER
SURROUNDED THEIR HOME.
THEY TRIED TO HOLD IT BACK WITH
SANDBAGS BUT THE WATER PROVED
JUST TOO SWIFT.
DOWN RIVER, HIGH WATER HAS SHUT
DOWN ALL ROUTES IN AND OUT OF
CARNATION AND DUVALL.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SAYS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THE
SNOQUALMIE RIVER THIS HIGH.
>> Kathi: HEAVY FLOODING DOWN
SOUTH HAS FORCED THE EVACUATION
OF HUNDREDS OF HOMES.
THE LEWIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT SAYS FLOODING CHANGED
THE COURSE OF THE COWLITZ RIVER
AT PACKWOOD.
300 HOMES ARE NOW THREATENED BY
FLOODWATERS.
AND RESIDENTS OF THE HIGH VALLEY
AREA WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE.
JUST YESTERDAY, HUNDREDS OF
CAMPERS SOUGHT HIGHER GROUND.
AN ELK HUNTER DIED WHEN A
RIVERBANK COLLAPSED, SENDING HIS
CAR INTO THE RIVER.
>> Dan: FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN
THE RIVERSIDE AREA, BETWEEN
PUYALLUP AND TACOMA, HEADED TO
HIGHER GROUND.
MANY PEOPLE LEFT LAST NIGHT AS
THE PUYALLUP RIVER KEPT RISING.
BUT A FEW FAMILIES STAYED UNTIL
ANOTHER EVACUATION ADVISORY WENT
OUT TODAY.
IT WAS A SIMILAR SCENE AT MANY
HOMES, AS PEOPLE PACKED WHATEVER
THEY COULD INTO THEIR CARS AND
MOVING TRUCKS.
AND TRIED TO GET TO SAFETY.
>>> THE SWOLLEN WHITE RIVER
FLOODED PARTS OF SUMNER.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS VIDEO FROM
AIR-4, AN ENTIRE HOUSE IS NEARLY
SUBMERGED IN MUDDY WATER.
AND LOOK AT THOSE TWO POUR
HORSES THERE STRANDED WITH WATER
ALL AROUND.
WE SAW PEOPLE USING A BOAT TO
DELIVER FRESH FOOD TO THEIR
STRANDED HORSES.
>> Kathi: THE BAD WEATHER
ISN'T CONFINED TO WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO RESCUE A
WOMAN TRAPPED BY RAGING
FLOODWATERS NEAR MOUNT HOOD THIS
MORNING.
CHECK THIS OUT.
THE WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND WERE
EVACUATING THEIR HOME WHEN SHE
WENT BACK TO GET SOME SANDBAGS.
SHE ENDED UP GETTING STUCK, AND
HAD TO BE PULLED OUT WITH A ROPE
AND HARNESS.
THE WOMAN'S OKAY, BUT HER HOME'S
NOW UNDERWATER.
>>> OF COURSE,
KOMO 4 WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON
ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITH
THE FALL FLOODS.
STEVE WILL HAVE AN UPDATED
FORECAST IN A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN ALSO GET CONSTANT
UPDATES ON-LINE AT KOMOTV.COM.
AND ON THE RADIO TOO WITH
KOMO-1000 NEWS.
>> Dan: EVERETT POLICE HAVE A
BIG MYSTERY ON THEIR HANDS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
IDENTITY OF A WOMAN FOUND DEAD
IN THE TRUNK OF A STOLEN CAR.
POLICE FIRST SPOTTED THE CAR
PARKED ILLEGALLY, SO THEY TOWED
IT TO AN IMPOUND LOT.
THEY CHECKED AND FOUND OUT IT
WAS STOLEN, SO THEY STARTED
GOING THROUGH THE CAR, AND THEY
FOUND THE BODY IN THE TRUNK.
POLICE AREN'T SAYING HOW THE
WOMAN DIED, BUT THEY SAY IT
DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE A MURDER.
>>> ONE OF SEATTLE'S MOST
PROLIFIC CAR THIEVES PLEADED
GUILTY TODAY.
LIAM MOYNIHAN IS FACING 25
COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE THEFT.
WE'RE TOLD HE ADMITS HE STOLE
136 CARS IN SIX-MONTHS.
AT HIS SENTENCING NEXT MONTH,
PROSECUTORS PLAN TO ASK FOR 10
YEARS IN PRISON.
MOYNIHAN AGREED TO PAY
RESTITUTION TO ALL 136 AUTO
THEFT VICTIMS.
>> Kathi: POLLS CLOSE IN ABOUT
90 MINUTES FOR THE 5 COUNTIES IN
OUR STATE WHERE PEOPLE STILL
VOTE IN PERSON.
SECRETARY OF STATE SAM REED
PREDICTS VOTER TURNOUT OF ABOUT
66 PERCENT, WHICH WOULD SET A
MODERN RECORD IN OUR STATE FOR A
MIDTERM ELECTION.
MOST PEOPLE IN OUR STATE HAVE
ALREADY CAST BALLOTS BY MAIL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET MAILED YOUR
BALLOT, REMEMBER IT HAS TO BE
POSTMARKED BY MIDNIGHT TO COUNT.
>>> PROBLEMS WITH VOTING
MACHINES PLAGUED MANY DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.
A COMPUTER PROBLEM IN DELAWARE
COUNTY, INDIANA SHUT DOWN VOTING
AT 75 PERCENT OF PRECINCTS.
IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, SOME VOTING
MACHINES SIMPLY BROKE DOWN.
LEADING TO LONG LINES AND
FRUSTRATED VOTERS.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, NEW RULES
ABOUT IDENTIFICATION PREVENTED
GOVERNOR MARK SANFORD FROM
CASTING A BALLOT IN A DIFFERENT
PRECINCT.
>> MY REGISTRATION CARD IS IN
COLUMBIA.
WE HAD THE NUMBER READ OVER THE
PHONE AND THE POLL CREDITOR SAID
THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AND YOU HAVE
TO HAVE THE CARD.
>> Kathi: GOVERNOR SANFORD DID
EVENTUALLY CAST HIS BALLOT.
SEVERAL STATES GOT COURT ORDERS
TO EXTEND VOTING HOURS TO
ACCOMODATE VOTERS STUCK IN LINES
BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS.
>> Dan: A POLL WORKER IN
KENTUCKY IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING
A VOTER.
POLICE SAY THE WORKER CHOKED A
MAN AND THREW HIM OUT OF THE
POLLING PLACE WHEN HE REFUSED TO
VOTE ON A JUDICIAL RACE.
THE MAN CAME BACK ONLY TO GET
THROWN OUT AGAIN.
THAT'S WHEN ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
CALLED POLICE.
THE WORKER FACES CHARGES OF
ASSAULT AND INTERFERING WITH AN
ELECTION.
>>> WE HAVE THE ELECTION COVERED
FOR YOU TONIGHT WITH LIVE
UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING,
ONCE THE POLLS CLOSE AT 8:00,
AND YOU CAN GET UP TO THE MINUTE
RESULTS ON OUR WEB SITE,
KOMOTV.COM.
JOIN US FOR FULL COVERAGE, WITH
RESULTS, REACTION AND WHAT IT
ALL MEANS, TONIGHT ON KOMO 4
NEWS AT 11:00.
>>> BOEING STOCK SOARS, AS ITS
BIG RIVAL AIRBUS TAKES A BIG
HIT.
>> Kathi: NEXT IN MONEYWORKS,
WHICH COMPANY JUST CANCELLED AN
ORDER FOR THE AIRBUS A-380 JUMBO
JET, AND THE ORDER IT PLACED
WITH BOEING INSTEAD.
>> Dan: MICROSOFT UPS THE ANTE
IN THE VIDEO GAME WAR.
WHAT IT'S DOING TO ATTRACT MORE
PEOPLE TO ITS "X-BOX LIVE" GAME
SYSTEM.
>> Steve: AND I'M STEVE POOL.
SOMETHING PRETTY SUPPORT MISSING
FROM THAT RADAR IMAGE, THE RAIN.
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.
I WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH BETTER
AND WHEN WE MAY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE RAIN AGAIN.
STICK AROUND, KOMO 4-NEWS IS
BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> Dan: THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
HAD A GOOD DAY, EVEN WITH NEWS
COMING OUT THAT THE ECONOMY IS
LOSING MOMENTUM.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
WAS UP 51 POINTS TO CLOSE AT
12,156.
THE NASDAQ GAINED NEARLY 10
POINTS TO END THE DAY AT 2,375.
THE S&P 500 HAD A GAIN OF 3
POINTS TO CLOSE AT 1,382.
>>> BOEING STOCK WAS A BIG BOOST
A SHARE, ON NEWS THAT FEDERAL
SHARE, ON NEWS THAT FEDERAL
EXPRESS IS THE FIRST COMPANY TO
CANCEL ORDERS FOR THE AIRBUS
SUPER-JUMBO A-380.
FED EX WILL BUY BOEING
TRIPLE-7'S INSTEAD.
FED-EX SAYS THE 2-YEAR
PRODUCTION DELAY FOR THE A-380
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT HAD PLANNED TO BUY 10 OF THE
BIG JUMBO JETS.
NOW, FED-EX WILL BUY 15 777'S,
WITH OPTIONS FOR 15 MORE.
IT IS A DEAL WORTH ABOUT
$3.5 BILLION.
>>> BOEING IS CONFIDENT IT CAN
TRIM WEIGHT FROM IT'S NEW JET,
THE 787, AND IT KEEP IT ON
SCHEDULE.
ENGINEERS NEED TO DROP 2 AND A
HALF TONS FROM THE DREAMLINER,
ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF A PICK-UP
TRUCK.
THE WEIGHT OF THE 787 IS KEY TO
MEETING THE PLANE'S FUEL SAVING
PROMISE.
BOEING IS ADDING JOBS HERE, MORE
THAN 700 PEOPLE LAST MONTH.
IT'S WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT IS
NEARLY 68,000, A FOUR AND A HALF
YEAR HIGH.
>> Kathi: MICROSOFT WANTS TO
KEEP YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR X-BOX
360.
IT'S GOING TO OFFER MOVIES AND
TV SHOWS DOWNLOADS THROUGH THE
GAME SYSTEM.
MOVIES LIKE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
3" AND SHOWS LIKE "CSI" WILL BE
AVAILABLE THROUGH X-BOX LIVE
LATER THIS MONTH.
A DEAL WITH SOME STUDIOS AND
NETWORKS LIKE CBS AND WARNER
BROTHERS MAKE THE SERVICE
POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THE CONTENT WILL BE IN
HD.
NO WORD HOW MUCH THE DOWNLOADS
WILL COST.
>>> CHECK OUT WHAT WILL BE THE
NEW HOME FOR THE GATES
FOUNDATION.
THIS IS AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE.
OUR NEWSPAPER PARTNERS AT THE
PI REPORT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
APPROVED THE PLANS FOR THE
FOUNDATION'S HEADQUARTERS
YESTERDAY.
THE HEADQUARTERS WILL START
TAKING SHAPE IN QUEEN ANNE,
RIGHT NEXT TO SEATTLE CENTER, IN
2008, AFTER THE FOUNDATION HEADS
BACK TO THE CITY FOR PERMITS.
>>> NEXT, A THREATENING NOTE
FORCES A MAJOR AIRPORT TO CLOSE
TWO RUNWAYS.
>> Dan: SEVERE WEATHER HITS
OVERSEAS.
THE AFTERMATH OF A RARE TORNADO
IN JAPAN, WHEN WE COME BACK.
>> Dan: PARTS OF THE
PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT WERE SHUT
DOWN THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A
SUSPICIOUS NOTE WAS FOUND ON A
PLANE.
THE U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM SAN
DIEGO LANDED SAFELY AFTER THE
NOTE WAS FOUND.
AUTHORITIES INTERVIEWED
PASSENGERS TO TRY AND UNCOVER
THE SOURCE OF THE NOTE.
127 PEOPLE.
SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED.
THE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT IS AT
FULL OPERATION AGAIN.
THE LATEST WILD FIRE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA NOW CONTAINED.
A WELDER'S SPARK IGNITED BRUSH
NEAR AN INTERSTATE IN RIALTO,
EAST OF LOS ANGELES.
THE WIND HELP SPREAD IT TO MORE
THAN 600 ACRES.
BURNED, BEFORE THEY
CONTAINED THIS.
A LUMBER YARD WAS DESTROYED.
NO HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND THERE
ARE NO INJURIES.
>> Kathi: AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED TODAY WHEN A RARE
TORNADO HIT A REMOTE TOWN IN
NORTHERN JAPAN.
THE VICTIMS WERE ALL
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WORKING ON
A TUNNEL.
HUNDREDS HOME HOMES ARE WITHOUT
POWER OR PHONE SERVICE.
JAPANESE OFFICIALS SAY THIS WAS
THE STRONGEST TORNADO ON RECORD
IN THE COUNTRY.
>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORLD'S
TALLEST LIVING MAN.
HIS NAME IS XI SHUN.
ACCORDING TO THE GUINNESS BOOK
OF RECORDS, THE 55-YEAR-OLD FROM
CHINA STANDS NEARLY 7 FEET, 9
INCHES TALL.
HE'S VISITING RIO DE JANEIRO TO
SIGN COPIES OF THE RECORD'S BOOK
AND TO PROMOTE GUINNESS WORLD
RECORD DAY, TAKING PLACE
THURSDAY.
GUINNESS IS ASKING PEOPLE TO TRY
TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD ON THE
DAY.
>> Dan: WE'RE BREAKING A FEW
RECORDS WITH RAINFALL AND
FLOODING.
HAVE WE TURNED THE CORNER?
LET'S GET AN UPDATE FROM STEVE.
>> Steve: YEAH, I THINK SO.
YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IT AS WE
WRAPPED UP THE DAY, WE GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF SUN LIGHT AND
PROBABLY HURT YOUR EYES BECAUSE
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A WHILE.
BUT AT ANY RATE, YEAH, WE ARE
SEEING SIGNS THAT THINGS ARE
GETTING BETTER.
LET'S GET TO THE DETAILS
AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW WE
TURNED A CORNER.
51°, 83% ON OUR HUMANITY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK APT WHAT WE
HAVE DONE TODAY.
AT THIS POINT, WE ACTUALLY
MANAGED TO FINISH UP PRETTY MUCH
IN THE LOW 50s FOR MOST FOLKS
BUT THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO
SHOW YOU FIRST, THIS RAIN TOTAL
FOR A 48-HOUR PERIOD, IMPRESSIVE
STUFF THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT
HAPPENED ON FRIDAY SO YOU PUT IT
ALL TOGETHER AND I THINK A LOT
OF THESE TOTALS WOULD BE
PROBABLY DOUBLE WHAT HAVE YOU
RIGHT NOW, IN FACT, DID CHECK
ON, I THINK THE BIGGEST TOTAL WE
WERE ABLE TO FIND FOR THE ENTIRE
STORM IS 12 INCHES AND THAT WAS
IN SHELTON.
WOW.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOPPLER RADAR
THAT TELLS THE TALE FOR NOW.
THE RAIN IS DEFINITELY ABATING
SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS, WE CAN
TAKE PRESSURE OFF OUR RIVERS.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING THE AIR MASS
COOL DOWN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT
BACK IN HERE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE
IS COOLER AIR.
THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS EMBEDDED
IN THAT SO WE ARE PROBABLY STILL
GOING TO GET WET AT TIMES YOU GO
NOTHING LIKE WE'VE JUST BEEN
THROUGH AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS IN
ADDITION TO THE STEADY RAIN
GOING AWAY AND WE LOWERED THE
SNOWLEVEL AND THAT STABILIZES
STABILIZES
EVERYTHING UP THERE BECAUSE YOU
START TO FREEZE THAT STUFF IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IT
DOESN'T RUN DOWN INTO THE
RIVERS.
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW
HOWS TO MID 50s SO IT IS
COOLER OVERNIGHT, SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TOMORROW THE SAME
DEAL, UPPER 40s TO AROUND 50°
SO A TOUCH COOLER FOR DAYTIME
HIGHS.
UP IN THE CASCADES THERE IS THAT
LOWER SNOWLEVEL.
WE WILL GET SOME SNOW FLURRIES
WITH AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES
IN THE 30s AND AGAIN THAT IS
KIND OF HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD.
THEN ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES,
YOU HAVE FORTUNATELY BEEN ABLE
TO ESCAPE SOME OF THIS STUFF BUT
AT ANY RATE YOU'VE GOT 50 IN
CHELAN, 55 IN YAKIMA AND FOR THE
REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON YOU
ARE TALKING LOW 50s THERE,
UPPER 40s IN SPOKANE AND
PULLMAN.
HERE SUSPECT STORY, MOSTLY
CLOUDY TONIGHT, A FEW SHOWERS
COMING AT YOU THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING HOUR AND THAT IS
BASICALLY THE SAME STORY IN THE
AFTERNOON, LINGERING SHOWERS
DESCRIBED IT BUT THAT SOUNDS
PRETTY GOOD TO ME, GIVE WE'VE
BEEN THROUGH.
TAKE A LOOK, YOUR EXTENDED KOMO
4-CAST, YOUR WEEKEND ALWAYS IN
VIEW.
SOME RAIN WILL BE BACK, BUT IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE OF THE SAME
INTENT, ATTITUDE, WHATEVER.
>> Dan: ILK.
>> Steve: THAT IS A GOOD WORD.
>> Dan: YOU DON'T GET TO SAY
THAT WORD OFTEN ENOUGH.
>> Steve: DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT.
>> Kathi: THERE IS PROBABLY
REASON FOR THAT, THANK YOU,
STEVE.
>> Dan: THE SEAHAWKS DEFENSE
SHINES ON A RAINY MONDAY NIGHT
AT QWEST FIELD.
>> Kathi: PLUS, THERE'S PLENTY
OF TALK ABOUT THIS SHOT AGAINST
TIGHT END JERRAMY STEVENS.
THE BREWING WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
THE RAIDERS AND HAWKS, NEXT IN
SPORTS.
>> Kathi: ERIC IS HERE, MAYBE WE
NEED RAIN EVERY YEAR.
>> Eric: SHUT OUT THE DEFENSE.
THE SEAHAWKS ARE 5-3 AND IN
FIRST PLACE IN THE NFC WEST
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S WIN OVER THE
RAIDERS.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS RIGHT, FOURTH
QUARTER, TYLER PEYTON, KNEED,
LOOK AT THAT, KNEED HIM RIGHT IN
THE GROIN, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY
EJECTED FROM THE GAME.
STEVENS WAS GETTING UNDER THE
RAIDER'S SKIN ALL NIGHT
APPARENTLY, HE REACHED HIS
BREAKING POINT AND LOVES HIS
COOL HADN'T LOST IT ON STEVENS,
WARREN MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEXT IN
LINE.
>> IT IS A PUNK, HE HAS ALWAYS
BAN PUNK, HE ALWAYS WILL BE A
PUNK.
HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME,
MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE
HIM AS PLAY THEY ARE IN LEAGUE
BUT OTHER THAN THAT HE WAS A
PUNK.
>> WE WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL, IT
WASN'T ANYTHING SAID, HE WAS
GETTING BEAT ON PLAYS, I WASN'T
OUT THERE TALKING.
>> IT SHOWS HE GOT KICKED FIRST
AND REACTED SO THERE IS SOME
CULL PA BILLABILITY ON THE PART
OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
[SEAHAWK SQUAWK]
>> Eric: THAT IS SOME UGLY STUFF
THERE
>> MIKE HOLMGREN SAID TODAY THAT
SHAUN ALEXANDER WON'T PLAY
SUNDAY AGAINST THE RAMS.
THE CRACKED BONE IN HIS FOOT IS
STILL NOT COMPLETELY HEALED.
ALEXANDER MAY BE RUNNING LATER
THIS WEEK BUT HE'LL NEED A FULL
WEEK OF PRACTICE BEFORE HE'S
GAME READY.
HIS FIRST GAME BACK COULD BE
NOVEMBER 19TH AGAINST THE 49ERS.
MATT HASSELBECK COULD RETURN TO
PRACTICE LATER THIS WEEK BUT
HE'S NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY
AGAINST THE RAMS EITHER.
>>> THE APPLE CUP MIGHT END UP
HAVING A BOWL GAME RIDING ON THE
OUTCOME.
THE ONLY WAY THE HUSKIES CAN
EARN A POSTSEASON TRIP IS TO WIN
THEIR FINAL TWO GAMES.
IT STARTS WITH WINLESS STANFORD
ON SATURDAY, THEN OF COURSE,
IT'S THE APPLE CUP.
>> IF WE CAN FINISH STRONG,
OKAY, THIS WILL BE I THINK FAR
BETTER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE, BUT FAR
LESS THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE
COULD DO.
>> Eric: IN JAPAN TODAY, RYAN
HOWARD HIT A SOLO HOMERUN IN THE
8TH INNING THAT BROKE A 2-2 TIE
AND LEAD A TEAM OF MAJOR LEAGUE
ALL STARS TO A 7-2 WIN OVER A
TEAM OF JAPANESE ALL STARS.
THE MAJOR LEAGUERS HAVE WON THE
FIRST 4 GAMES OF THEIR 5 GAME
PAN PACIFIC ROAD TRIP.
AND TONIGHT AT 11:00 YOU GUYS,
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SONICS AGAINST
THE MIAMI HEAT.
>> Kathi: THEY ARE ON THE ROAD
NOW.
>> Eric: THEY ARE ON THE ROAD,
YES.
>> Kathi: A CRUCIAL TRIP.
>> Eric: YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> Kathi: THANKS.
>> Dan: WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> Kathi: THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
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