2018 play by play Mill Creek flood forum

[normaM]

Bellevue has never been this loud since we moved here - sounds like giant rocks banging, just the water raging, even splashing up on the foot bridge

[tsayta]

Bellevue has never been this loud since we moved here - sounds like giant rocks banging, just the water raging, even splashing up on the foot bridge

Yup. Bellevue is a Malted Milk Melee. Grinding rocks making new future beach sand

[GordonH]

When I was out for a walk around 11am, I noticed some very dark clouds near the area of the head waters of Mill Creek. My first thought was not again... what started the flooding of Mill Creek last year.

[voice of reason]

2018-05-10 @1609hrs
The water surged late yesterday in a 30 minute period up over 1 foot. Bulman Rd. should have been renamed Bulman river. The road had boulders and chucks of asphalt tumbling down it. The road -obliterated.
Water level has been decreasing all day. If it doesn't rain... the worst has come and gone.

i was up there sandbagging yesterday and saw logs floating down the road .it was basically a river.

[Jlabute]

Mill Creek on Richter where the bridge is appears alright. The water is no where near what is was last year. (yet) Has to come up a few feet before close-by homes get wet.

[alanjh595]

Thank you for keeping the rest of us well informed. Good job oldtrucker!!!!

[voice of reason]

it aint over til its over brother. i have family on bulman and hope for the best but im not ready to say its over just yet.the creek has gone down amazingly in the last few days though

[tsayta]

It's over

[Fancy]

This creek maybe

[GordonH]

Last years flooding along Mill Creek was a result of 2 things happening at same time.
1) Spring run off (happens every year)
2) Huge cloud burst at head waters, which also help speed up Spring run off.

So far this year its been run off with some rain.

Added: Creeks/Rivers fed by upper snow packs could be running high for awhile.

[tsayta]

This creek maybe

Nope. It's over everywhere

[GordonH]

This creek maybe

Nope. It's over everywhere

Oh, so snowpacks are all gone.... wow that was fast.

[tsayta]

Been watching the creek stations. Trajectory seems to say exactly that

[GordonH]

Been watching the creek stations. Trajectory seems to say exactly that

You may want to check some of the snow station data here:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/envi ... ation-data

[tsayta]

Been watching the creek stations. Trajectory seems to say exactly that

You may want to check some of the snow station data here:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/envi ... ation-data

Saw it. Looks to me like each daily peak is reducing