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"Ever Get that Sinking Feeling?" - Wild Weather on the Kitsap Peninsula WA

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Real Estate Agent with Fathom Realty West Sound WA State 52404

Wild weather wreaked havoc across most of the Pacific Northwest this past weekend, starting with some 'heavier-than-usual snowfall that accumulated over Saturday and Sunday.

  As quickly as the snowing subsided, the 'Noahic' proportions of rain began.

This Jeep Liberty was swallowed up by a large sinkhole, the results of this past week's record-breaking rainfall that dumped over 12" in a 24 hour period here on the Kitsap Peninsula in wet Washington State. 

Dozens of Kitsap County roads were closed, causing huge traveling headaches for area drivers.

 

 

Schools throughout Central Kitsap were shut down on Tuesday. Brownsville Elementary remained closed today due to several blocked access roads, including Brownsville Highway near Gluds Pond, and Illahee Road (near Varsity).

  Our local newspaper, the Kitsap Sun, has provided an excellent resource map to identify all current road closures. To access their map, go HERE.

There is also an update list of local road closures, along with some estimated timeframes for repair, HERE as well.

In the picture to the right, Brownsville Elementary teacher, Philip Weatherby, assesses the damage to Illahee Road along with his two children.

A State of Emergency was declared in both Washington and Oregon, allowing local counties and cities to respond more effectively to the storm relief efforts.

For more local area information, go to KitsapLife or SOUNDBITEBLOG

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Rich Jacobson is a REALTOR® and licensed Broker with Fathom Realty. He's a Crab Hunter, Clam Digger, and Oyster Shucker, skilffuly vanquishing anything in a shell! He is the Social Media Evangelist for Life on the Kitsap Peninsula & The Western Puget Sound in scenic WA State.

Comments (15)

Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life
Rich - Mother Nature is certainly a powerful thing....the winds here in Pennsylvania were extemely strong.
Dec 05, 2007 07:12 AM
Jon Mitchell
Classic Property Management - Santa Clarita, CA
Holy cow!  That is crazy.  I don't think we have ever had a sinkhole out here.  Not even during "El Nino" as far as I am aware.  I can't believe it can take an entire car like that!
Dec 05, 2007 07:18 AM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Jonathan - Here's the other major sinkhole over in Port Orchard....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty wild, huh?

Dec 05, 2007 07:32 AM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life
WOW!
Dec 05, 2007 07:34 AM
Chris Tesch
RE/MAX Bryan-College Station - College Station, TX
College Station, Texas Real Estate
Be safe Rich, what a wild storm!!!  I hope life gets back to normal there soon.  Hopefully soon everyone will be able to focus on Christmas and not the disaster!
Dec 05, 2007 07:43 AM
Jay McGillicuddy
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty - Exeter, NH
Real Estate Broker
Mother Nature can sure be nasty. We've had our share of nasty rain here in NH the last couple of years. Just Awful...
Dec 05, 2007 09:10 AM
Fran Gatti
RE/MAX Integrity - Medford, OR
Managing Principal Broker - RE/MAX Integrity
Wow.  We got a lot of rain as well, but our county is used to it and seems "built for rain." 
Dec 05, 2007 11:52 AM
Gary Bolen
McCall Realty - South Lake Tahoe, CA
CRS - Lake Tahoe Real Estate Information

Reminds me of LA, from time to time due to later winter and spring storms. Still the links to the maps and road closures is a nice thing to provide. Hope this doesn't make things harder for your market.

best 

Dec 05, 2007 11:55 AM
Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon
I'll stick with the fun I had driving through Fanno Creek!

Dec 05, 2007 04:55 PM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker
Todd - Yeah, I saw the video. You're a CRAZY man!!!!
Dec 06, 2007 01:38 AM
Lysa Napolitano
Daytona Beach, FL
Rich, was wondering if you and the family was doing ok. Hope your house and vehicles don't find any of those holes!
Dec 06, 2007 04:13 AM
Roberta LaRocca
Simply Vegas Real Estate - Las Vegas, NV
REALTOR®, Broker, Salesperson, NV. Lic BS.507
Rich, I bet that was crazy!  I saw all the flooding on the news.  Glad you are ok.
Dec 06, 2007 04:45 PM
Gabriel Silverstein
Angelic Real Estate, LLC - New York, NY
SIOR

Into every life a little rain must fall...

Wow!  I think you got your share, Rich.

Dec 11, 2007 03:55 PM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker
Gabriel - How nice to see your name pop-up here. Thanks for stopping by and have a very Merry Christmas season!
Dec 12, 2007 02:33 AM
Gabriel Silverstein
Angelic Real Estate, LLC - New York, NY
SIOR
Thank, Rich - at least here our precipitation this time of year is generally SNOW!
Dec 12, 2007 03:57 PM