Seattle cut off....

With the heavy snow then very heavy rains all major highways have been closed due to avalanches and mudslides. US Hwy 2 over Stevens Pass is closed due to 2 avalanches, I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass is closed for the same reasons including US Hwy 12 over White Pass. I-5 through Chehalis is closed due to flooding over the interstate. So this leads us to ask, "Should we be come a part of Canada?" That is after all the only way that we can leave our corner of the world.
Rainfall totals in Seattle as of 10:15am were 3.42" in just 48 hours. Mountain locations received substantially more rain that has wreaked havoc to one small village at the summit of Snoqualmie Pass. An avalanche at "Hyak" the eastern summit of the ski area was considered a "Climax" avalanche. It took all the snow and some soil some 100 yards wide, 2 chair lift towers, trees and even a house and permanently moved them from their comfortable homes. Two people were rescued from the house which was moved some 100 feet off it's foundation. The ski run has a gouge cut into it from all the water that has flowed down the mountain. The run was a black diamond run and the chairlift was the main artery for this particular part of the resort, essentially shutting this part down for the season. Hyak is only operational on the weekends and holidays, so not much revenue should be lost, but many locals in the village of Hyak enjoy this part of the resort.
In other parts of the mountains, many access roads to popular trails can be expected to be washed out or at least damaged. The road along the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River has a mudslide that has trapped local residents in their homes.
Snow levels in the mountains are expected to drop today with snow in the forecast for later in the day.
Many local low lying towns are experiencing localized flooding with river and creeks cresting at some point today. In the last few years that I've been here we have experienced 2 "100 year" floods, amazing how fast 100 years can go by, and I don't feel that much older.