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The raging Dosewallips River’s level has increased to twice the height of flood conditions.
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The defensive jetty at LaPush undergoes repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday. The jetty was damaged during storms Tuesday and Wednesday.
Severe weather leaves damage in its wake BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
On Thursday afternoon, North Olympic Peninsula officials were simultaneously cleaning up from Tuesday and Wednesday storms and preparing for a third storm. With flooding in Brinnon and Quilcene, a jetty failing in LaPush, and a collapsed neighborhood bridge in Port Angeles, authorities continued working as the new storm moved in. Families from eight homes were
evacuated from near the Duckabush River in Brinnon, where the river flooded Wednesday starting at about 4 p.m., said Brinnon Fire Chief Patrick Nicholson. Some 8,500 Peninsula electrical customers suffered power interruptions. The Elwha River Bridge over U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles was reopened at about 6 a.m. Thursday, more than 12 hours after it had been closed at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Several cottonwoods on the
east side of the bridge fell on power lines and the bridge, scattering parts of one pole across the bridge. Power lines draped under the bridge, nearly to the water line of the flooded Elwha River. The bridge was closed until it could be inspected by the state Department of Transportation, which found the only damage to the bridge itself was to a section of guardrail. TURN
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BRINNON — The storm that flooded areas of Brinnon this week was the most severe in recent memory, residents said. “People know they live on a floodplain but it’s never been this bad,” said Rob Brown, who manages the Geoduck Tavern, as flood waters receded and a new storm threatened Thursday. “Although each year, it seems to get worse,” he added. Joy Baisch, who runs a bed and breakfast with her husband, Joe, said: “We’ve been here 23 years and have never seen waters this high. “Both rivers have had their way with the community.”
Brinnon is located where the Duckabush and the Dosewallips rivers empty into the sound, making it a natural place for high water. Eight people were rescued from two homes — one on Kelly Road and another in the Canal Tracts neighborhood — after flood water had trapped them inside. Six more home were flooded, according to the Brinnon firefighters, who worked all night to help those endangered by high water. Some families evacuated on their own, said Brinnon Fire Chief Patrick Nicholson. Brinnon Fire Station 42 on Shorewood Drive also flooded. TURN
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Survey finds some smoked pot, then drove 7 out of 10 used drug at some point The June survey was done in Kitsap, King, Spokane, Yakima, SnoPENINSULA DAILY NEWS homish and Whatcom counties, A survey of drivers in six coun- said Jonna VanDyk, program ties in the state found that nearly manager with the Washington seven out of 10 had used mari- Traffic Safety Commission. juana at some point in their lives and more than 40 percent of those Conducted before retail sales who had used it within the past In the survey, which was conyear had driven a couple of hours after marijuana use, the state ducted before July’s legal start Traffic Safety Commission date of retail marijuana sales after the 2012 passage of Initiaannounced this week. A total of 943 people agreed to tive 502, a total of 615 drivers out the voluntary, anonymous survey, of 888, or 69.3 percent, who although not all answered all answered the question said they had used marijuana at some time, questions or agreed to all tests. Neither Clallam nor Jefferson even if it was just once. Of the 220 who said they had County drivers were surveyed. BY LEAH LEACH
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used it in the past year, 97, or 44.1 percent, said they had used marijuana within two hours prior to driving. The preliminary results announced this week are from the first of three surveys, VanDyk said. The second was completed in November, and a third is planned for next June, she said. A final report on all the results is expected four or five months after the third survey is done, she added. That report will include more than information on marijuana and driving; it will provide data on 75 classifications of drugs and drug levels. TURN
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Extra patrols are on the highways until Jan. 1 during the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. In Clallam and Jefferson counties, the Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim police departments; Clallam County and Jefferson County sheriff’s offices; and the State Patrol are participating in the effort,
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