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Brinnon digs out from flood Duckabush retreats day after rescues PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
BRINNON — Floodwaters began to recede Saturday as another slide blocked part of Duckabush Road near Brinnon after Friday floods pushed about a dozen people out of their homes. The Duckabush River, ALSO . . . fueled by at least 7 inches ■ Sequim of rain in the Olympic trail bridge Mountains, spilled its damaged by banks in the areas of raging Kelly Road, Shorewood river/A8 Road and Duckabush Road on Friday, flooding an area that had been hard-hit by high water in December. “It’s quieted down,” said Bob Hamlin, director of Jefferson County Emergency Management, on Saturday. “It’s the rain in the upper basin that causes the problem,” he said. “That has significantly slackened.” STEVE MULLENSKY/FOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Gage height of the Duckabush near Homes and carports along Duckabush Road in Brinnon remain flooded midday Friday from the rain-swollen Brinnon reached 6.56 feet by 11:45 a.m. Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Duckabush River. The National Weather Service said up to 7 inches of rain fell in the eastern Olympics early Survey, and had fallen to 4.40 feet by late Friday to feed the river. Saturday afternoon homes on Trailwood Drive on the other side of the river, he added. Swift-water rescue teams None of the unidentified people was Rescue teams — about 20 people, count- injured, he said. ing two volunteers — worked from early The people who evacuated left with Friday morning to early that afternoon, family or friends, Nicholson said. going door to door and helping those who Hamlin said he was not aware of anywere trapped to leave flooding homes. one being homeless Saturday. They visited at least 14 homes on the A mudslide at Shorewood and Kelly Kelly Road side of the river and nine on the roads reported at about 3 a.m. Friday was other side of the river, said Patrick Nichol- the first sign of the effects of flooding, son, Brinnon fire chief. according to Nicholson. Swift-water teams from Clallam County “When we arrived, the water was rising and state Fish and Wildlife rescued three very rapidly through the neighborhood,” he people — an adult and two children — said. from a Ford pickup truck swept away by “I saw the potential of how bad [the the river at 7:30 a.m. Friday, said Nichol- flooding] was going to get” and called out son. swift-water teams and fire department A family of five that was trapped in a personnel. home in the area of Kelly and Duckabush The slide was cleared by 3 p.m. that day, PATRICK NICHOLSON/FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4 (BRINNON) roads was rescued — and another five Hamlin said. A swift-water rescue team operates with an inflatable boat in the chose to leave their homes temporarily. TURN TO STORM/A8 floodwaters Friday morning. Two people were helped from their
Man found dead in ONP described as ‘hermit’ BY JAMES CASEY
Measles victim’s trail traced while he remains in hospital
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JOYCE — You could tell from the sound of the late Chris Boysen’s voice that the man was far from his home, his landlord said. The 54-year-old New Jersey native, who was found dead last week at the Heart o’ the Hills campground after leaving to go camping Jan. 22, spoke with a distinctive East Coast accent. His speech, together with a big-city boy’s distrust of strangers, helped make him a loner in this Clallam County hamlet, said Al Morrison, who rented Boysen an apartment in his Seal Rock Road home above the Strait of Juan de Fuca. “He was about as close to a hermit as anyone I’ve ever seen,” said Morrison, who reported Boysen missing Monday to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. TURN
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“We believe ALSO . . . he is going to make Human Services had sought doses
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■ Places listed where measles Public health authorities have victim went/A10 traced the movements of a man ■ Schools exempt students who was contagious with measles from vaccines/A10 when he was admitted to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles ■ Common questions and answers about measles/A11 one week ago. The unidentified middle-aged man from the Port Angeles area a complete recovery,” said Dr. Tom remained Saturday in OMC’s Locke, health officer for Clallam intensive care unit, where health and Jefferson counties. officials said he was recuperating Locke said Friday the Clallam County Department of Health and from the illness.
of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine from other counties. The department will conduct immunization clinics Monday and Tuesday at 111 E. Third St., Suite 1-A, Port Angeles. Call 360-4172274 to schedule an appointment. “We’re planning on those clinics for however long the need exists,” Locke said. “We’re trying to get 500 or so doses.” TURN
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