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Sports: Marysville Getchell diver places third in state swim meet. Page 12.
Herald THE SUNDAY
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Weathering the storm By STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
Education: Kids learn life-saving skills at Tulalip. Page 11.
Museum: Final
push made by historical society for donations to finish project. Page 3.
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Vol. 122, No. 19
John Seffernick of Marysville literally saw the earth move. “The ground was breathing,” he said. Within 15 minutes, the two trees there crashed into Seffernick’s front yard and extended across Eighth Street near Totem Middle School. Seffernick was one of many victims of the windstorm that thrashed North Snohomish County Nov. 17, causing downed trees, power outages, school closures and more. Help from friends Seffernick said he came home about 4 p.m. from work and was wondering about his trees. About four years ago two other trees actually fell on his house. He said the wind normally comes from the south, but when it switched to coming from the west he became concerned. He had his renter move her car. “I knew it could be bad because the trees aren’t used to it,” he said, adding if the wind would have stayed where it was the trees wouldn’t have fallen at all. To his surprise about a dozen people coming by used a few chainsaws to get the debris off the road. “I owe one out there, pay it forward,” said Seffernick, who has lived there 11 years. Marysville marina The storm also caused destruction at the Marysville marina, as two houseboats owned by the
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John Seffernick of Marysville surveys the fallen trees in his yard. At right, another huge tree fell, this one in the fairway right in front of the green at Cedarcrest Golf Course. For more photos on the storm, see Page 16-17. city were twisted apart. One was dismantled as the roof was blown off and tossed 50 feet away and the rest was twisted metal. “The westerly winds grabbed them and threw them,” city Parks director Jim Ballew said. The city was planning to clean up the area anyway. SEE STORM, PAGE 2