Record high

The river continues to rise and will almost certainly go above 17 feet as measured at the Laird Landing station. It has never done that.

There are many flooded fields in the country and all that water will be coming through Rensselaer in the next week or two. However, the river should peak today.

Much of Weston Cemetery is under water. Here is the view looking across the Maxwell Ditch to the headquarters building.

Here is another view of the cemetery and what is notable is what is not visible. This view on almost any other day would show the bridge over the creek, aka the Maxwell Ditch. It is completely underwater.

A final view from the Cemetery, looking across the river. The two houses on the left have been sandbagged. 

 There were still a few inches of clearance under the College Avenue Bridge.

 Water had reached the bottom of the Washington Street Bridge on the south end but there was still some clearance on the north. These pictures were taken at about 10:00 on Thursday morning.

 College Avenue was flooded south of the bridge as water was flowing over the street.

 The water was over the top of the outdoor seating at Mt Hood Pizza. Notice that they were pumping. There were lots of pumps operating.

 To reach the trailer court one had to cross standing water on Washington Street.

 I had a picture of this view in the last post. Notice the bench. Only the very top was now above water and the little island was submerged.

Part of the river was flowing over the the south approach to the bowstring arch bridge.

 School was canceled for the second day in a row. Perhaps the only good thing about the flood is that it is occurring before there are crops in the fields. The 2015 flood caused more economic damage.

On a happier note, the daffodils think that spring is just around the corner.