Behind Our Home - Views of Morse Creek

What a wet and rainy fall we've had here thanks to the Pineapple Express, which has caused "Atmospheric Rivers" to pass through multiple times. It sounds frightening, this latest weather buzzword. Whoever heard of rivers in the atmosphere before 2021? But here we are, with rivers running above us, dropping huge amounts of rain on this whole corner of the Pacific Northwest. 

So far Morse Creek, which runs behind our house on its way to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, has swelled and is rushing hard.  Since it has a big enough place to dump its water in the Strait, so far we seem to be okay.  But just in case, let's say a prayer, think positive thoughts, and knock on wood.  We still worry of course, as we are in what's known as a 300 year flood plain.  We are super thankful for our flood insurance policy, which gives us peace of mind at night when we can hear the rain pounding on the roof as we try to sleep.  

I thought I'd put a few photos here to update you all on the rain situation and also so our family can look back later on, to remember this time when we had crazy weather.  We do enjoy looking back to recall what happened when.

Part of a tree splintered off and came down while I was out feeding the chickens the other morning.  Above is some of the mess that remains.

We're not all the far from the creek.  Below, I'm standing on the path next to the creek and looking back toward the house.  It's a gradual slope going up to our house from the creek, which helps should it flood.

There's the path, which was right behind me.  And just beyond the path is the creek. There's a well-worn deer trail that goes to the bank.

The water is slightly muddy and the ripples over the rocks are impressive.  This is a shallow creek in the middle of summer and normally you can see the rocks in the bottom of the creek, right along the edge.  Not now!  Below is a video of the water rushing downstream, and at the end you can see where our house is located in relation to the creek.