my first stop on my drive north (to portland, for a conference) was weott -- or rather, where weott used to be, which was right next to the south fork of the eel river -- but then the floods of 1964 washed away the town completely, & they rebuilt higher up the bank.

the big pole in this photo (not the telephone pole, right of it & closer -- and taller) shows the depth of the flood waters in '64 -- all the way up at the top! and it's sitting on the roadside which is already about ten feet higher than normal river level. can't imagine how terrifying that water must have been.

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small dirt road leading down to where the south fork and middle fork of the eel river converge...

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looking upriver to the confluence of the south and middle forks... rain just starting to fall

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just north of arcata, from my drive north to portland a few weeks ago

there's a storm approaching the coast again today, but i'm hoping it holds off til tonight, as we've got a sailboat race in the meantime!!

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several hit the lens, and so were captured forever...

it really WAS pelting, though!

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