Scott Greenstone

And so some people are, you know, returning to check on the damage, even, you know, just just see if they can come back to their homes.

I went down one street and

And I met a woman named Jocelyn Alm who was standing outside her totally flooded out home.

And there was a crowd gathered and someone had waded in to look in the windows and told her this.

And that's her husband, Kenneth.

So they were worrying about family pictures.

They had put them up high.

And they're just kind of considering, are those totally gone?

They are saying it's still a little early to tell or give many numbers.

And it could be, unfortunately, that more damage is coming because right now with all the deeply saturated earth from all this rainfall, right, there's a high risk of landslides across the region.

A couple landslides have already closed some regional highways for periods of time.

You know, it's a common misconception.

I think the Seattle area has many drizzly days, but is not so used to a big tornado.

dumping of water during these so-called atmospheric rivers that we are experiencing multiple of right now.

So people around here, you know, many of them have never seen anything like this, even in 1990 when we set the previous records that were now breaking.

So I talked to Pedro Cortez, who's worked in farms and flower fields here in Skagit County his whole life.

Since 1966, he's lived here, never evacuated.

He looked out the window Thursday night at 10 p.m.

and saw police lights

Thanks for having me.