Snoqualmie Falls

Most of the liquor bottles at a North Bend liquor store fell and broke, and in Snoqualmie Falls, mail fell out of town post office boxes.

Many locations on the upper reaches of rivers, like Snoqualmie Falls, are expected to be below flood stages by late Wednesday.

Many locations on the upper reaches of rivers, like at Snoqualmie Falls, are expected to be back down below flood stage by late Wednesday.

On a recent trip to Snoqualmie Falls via the back roads east of Yelm and McKenna, I noticed a large number of yard signs strongly critical of the prospective development of a major commercial airport in this remote, rustic area of Pierce County, some 60 miles from Seattle.

The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Museum also provides evidence that Puget Sound has been a technology hub for 125 years.