Water, Water Everywhere....

One of the lines I memorized from a poem (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) in 6th grade (I think) was
"Water, water, everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink."
It's been snowing and raining here quite excessively. NW Washington is already wet to begin with and the Seattle area is practically surrounded by water on all sides. Nevertheless, precipitate it did. The storm came in 3 waves. A 20 mile section of Interstate 5 (one of the life lines of this part of the state) was shut down near Chehalis. Cities just outside Seattle are buried in hip high water. The basement of a woman from church was flooded. Lynnwood was essentially unscathed by all forces of nature.