Seattle's Storm-Driven High Tide On Monday An All-Time Record

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Following Monday's highest tides ever recorded in Seattle, which sent waves spilling onto 100 properties in West Seattle, city climate-change watchers say the area could be in for more of the same — or worse — in years to come. "Yesterday's tide would be an everyday tide by midcentury," James Rufo-Hill, a Seattle Public Utilities meteorologist studying the potential effects of climate change, said Tuesday.

That's a scary thought for West Seattle resident Robert Porter, who said his property on Beach Drive Southwest was inundated with more waves Monday than when the so-called Hanukkah Eve storm hit in 2006. After pumping 3 feet of water off his yard with a 10-horsepower pump, he, his wife and two adult sons spent the day helping neighbors, some of whom saw their entire downstairs drenched in saltwater. "Everybody's drying out now and trying to figure out what to do next," Porter said Tuesday night.

It wasn't Seattle alone that experienced the wintertime "king tide," pushed by strong winds Monday morning. In various areas around Puget Sound, waves bashed docks, sea walls and structures.

Storm damage led Des Moines to close down Redondo Boardwalk until further notice. The tides and winds ripped wiring and some siding from Highline Community College's aquarium of more than 100 species on the boardwalk, according to its executive director, Kaddee Lawrence.

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[grahamhgreen]

1. Plan the dykes for all the coastal cities, figure out the cost, and tax the carbon producers accord

-ingly

[NoOneMan]

2. Its incredible to watch this amount of water sloshing around

The tide almost reached 5.5 meters in Vancouver. I've never seen it near this high.