Over the past 12 years millions of dollars have been spent on replacing bridges, dredging, and improving tributory flow. One section, the Oxbow bypass, is still under construction. But we'll see how well those other projects work out should those 8 inches fall on the Mayacamas range upvalley. Last downtown flood happened New Years' Eve, 2005.

I well remember the flooding.

I imagine the work on the river will make an enormous difference this time around.

to push south, bringing us the first significant snowfall of the season.

(The big question at this elevation being when the storm will turn cold enough to bring snow (or worse, freezing rain (although it's usually uncommon here)), and how heavy, damaging the storm will be. ... A power outage lasting for days (in cold, snowy, windy weather) would be nothing new.)

Reasonable preparations (especially considering the recent pattern of recurrent storms) seem called for. (Knowing local drainage patterns and your "defensive weak spots" is also, generally, very helpful.)

Relying on the "virtual" or just plain luck (favorable circumstances), etc, instead of the real (more likely) is no good plan. (I really need to do some housekeeping to keep that site usable on this machine (with an updated browser, it barely works); switching is a hassle, and the laptop really isn't usable yet.)

(It can be very useful to be able to put yourself in another's shoes (circumstances), so to speak; and this is a consideration beyond compassion or the like.)

like our forecast totals are a bit lower:

aw.

but nothing has come out of it so far. Damned forecasters keep scaling it back with every run: yesterday 2-4", today a measly 1-2".