Underneath the bridge where SR 8 joins SR 101.
Ouch! Theres plenty of scenes like this one around Western Washington today.
It looks like these folks had to crawl out the back hatch of their SUV to escape.
This is actually a on-ramp to SR 101.
Road closed due to geotechnical difficulties. Probably won't be reopening today!
The culprit is this drain that was totally overloaded and blew out the embankment.
Doug, my supervisor, modelling the latest in WSDOT raingear. Road is in danger!
What a mess. I'll tell maintenance to dump a few truckloads of quarry spalls here.
Here's my answer to the urban legend about water draining and the Coriolis Effect.