@joyces and all...You poor baby! That's horrible for you. Can't the state or private companies or timber companies replant? Do you folks do controlled burns in the Northwest? Do they help? Our timber folks in Florida replant and keep the pines growing and they keep making money. I have friends who own land in Nothern Florida where I live and on the Fla west coast and make a pretty darn good multigenerational income from pine timber. I know it's not the same as your area, but isn't there something that can be done? I saw recently how wonderful the giant Sequoia trees are, with bark that actually insulates the tree and protects it from burns. Somehow the bark protects the tree....but that's not protecting all of them from the fires. We're still losing some. Breaks my heart...

Your experience sounds a lot like mine during hurricane season, during a hurricane. I keep a small wet vac to help when I have flooded into my den/kitchen/storage. It can happen with a heavy day or two of rain. Always with a hurricane; And, if it's high tide when we have heavy rains, the entire back of the property with 5 condo buildings backing up to a creek floods about 4' deep. We just installed new and larger drainage pipes and cleared all the drains. Hopefully, this will keep the floods to a minimum for them. I still have flooding even tho I'm at the front of the property, no creek. A bit of a berm will solve my issue if I can get the association to do it before I die!

Off to bed to rest. It's late....stay dry and keep your wet-vac close. blessings, elizabeth