By the numbers
Published 9:00 pm Thursday, November 23, 2000
Herald staff
The Thanksgiving weekend flooding in 1990 resulted in:
More than $100 million in total damages to public and private property.
2,900 requests for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
One death, a 20-year railroad employee who was killed helping clear flood debris from the railroad near Arlington.
More than 4,000 acres of farmland were damaged.
An unknown number of cattle drowned in flood waters from north Snohomish County to as far south as Monroe and Duvall. Cattle from a farm near French Creek were swept away and the farmer offered $25 a head reward for those that were returned.
More than $12 million in damage was done by flooding in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, including picnic areas and trails.
At Harvey Airfield in Snohomish, more than 300 small planes were damaged.
