User blog comment:EmmettsLittleAngel/Flooding!/@comment-3201389-20100924121521

Forks is right near the coast, and in a mountainous area where the land is angled and tapers down to sea-level. While it is the rainiest area in the continental U.S., it never floods because all the rainwater drains into the local rivers and then dumps right into the Pacific. Since you are inland, and due to the topography of the local landscape, there is no way for such a huge influx of rainwater to dissipate fast enough. Hope you are managing well - I've been in a couple floods myself, and I know it's no fun. The destructive power of water never ceases to amaze me.