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   "Curt"  wrote in message   
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   >> >> > Without those efforts, corps officials say, the Willamette would   
   >> >> > have   
   >> >> > crested 6 to 8 feet higher in Portland and spilled over the   
   >> >> > sandbag-and-plywood sea wall that Mayor Vera Katz rallied volunteers   
   > to   
   >> >> > build along the river.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Where DID the water go? I has to go Somewhere.   
   >> >   
   >> > The Pacific Ocean, I'd guess..   
   >>   
   >> According to the movie The Hunted, it all goes over a very large   
   >> waterfall   
   >> in a forest downriver from Portland.   
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   > Hahaha I never saw it..it'd have to be kind of a miraculous waterfall..   
   > isn't the Willamette something like twentyfive feet ASL in Portland? It's   
   > like 30'MSL in Troutdale, ferpetesake.   
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   > Curt   
      
   The tops of the levies are 45' ASL.  Portland airport is 15' ASL.  This time   
   of year the Columbia river runs 20' to 30' ASL, but in the summer it's   
   closer to 5' ASL.   
      
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