As you can see by the pictures the stuff still falling is no longer snow. The white you see is the snow left over from the last storm. Even though it is raining it hasn't been very warm. The weight of the snow and the winds completely blew over that great tree by the lake. With the ground so saturated with water there was hardly any hope at all for the roots to keep a strong enough hold to keep it standing.
If you look past the tree to the boat houses along the lake you can see that the water level is higher than the floor of the buildings.
Just like it is eight inches deep in our boat house. It was quite the thing seeing the amount of water in the lake. And look where the snow level is. That is the level the water was on the day before I got there. So it is receeding nicely.
And in this picture you can see how it is even with the level of the dock and the bulkhead. Any little ripples and the water rolled over onto the lawn.
Any other trees down were out front. There were a couple across the driveway in a couple of different spots, and the big Rhododendron that was by the garage went down and took half the snowball tree and the electrical wires to the house. It didn't completely take out the electricity, every once in awhile it would surge and take out the light bulbs in the house. It took a couple of days for PUD to get to the repair. Alea and Zach and 3 other couples were up enjoying New Year's Eve in the dark and kinda cold of the cabin. I think they still had fun. At least the fridge and the stove worked.
Love you all, Nic
This was the center of the bushes right in front of the door. 
And the two trees right by the garage are totally broken. They were a magnificent Rhodie in a scarlet red and a Snow Ball tree. They must have been at least 50 feet high. I am not sure any of it could be saved.
And last but not least there were three trees down across the driveway. Ryan was up helping around the cabin. He is staying there after shows of Beauty and the Beast in the Everett facility. He has seen the damage and cleanup in small doses as it goes along. I get it in big gulps when I drive up there to check up on things. 
