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The 1996 Flood - 30 Years Later

In early February 1996, a jet stream steered a warm pineapple express into a snow-covered Pacific Northwest. This weather system, named “pineapple express” for its origins near Hawaii, was a river in the sky that drenched Oregon and Washington with 15 inches of rain over four days. The rain then combined with another foot of water from melting snow. From February 5-8, the rain “transformed streams into raging torrents and caused rivers to surge over their banks.” Dairy cows drowned in their fields. Mudslides smothered roads and isolated towns. Fields of winter crops transformed into lakes. And for the USACE Portland District, the flood waters became a crucible for their water management function. The Corps contributed to the flood relief efforts in other ways as well. At The Dalles-John Day project, for example, the agency distributed more than 100,000 sandbags to outlying communities in four counties. At Mill Creek, Corps' personnel worked to keep the rising waters at bay. When debris began backing up the creek on February 7, crews worked until midnight for many consecutive nights to clear the material. In the flood’s aftermath, a dialogue began among government agencies, environmentalists, and citizens about the interplay between human development and the power of nature. The event underscored that while dams were a critical defense, a more holistic approach to flood risk management was necessary. As USACE looks back on the 30 years since the flood, the lessons of 1996 continue to inform the mission. Its experts are committed to protecting communities, but with a broader understanding of environmental stewardship after the event shattered long-held certainties about flood management. USACE will join the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society's at 6 p.m. Feb. 23, for a commemorative event, “30th Anniversary of the February '96 Floods" at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Experts and engineers from USACE will be available to answer questions. The event is free and open to the public. Additional details are available on the Oregon AMS website at OregonAMS.com #pacificnorthwest #oregon #washington #flood #atmosphericriver #pineappleexpress #infrastructure ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💻 on the web at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ 📲 on Facebook at   / portlandcorps   📸 on Instagram at   / corpsofengineers_portland   🐦 on X at https://X.com/PortlandCorps/ 📫 Email us at cenwp-pa@usace.army.mil