Floodwaters threatened Whatcom County’s Station 81 last December. A $15M fix has already failed at the ballot box.
EVERSON, Wash. — Everson’s first responders say they are increasingly concerned that the next major flood on the Nooksack River could cut them off from the community they serve.
Station 81 in Whatcom County sits in a floodplain, and firefighters say the situation has become unsustainable after two historic floods in the past five years.
“I had driftwood on the floors in the front of the station,” Assistant Chief Brian Atkins said, recalling last December’s flooding, when the Nooksack River surged to the station’s front door.
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