Sandbags, Levees and Barriers: What They Protect and What Still Gets Wet
What each kind of protection stops, and what gets past it.
NEAR AUBURN · PACIFIC, WA
Pacific Water Damage Restoration
White River water in the house, or silt left on the floor after it went down? Get the flood cleanup started.
- Restoration, mitigation & flood cleanup
- Auburn-area restoration companies
- King & Pierce County
Where the White River Has Come Into Homes
Pacific knows what the White River can do. A levee failure on the river flooded entire neighborhoods here, affecting more than 220 homes in the city alone, and the river has gone over its banks along Pacific City Park before. Glacial silt coming down from Mount Rainier has filled the riverbed, so the White can't carry as much water as it once did. When river water gets into a house, it leaves mud and silt behind, soaks crawlspaces and the bottom of the walls, and turns a cleanup into removal, cleaning and drying in a set order.
Pacific Water Notes
- The ground: valley floor on the White River, straddling the King and Pierce County line
- The houses: single-family homes close to the river and its levees
- The water risk: White River flooding; a levee failure here affected more than 220 homes
Pacific and Auburn
Pacific sits just south of Auburn and Algona on the White River. Flood cleanup calls from here go to restoration companies that work the whole valley floor.
Restoration Help for Pacific Homes
Calls to (253) 338-5837 from Pacific go to restoration companies that also take Auburn jobs. They handle restoration and mitigation, emergency water removal, flood damage cleanup, ceiling leaks, wet walls and floors and basements and crawlspaces. The company that takes the job sees the damage first, then works out price and timing with you.
Photograph every room and the water line on the walls before anything moves; the insurer will ask.
Further Reading
After the River Drops: Silt and Mud in the House
What flood water leaves behind, and the order the cleanup follows.