Kittitas County's failing flood district raises concerns
Kittitas County's failing flood district raises concerns
LIBERTY, Wash. -- Kittitas County now searches for a new flood
control option after voters rejected the last one. Commissioners
said they need money to minimize the flooding threat from
wildfires over the summer.  "Two springs ago, the water was
going over the top of that bridge, flooding all the neighbors'
yards, everything down the line," said Liberty neighbor Paul
Compaan.  People in Liberty are no strangers to natural
disasters.  "This was the high water mark right here, so you can
see that it was barely contained," Compaan said.  Just months
after Liberty was threatened by the Table Mountain Wildfire, the
risk now is increased flooding.  The massive wildfires over the
summer burned parts some land so badly that it becomes almost
water resistant.  "There will always be some flooding," said
Yakima County Commissioner Obie O'Brien. "Without a flood
control district, we don't have the ability to