Ordinary Day

Ah-hah! I was remembering the right storm, but the wrong location. The sinkhole was in Shoreline, and therefore nothing to do with the Regrade. Though there was apparently more than one sinkhole associated with that storm. Whee.

Gore visits Shoreline sinkhole (http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2518101&date=19970110&query=sinkhole) (have to register with Seattle Times to read it)

More '96 storm stuff (kinda interesting!):
transcript of conversation between Jim Lehrer and Gov. Lowry
USGS landslide summary (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/ofr-98-239/ofr-98-239.html)
National Weather Service storm reports (http://zebu.uoregon.edu/flood/storm3.html)
another sinkhole from that storm (http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2516809&date=19970102&query=sinkhole)
more storm damage (http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2516799&date=19970102&query=sinkhole)

There was also a portion of old Highway 101 on the Olympic Peninsula that was badly damaged, but I can't remember if it was a sinkhole or if it was just a washout under the road. The latter, I think. What fun winter storms the area gets. ;) (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/storm_12-30.html)