A scene of downtown Colfax during some of the worst of the flooding. The warm Chinook Winds that helped to melt the snow that contributed to the flood, also caused rushing torrents. The wind blew so hard that some estimated that the Palouse River flowed three times as fast as a result. IT was so fast at times, that it threatened to knock people down and carry them downstream.

Image courtesy of Whitman County Rural Heritage.
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/whitman/id/1143/rec/4