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Says >> good monday morning, everybody. we will begin with sopping wet weather in the northwest still getting pummelled after another round of soaking rain. >> seattle, portland and other cities are slammed by storms. unleashing record downpours, record flooding, and destructive winds. at one point 20,000 homes had lost power. by tonight, some rainfall totals could hit ten inches. abc's ginger zee has more. look at it, malcolm. look at that thing going! >> reporter: that is just one of the crazy scenes playing out across the pacific northwest. from oregon to washington, they are plowing thro...

>> if the drought continues into next year, we will probably keep selling cattle, but it would be extremely difficult to continue. >> worst case scenario is they don't get rain and all the cattle ranchers around here are going to be kind of stuck. stuck with -- stuck with expenses and no cattle. >> hey, hey. come on, up there. hey, hey. good deal. thank you. >> you see all the cows coming over talking to the truck now? look at all these poor mommas looking for their kids. i don't have them. i'm sorry. there they go. >> we'll see you down there in a little bit. >> sounds good. >> see you, warre...

Jobs. you know, i've got people here that have been with me for over 25 years. i've never had a layoff. >> ed, move up closer to the bridge. >> that's extremely scary. i absolutely dread if this river shuts down and i have to tell some folks have i to lay them off. that's going to be one of my worst days. >> oh, my god, the whole side of the hill's gone right now. >> drought's don't just mean lack of rain -- >> warm up here. >> -- they also mean fire. ♪ >> last year saw one of the worst wildfire seasons on record, with more than 9 million acres burning across the country. >> keep him going. ...

But now even those shipments are in danger as the drought has come to the mississippi, too. just a few months ago where water levels were so low officials believed they may have to shut the river down completely. >> a total of 93 barges. >> a rudder has been zung. >> good morning, everyone. >> presently minus 2.15 and falling. the gauge is 5.1 and a slow fall there is no rain forecasted for the next ten days north of st. louis. of the 21 boats, three are ingram. >> ingram is the largest barge transportation company in the u.s., moving all types of cargo. thousands of tons of fuel, coal, steel,...

Actually. >> i will take some of the corn salad. >> you said you were up this morning at 4:00 worrying about things? >> well, i -- i guess until we get that first good soaking rain, we're all going to think the same thing. maybe instead of being dry one year it will be two years. >> it just means everything to us as far as whether we will be in business next year. >> we won't have many cows left this time next year. >> does this make you want to be a rancher? >> sometimes we kid around and say maybe we should sell out and try doing something else. we have joked about being a greeter at walmart...