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Images of the storm

Ranch House BBQ co-owner Melanie Tapia gets a hug from Ginny Wallace, a friend and DOT worker who stopped by to check on them Monday, Dec.3, 2007 after a wall of mud from nearby Kennedy Creek destroyed the popular Highway 8 restaurant near Olympia, Wash.