Bringing a toddler to a political rally is just not responsible, especially in today’s climate.
That said, if some screamed at my baby they’d be having an Easter Egg hunt for their teeth. That is after they managed to scrape themselves off the pavement.
Bellingham got slammed overnight, with the airport picking up 1.25" in about 35 minutes. The retaining wall on I-5 just south of Sunset Drive (Mt Baker/Hwy 542) collapsed onto the freeway, and it was completely closed/blocked, but they have since been able to re-open the SB lanes. There are "rescue operations underway" so makes me wonder if a house got caught in the landslide, or if cars got trapped. It happened about 4:30, so there would not have been a lot of traffic.
I am at 1.69" since midnight, and had a peak rainfall rate of 1.3" per hour. The guy who runs the FB Whatcom Weather page had a peak rainfall rate of 4.76"/hr (he is up in Lynden)