An alarm warning residents to evacuate sounded when it shouldn’t have. Seattle Public Utilities operates the dam, which holds back a reservoir 16 miles upstream.
The Mayor of Carnation met with representatives from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office to advocate for Carnation residents and discuss the Tolt Dam warning system on Friday.
City leaders in Carnation may turn to fines and federal intervention to push Seattle into fixing a warning system they said has not worked properly for years.