WWU students to study Stanwood flood impact

For a week at the end of August, a small army of Western Washington University students, wearing aquamarine WWU hats and orange safety vests, will be a normal sight around Stanwood.

The students, under program director David Davidson, will collect data, Aug. 21-25, including elevations above sea level, which they’ll use to create a web-based, visual flood map of the city.