PACIFIC, Wash. - The waters are finally receding, but anger and frustration are mounting in one King County town damaged by the floods.

More than 100 homes in the town of Pacific were suddenly overwhelmed when, it appears, water from a dam upstream was released by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Residents now say a lot of the damage could have been prevented if residents had been given some warning of the impending dam release before it happened.

Instead, they've spent a long weekend of cleaning up in the town off Highway 167 along the King County-Pierce County border. And there's still plenty of standing water in neighborhoods near the White River.

Many people are wondering what to do next after homes suddenly had up to four feet of water inside them - houses that weren't supposed to flood.

And they're getting some support from their local congressman, who says changes are clearly needed in management of the floodplain.

The flood waters moved in fast Thursday night - engulfing the inside of houses, destroying so much.

Homeowners, their lives now in turmoil, say they had no warning that their property was in danger.

Pacific resident Chad Weichinger has no flood insurance on his home, since he was told he never needed it. This is the first time his neighborhood has ever flooded.

"I think we're all kind of a little bit in shock right now," he says. "It hasn't sunk in yet."

It appears that happened when the Army Corps of Engineers released a massive amount of water from a dam upstream. Combined with a tremendous amount of snow melt around Pacific, all the water overwhelmed the town's levy.

"I'm a little bit angry, yeah," Weichinger says. "I wish there could have been some type of warning at least, because if you had a day's warning that they were going to release this much water - or even six hours - you could get a lot of furniture out, save a lot of stuff. We lost a lot."

Mayor Richard Hildreth believes a plan that included raising that crucial levy about a foot and a half could have prevented a lot of damage. But that plan was never put into place.

"I don't blame the Army Corps for dumping what they did," Hildreth says. "They were making room based on the information they had about what needed to be done. I do think it shows we need to make improvements to the system."

Some of those improvements might include better real-time monitoring up and down the rivers.

The Pacific area's congressman, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, got an up-close look at the damage today, pledging changes will be made.

"Now is when it is most clear where the problems are and the most focus trying to solve them," Smith told KOMO News. "You know this is the impact when you don't make the right decisions with flood plain management."

More than 100 homes in Pacific felt the brunt of the rushing floodwaters.

The owners of those homes now have their hands full trying to get on with their lives - some of them not ready or willing to cast blame in how this happened.

"It's happened, I'm dealing with it," says Larry Lovin. "Nothing I can do at this point. I can point fingers and get angry, but, it don't do any good."