I can't wait for the newest weather thread. I'm starting it a day early. Scott Sistek at http://www.komotv.com/weather just got back from vacation and wrote up a long report... go read it if you're not up to date. Possible 65mph winds (in my area) and then a good snow storm? Freezing temperatures?

Seriously though... can you remember a more eventful winter, ever? Tomas, you know everything... so what's the deal? End times?

Got my studded snow tires on. Gonna make the boys drag in the rest of our firewood. Got jugs of water if the power goes out again (I was out for like 2 days last time).

 

Yah we had to take the trucks in @ work to get the studded tires on again.

 

ummm jenna. yeah you may want to change that to komotv.com just a suggestion.

 

The only winters I recall that were somewhat 'special' were two 'blizzard' years. Winter of '68-69 saw I-5 closed around Roseburg, OR for several days, and the wife and I got stranded in Sutherlin, OR while we waited it out. The other was the Blizzard of '49 (winter of '49-50) when we got a couple feet in a few hours in Tacoma.

Other than that, the Columbus Day Storm in '62 was the only other really notable weather that sticks in my mind.

There have been little short nasties over the years, but few really sustained bouts of fascinating weather here in the Puget Sound area. We actually have some of the overall mildest weather on the planet. (Well, winter of '73-74 got it's licks in, too.)

Been some interesting earthquakes, though, especially in '64, and of course there are the volcanoes and the incessant rain we are famous for, but those are all just local color...

Winter's here aren't really all that bad, usually - just be patient and wait for summer when the rain is warmer. :D

Tom

 

mattross, I fixed up the link, real good. Thanks.

Tomas... so what you're saying is this winter hasn't been note worthy in your book? Floods, snow, windstorms... ack. It's fun but so seemingly out of the ordinary to me.

 

Tomas, You amaze me. You know almost everything and I can't even remember what I did last week. Simply amazing.

 

Naw, I forgot a LOT when I had my stroke in 2000. Had to relearn missing bits of English, most of my math and other languages went away, and there are HUGE holes in what I used to remember. (I was one of those horrible people with a near perfect memory, but these days it's just a shadow of what it was.)

BTW, don't ask ME what you did last week - I don't have any idea, either...

Tom

 

I don't think I'm supposed to remember last week anyway or something exciting would have happened. I need to read about having a stroke as you are the second person this week to mention it. He too had to learn how to speak again as well as write his name, which baffles me to some extent. I can't imagine how tough it would be to learn again.

 

We only lost power for about 20 seconds today during 60mph winds. Guess the umpteen previous storms took enough trees and limbs down so far that there was nothing left.

Now on to the snow! I hear Everett has snow right now.

 

wooot already a 2 hour delay go air force

 

http://www.komotv.com/weather/radar/4328497.html

I see that big green mass of moisture coming. It will be here any minute, lol.

Yep... that's me... very much me!

Anybody have snow already?

 

Jenna lol you make me laugh. I bet youre up before anyone else in your family looking out the window to see if theres snow in the morning?

I love it

 

You're right... I am!

It's snowing sooo haaard right now. I just looked at the most updated radar thing and the bright red part is right above us. In the past hour, we've gotten (eyeballing the deck) about an inch and a half.

My husband is in Lynnwood for a meeting... I'm glad he took my xB with the studs. He's going to have one hell of a commute home.

 

Jenna...we had about 2 1/2 inches of snow this morning (I went to sleep at 3:30 am with nothing on the ground...at 6 am we had the snow).

It was wet snow and around noon it had finish turning into slush & melting on the roads. We don't have snow now but I know we'll have ice tomorrow!

 

JUST STARTED SNOWING IN MARYSVILLE! WOOOO!

 

I hope people leave work a bit early today. I doubt hte commute will be crazy like in November where it took people 7 hours to get home but it sounds like temps will be dropping and it will be getting icy. So i hope everyone stays safe

 

Just now started in Marysville? lol

My husband finally called.. he's on his way home. Hopefully he can get up to Marysville before it starts sticking on I-5. Once there, he *should* be home free.

 

blab blab blab

 

{edited to remove image --Tomas} MAX

 

HAHAHA Its not sticking though...