"snow day"
Cindy Fuller
HAIRY DEAL, by my upstate NY standards. Here in NE Seattle we have
barely an inch. Other parts of the area, mostly to the north and south,
are getting significantly more. The college where I teach is closed (on
the second day of class). The temperature is supposed to warm up as the
day goes on and the snow will change to the usual rain.
OB Food: Feels like a good day to put the baking stone in the oven and
make a pizza.
Cindy
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Ranee Mueller
<cjfullerSPAMORAMA-4...@news03.west.earthlink.net>,
Cindy Fuller <cjfuller...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> We're experiencing our first Seattle snowstorm of the year. BIG FAT
> HAIRY DEAL, by my upstate NY standards. Here in NE Seattle we have
> barely an inch. Other parts of the area, mostly to the north and south,
> are getting significantly more. The college where I teach is closed (on
> the second day of class). The temperature is supposed to warm up as the
> day goes on and the snow will change to the usual rain.
Remember that normally this area doesn't get snow until late
February/early March (and everyone still acts surprised when it shows
up), nobody knows how to drive in the snow, and it's more the ice that
will ensue when that rain shows up and the flooding when it all starts
to melt that is scary. Look up information about the ice storm of 1996.
I was married in the middle of that. Our string quartet wasn't able to
show, entire freeways were shut down in Oregon and I think Washington,
too, the floods washed out highways and towns three times that year. On
our honeymoon, which we spent on the coast, we had to drive through some
of the damaged areas, and we were wondering if our honeymoon would last
longer than we planned.
Regards,
Ranee (who has about 5 inches here, where we normally only get a
dusting at best)
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Denise~*
<ranee...@spamharbornet.com> wrote:
> Regards,
> Ranee (who has about 5 inches here, where we normally only get a
>dusting at best)
5" for us too.
I had to drive to work in the 1996 snow & then drive back home 1 hour
later when the boss (who was in Hawaii) decided to let us go home
after much discussion with our on-site manager. The snow before that
I think was 1986. We were out of school for a week.
Denise, Brian & Wyatt (May 31, 02)
How much Healthy Choice ice cream can I eat before it's no longer a healthy choice?
j.j.
> > Ranee (who has about 5 inches here, where we normally only get a
> > dusting at best)
> 5" for us too.
We've got about 6" here (near Shelton). A neighbor is toodling around
in a snow mobile! I've never seen such a thing, outside of tv.
> I had to drive to work in the 1996 snow & then drive back home 1 hour
> later when the boss (who was in Hawaii) decided to let us go home
> after much discussion with our on-site manager.
Gee, that was big of him. I remember that storm -- we were without
power or water for 6 days. Small Child hadn't been born yet, so he
was the only warm person in the house. ;-)
> The snow before that I think was 1986. We were out of school for
> a week.
I think you're right about the date. I remember my car being stuck
in my driveway in Bremerton, unable to get to work in Seattle...
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Curt Nelson
> in my driveway in Bremerton, unable to get to work in Seattle...
I actually drove to Crystal Mountain and went skiing in that snowstorm.
There was probably close to two feet of snow on the car at the end of the
day. That was a hairy drive from Poulsbo...
Hasta,
Curt Nelson
-L.
> We're experiencing our first Seattle snowstorm of the year. BIG FAT
> HAIRY DEAL, by my upstate NY standards.
Me too - I'm here in PDX. I'm originally from Chicago. It cracks me
up the way people are freaking out.
>Here in NE Seattle we have
> barely an inch. Other parts of the area, mostly to the north and south,
> are getting significantly more. The college where I teach is closed (on
> the second day of class). The temperature is supposed to warm up as the
> day goes on and the snow will change to the usual rain.
We had about 4 inches this AM, which then changed to freezing rain
(ice balls). Even the garbage trucks didn't show this AM. It's still
coming down.
>
> OB Food: Feels like a good day to put the baking stone in the oven and
> make a pizza.
I made baked burritos for lunch and this PM it is veggie gyros. DH is
stuck in CA. :(
-L.
Cindy Fuller
Ranee Mueller <ranee...@spamharbornet.com> wrote:
> In article
> <cjfullerSPAMORAMA-4...@news03.west.earthlink.net>,
> Cindy Fuller <cjfuller...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > We're experiencing our first Seattle snowstorm of the year. BIG FAT
> > HAIRY DEAL, by my upstate NY standards. Here in NE Seattle we have
> > barely an inch. Other parts of the area, mostly to the north and south,
> > are getting significantly more. The college where I teach is closed (on
> > the second day of class). The temperature is supposed to warm up as the
> > day goes on and the snow will change to the usual rain.
>
> Remember that normally this area doesn't get snow until late
> February/early March (and everyone still acts surprised when it shows
> up), nobody knows how to drive in the snow, and it's more the ice that
> will ensue when that rain shows up and the flooding when it all starts
> to melt that is scary. Look up information about the ice storm of 1996.
> I was married in the middle of that. Our string quartet wasn't able to
> show, entire freeways were shut down in Oregon and I think Washington,
> too, the floods washed out highways and towns three times that year. On
> our honeymoon, which we spent on the coast, we had to drive through some
> of the damaged areas, and we were wondering if our honeymoon would last
> longer than we planned.
>
The snow intensified after I posted the original message. We have about
6 inches now. One of the local TV stations showed nostalgia footage of
the storm of '96, where marinas and flat-top buildings simply collapsed
from the weight of the snow. Some of the neighborhood kids used our
one-block street as a sledding course. There's a nice little mogul
before you get to the end that helps stop you before you hit the
intersection with the main drag.
Pizza it is for tonight. The dough is rising as I type.
Stay warm down there!
alzelt
-L. wrote:
Yes, you may have a point. But just remember this very provable fact.
That traffic goes to shit when it rains here. And it also goes south
when the sun shines too brightly. Maybe it's just that driving is such a
non-starter here.
But I will say that days like today make the presence of light rail and
the monorail a might bit appealing.
--
Alan
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener
alzelt
Cindy Fuller wrote:
Back during the "blizzard of 90," we did get about two feet of snow in
24 hours. Because of the extreme cold, it did not melt for another two
to three weeks, including another dumping of 12 more inches. Be thankful
for today's brevity.
kalanamak
>
> We're experiencing our first Seattle snowstorm of the year. BIG FAT
> HAIRY DEAL, by my upstate NY standards.
Big fat hairy deal was taking an hour and a half to get home at 20 miles
an hour (despite 4 wheel drive and really good tires), and waiting at
the top of every hill for no traffic coming up so I could simply slide
to the bottom, and fishtailing at every bend of 512. My hands are
spasming from all the gripping I did. And this from a Kansan. It is the
snow over the ice that is so bad, and now it we are having a sleet
storm, and there'll be ice on the snow on the ice by tomarrow, and I
will be late to work.
BTW, statistically speaking, this will be the last Seattle snowstorm of
the year.
blacksalt
ObFood: something hot
-L.
> Yes, you may have a point. But just remember this very provable fact.
> That traffic goes to shit when it rains here. And it also goes south
> when the sun shines too brightly. Maybe it's just that driving is such a
> non-starter here.
What I don't get s this: Why the heck can't they design the roads
better to handle the rain? (Not to mention the logging trucks.) I
realize the numb nuts drive with snow studs on I-5 and 205 and ruin
the roads, but even in places where the roads are in good shape, water
pools on them.
>
> But I will say that days like today make the presence of light rail and
> the monorail a might bit appealing.
No doubt. I'm a huge fan of pub trans. I'm lucky - I no longer have
to work. ;)
-L.
Cindy Fuller
alzelt <alzelF...@tworldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Back during the "blizzard of 90," we did get about two feet of snow in
> 24 hours. Because of the extreme cold, it did not melt for another two
> to three weeks, including another dumping of 12 more inches. Be thankful
> for today's brevity.
Having lived in other places where snow and snow driving are anomalies
(Greensboro, Dallas), I am used to snow hysteria among the media and the
masses. But I grew up where a snowstorm wasn't respectable unless it
dumped 2-4 feet with blowing and drifting--and had subzero windchills.
The SBF also must have been amazed at her first Seattle winter.
School doesn't open until 10 today, so I can wait out some of the
commuters and have a less cluttered shot to campus.
TaraDanielle
couldn't BELIEVE the 24-hour news coverage of a snow flurry. Have a
mocha fuzz :-)
Tara Danielle
NJ
Cindy Fuller <cjfuller...@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<cjfullerSPAMORAMA-4...@news03.west.earthlink.net>...
Nancy Dooley
4WD really isn't much of an advantage when you're talkin' ice. Most
of the vehicles in the medians around here after an ice bath are 4WD,
because the idiots who drive them think the 4WD will work on any
surface.
N.
N.
j.j.
> Back during the "blizzard of 90," we did get about two feet of snow in
> 24 hours. Because of the extreme cold, it did not melt for another two
> to three weeks, including another dumping of 12 more inches. Be thankful
> for today's brevity.
Was that '90 or maybe '89? I lived in Pennsylvania from 88-89, and
while it was cold and unusually dry there that year, my mother told
me that while I was gone, it snowed like crazy here in WA. She kept
talking about a cold front coming out of Alaska. Not that it really
matters, just curious...
April Jones
>Back during the "blizzard of 90," we did get about two feet of snow in
>24 hours. Because of the extreme cold, it did not melt for another two
>to three weeks, including another dumping of 12 more inches. Be thankful
>for today's brevity.
>--
>Alan
I remember that storm! I had just moved here from Alaska and was in the "what's
the big deal" mind. I recall driving on 520(by Microsoft) a few days later and
seeing all these really expensive sports cars and SUV's just abandoned on the
road. I think that storm hit without much warning.
April
>
"Wild salmon don't do drugs"
Sheldon Martin
wrote:
>In article <3FFB626C...@qwest.net>, kalanamak says...
>Bridgestone Blizzack snowtires on my SUV as a Christmas present (who gets
>tires???so romantic) After yesterday's trip from Anacortes to Redmond I became
>enthralled with them.
>
>April
April, with all your fishtailing, spasming, and gripping it sounds
like you had a fantastic orgasmic experience. ;)
Awesome:
https://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire-brand/blizzak
Bryan Simmons
>
>
> April, with all your fishtailing, spasming, and gripping it sounds
> like you had a fantastic orgasmic experience. ;)
>
--Bryan https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/bryan-simmons/winters-present/ebook/product-176j5weg.html