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posted by on December 15 at 8:48 AM
So it looks like we had a windstorm, SeaTac Airport closed down, no one has power, a woman drowned in her own basement. (!!!!!) Am I a terrible person for waking up this morning most concerned about South Dakota’s ailing Democratic senator?
Yup.
He’s doing better, according to reports.
Senator Tim Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, was said to be in critical condition but “responsive” Thursday after an operation to stop bleeding in his brain, and Democrats declared that his condition would not imperil the narrow majority they will carry into the Senate next month.The attending physician of the Capitol, Adm. John F. Eisold, who examined Mr. Johnson before he was sent to the hospital Wednesday, said the bleeding was caused by a rare tangling of the blood vessels in the brain, known as a congenital arteriovenous malformation, that physicians say often goes undetected. The operation successfully drained the blood and stabilized the problem, Admiral Eisold said in a statement released by Mr. Johnson’s office.
“He has been appropriately responsive to both word and touch,” Admiral Eisold said. “No further surgical intervention has been required.”
Glad to see you haven't drowned. I hope yu and all The Stranger staff is ok and power is restored soon.
Dude, is this the worst Seattle winter ever?
Hey, Mike in Mo: winter doesn't start for another week.
Did anyone get some hi-fi audio recordings of the storm? I listened in the dark for about two hours, sounded like a very dramatic instrumental opera, Partch-esque - atonal strings 'breathing' in swells of crescendo perhaps from the winds section, incidental percussion of rain pellets slashing the roof and windows, obnoxious interruptions of porch furniture rearranging itself (a little dissonance is good, i guess). So many movements!
Sorry Fnarf (Mr. "Cardinals have no chance against the vaunted Tigers).
Allow me to rephrase. Is this the worst mid to late fall ever?
Feh. I've seen worse.
nothing phases fnarph.
I'd say in Seattle, the worst weather starts a month before the solstice and ends a month before the equinox. So I'd say a fair definition of winter in Seattle is November 21-February 21.
Anyway, I doubt it's the worst winter ever. No bridges have sunk, for instance. Houses have yet to slide into the Puget Sound. Although we've still got a few months to work on that, and the ground is appropriately saturated.
Oh, Charles, you are causing me two intense pains there. I might even have to slog about it.
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