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I suppose God is punishing Seattle for a summer of sin. We should make a record of our findings.

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 20, 2007 10:22 AM
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God is rewarding us by not frying us like the rest of the country. But it is supposed to warm up in a couple of days.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | August 20, 2007 10:25 AM
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Are you sure it was seasonal affective disorder, and not Tourette's Syndrome?

Posted by David | August 20, 2007 10:25 AM
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Be thankful it may only be SAD. With that kind of reaction Dan, you're headed for worse disorders.

Posted by daniel | August 20, 2007 10:26 AM
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OMG, I'm losing it too. I used to complain viciously about Chicago summers when I lived there, but I would give anything for a nice 90 degree/90% humidity day right now. Two or three measly months of sunny, relatively warm, beautiful, perfect days are part of deal we make with otherwise crap-tastic Seattle!

Posted by mary-kate | August 20, 2007 10:27 AM
6

This has been the best summer I can remember here in many years. I hate when it gets over 70 degrees.

Posted by genevieve | August 20, 2007 10:30 AM
7

Ditto.

Posted by Carollani | August 20, 2007 10:35 AM
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The upside is, I look good in sweaters.

Posted by The General | August 20, 2007 10:40 AM
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Where the hell is the global warming around here? Let's get with the program!

Posted by Gurldoggie | August 20, 2007 10:46 AM
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I think that it's universal irony that the only people in the entire world who whole-heartedly embrace the concept of global warming are being subjected to the *opposite* of warning. Of course, it could also mean that we should rise up out of our Priui (how do you pluralize Prius, anyway) ennui and DO SOMETHING.

Posted by Frentic | August 20, 2007 10:47 AM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this. WTF indeed!!

Posted by Thyrsus | August 20, 2007 10:50 AM
12

language!

rain is good.

Posted by robert | August 20, 2007 10:53 AM
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The three months from mid-June to mid-September is the fuel we receive to recharge our internal batteries for the nine months of gloom that follows. I'm pretty sure this winter's going to feel shitty.

Posted by Big Sven | August 20, 2007 10:54 AM
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Where the fuck is the fucking sun, for fuck’s sake?

It's in Chicago. Why don't you go back there and enjoy it.

Posted by Judah | August 20, 2007 10:54 AM
15

No fucking shit. Fuck this.

Posted by Sean | August 20, 2007 10:55 AM
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The sun is behind the fucking clouds where it belongs. This has been the best fucking summer ever.

Posted by Gitai | August 20, 2007 10:57 AM
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our summer 07 explotive phrase has been: "summer- i want a fucking refund!"

Posted by +halli | August 20, 2007 11:00 AM
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our summer 07 explotive phrase has been: "summer- i want a fucking refund!"

Posted by +halli | August 20, 2007 11:01 AM
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that baby's head is on fire!

Posted by jameyb | August 20, 2007 11:05 AM
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I'm with 6 and 14. There are plenty of cities where you sun-lovers can bask in radiation year-round; on the other hand, some of us moved to Seattle for the clouds and the rain. Kindly allow us our preferred weather and quit whining.

Posted by sociallytangent | August 20, 2007 11:08 AM
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I feel sorry for anyone who isn't pissed about this weather. What sort of twisted creature doesn't enjoy warm sunshine? It's only the source of all energy in the solar system.

The only time I ever consider moving is when we get shitty summers like this one. Even after a normal summer I feel like slitting my wrists come March. But after this? I'll be sucking down exhaust fumes by mid-January.

Posted by Matthew | August 20, 2007 11:10 AM
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I didn't manage to get in swimsuit condition this year, anyhow.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | August 20, 2007 11:12 AM
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jesus h. christ - this is the remnants of the hurricane near hawaii last week.

my garden needed this rain really bad & so do the fires in idaho & montana.

get a fucking grip you weather pussy. last week it was fall coming too early, then it was those horrible electric guitars. start wearing depends NOW, old man.

Posted by maxsolomon | August 20, 2007 11:12 AM
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It isn't any fucking better in Canada this week. Winnipeg is the hottest place on the fucking map most summers...but the last two weeks we've been wearing coats & sweaters. FUCK!

Posted by JessB | August 20, 2007 11:20 AM
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Should I tell Dan that leaves are starting to turn right now as well? Or should we keep that as our little secret?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | August 20, 2007 11:22 AM
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I feel your pain dear. I'm a fellow SAD-ist. Come down to Florida! It's hotter than Satan's nuts but we got sunshine galore!

Posted by Maria | August 20, 2007 11:32 AM
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I feel your pain dear. I'm a fellow SAD-ist. Come down to Florida! It's hotter than Satan's nuts but we got sunshine galore!

Ooh! I almost forgot! Try adding some Omega 3 caps to your diet. That helps with depression.

Posted by Maria | August 20, 2007 11:34 AM
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I feel your pain dear. I'm a fellow SAD-ist. Come down to Florida! It's hotter than Satan's nuts but we got sunshine galore!

Ooh! I almost forgot! Try adding some Omega 3 caps to your diet. That helps with depression.

Posted by Maria | August 20, 2007 11:35 AM
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You'll have your damn sun back in a few days... let the rest of us gloat. Buy a SAD lamp (they work); you'll need one soon enough and I bet they're on sale now. I do have "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" stuck in my head though.

I'm going to wear black tights today!

Posted by S | August 20, 2007 11:36 AM
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Wait... Karl Rove's father wore GOLD COCK RINGS? Say it ain't so...

Posted by treacle | August 20, 2007 11:42 AM
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Dan is right. This is bleak and oppressive. Much as I try to just be with it and enjoy it for what it is, this ceiling of gray during what is supposed to be the dog days of summer is debilitating. It puts a squeeze on the soul.

Posted by homage to me | August 20, 2007 11:42 AM
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Try coming to Atlanta...a few hours of this crap we have here and you'll be singing Seattle's praises in no time!

Posted by Josh | August 20, 2007 11:44 AM
33

Global Warming my Ass!

Posted by Sargon Bighorn | August 20, 2007 11:46 AM
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The major concentration of Buddhists, Taoists, Druids, and Wiccans in our region is protecting us from the global warming that is impacting the world.

Either that or the pollution from China that is out of control is flowing over us, creating a more cloudy period than usual and acting as seed particles for rain.

It could be worse, we could be Wisconsin and be drowning right now.

[caveat - global warming is really massive oscillations in local and global weather patterns, including freezing and warming]

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 20, 2007 11:47 AM
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I feel your pain dear. I'm a fellow SAD-ist. Come down to Florida! It's hotter than Satan's nuts but we got sunshine galore!

Ooh! I almost forgot! Try adding some Omega 3 caps to your diet. That helps with depression.

Posted by Maria | August 20, 2007 11:53 AM
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PML @ 21. I don't hear anyone calling for the sun to be put out. Stop being such a drama queen. And feel free to move to Arizona anytime.

Posted by genevieve | August 20, 2007 11:53 AM
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this is colder than winter Hong Kong and Taiwan weather... in fact, it's making me miss winter in HK and Taiwan, since it's exactly like that. I think I'm going to make some ovaltine and put on the jolin. (Not that anyone here would get those references... ) :-(

Posted by brappy | August 20, 2007 11:58 AM
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I'm moving to Palm Springs. Today is the final straw.

Posted by Soupytwist | August 20, 2007 11:59 AM
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I'm moving to southeast Asia... Nothing but tropical islands, typhoons and shaky democracies for me!

Posted by brappy | August 20, 2007 12:02 PM
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this weather fucking sucks. worst summer i can remember in a long time. yeah, yeah i know: rain is good, it keeps stuff green. but, jesus christ, can't we get a little sunshine?

Posted by kerri harrop | August 20, 2007 12:38 PM
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Uh...yeah, come to San Diego. I promise you'll never want to see the sun again as long as you live.
Trade ya!

Posted by Justin | August 20, 2007 1:22 PM
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Uh...yeah, come to San Diego. I promise you'll never want to see the sun again as long as you live.
Trade ya!

Posted by Justin | August 20, 2007 1:22 PM
43

i'm calling this, The Ambivalent Summer.

That title is copyrighted. C in a circle thing, Strangeways 2007. Any interested authors should contact me for the rights..it IS a brilliant title.

Posted by michael strangeways | August 20, 2007 1:35 PM
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Actually, Chicago has been rainy and cold and dreary these past couple of days, so no relief here.

But the rest of this summer has been sunny and NOT ridiculously hot.

Posted by Ayn in Chicago | August 20, 2007 1:44 PM
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I lived in Phoenix for 29 years. This summer hasn't bothered me at all. Last winter wasn't so nice though.

Posted by Mike of Renton | August 20, 2007 3:55 PM
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The grass is NOT greener. It's just better than your grass.

AND THE OTHER GRASS WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN YOURS! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAA HA HAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAS*&DA(S&D(*&ASD(*&A@#@#@@#@!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by matthew fisher wilder | August 20, 2007 4:52 PM
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RE: a couple posts about me: Global warming would likely mean MORE rain for Seattle, contrary to what we associate with the term.

Posted by Dougsf | August 20, 2007 5:05 PM
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"above"... jesus, lazy, and a typo

Posted by Dougsf | August 20, 2007 5:11 PM
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I love it when people move here and then complain about the weather. Seattle's summers are six weeks long at best. July and August are typically the driest, warmest months, but they still get almost 2 inches of rain. That 2 inches does not come in a single afternoon or two.

Next time you feel like complaining about Seattle's moderate summers, ask yourself if you'd be happier just packing up and moving back into that oven from whence you've cometh.

Posted by Bauhaus | August 20, 2007 5:24 PM
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It's no better here in New York. I was on the phone with a friend this afternoon, and he remarked that New York felt like Seattle, except without all the shootings or dumb old hippies.

Posted by Boomer in NYC | August 20, 2007 6:54 PM
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Worst Summer in 20 years...Fuck all you stop whining fuckers, this is why we ENDURE the rest of the bullshit! This is SUPPOSED to be the sweet spot of Summ Summ time, not dreary, stay inside drink dark beer...FUCK! Im with you dan....

Posted by bottlerocket | August 20, 2007 9:37 PM
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It can't be as bad there as it has been in Britain this summer. Torrential rain, one week after another.

Posted by Gabriel | August 21, 2007 2:06 AM
53

Please excuse this interruption, but won't that Teletubbie encourage non-Seattle babies to look at the sun and become blind?

Posted by lawrence clark | August 21, 2007 3:15 AM
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A thoroughly immature (and reflexive) Seattle Nativist response:

Neener, neener, neener.

That being said, while I prefer this to last summer's heatwave (truly I do), I too would like a sunbreak or two occasionally. But this is the price of not shoveling snow; the marine climate moderates both summer and winter.

Take a look at San Francisco's temperatures over the last month. They've been colder than we have. As Mark Twain put it, "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

Posted by Geni | August 21, 2007 11:21 AM
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You live in/near Seattle. I thought you guys didn't get sun there.

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