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City Wasn't There Supposed to be Wind Too?
Posted by Dan Savage on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM
The snowpocalypse is upon us—but where are the hurricane-force winds? And, yes, it's a shitty picture. Got a better one? Send it in.
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Gale force winds are coming in wave #2- middle of the night That way, you get the joy of a frozen nose and icy floors when you awake with no electricity like last time there was a wind store. I'm not bitter. Really. I'm not.
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Cliff Mass sounds as defensive as Roy Blagojevich.
Funny how easy it is to find a chorus of bleeding hearts to turn you into the "victim" when you're selling a Senate seat or brutalizing a man with a Nerf golf ball or sexing up a storm forecast as a way to compensate for some kind of humiliating inadequacy you dare not admit to.
Well you won't see me defending these sickos. No more weather lies!
Funny how easy it is to find a chorus of bleeding hearts to turn you into the "victim" when you're selling a Senate seat or brutalizing a man with a Nerf golf ball or sexing up a storm forecast as a way to compensate for some kind of humiliating inadequacy you dare not admit to.
Well you won't see me defending these sickos. No more weather lies!
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In any event, I'm pretty sure the winds were supposed to be in the foothills. Capitol Hill does not count as a foothill, so no gale for you.
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You fucking people realize these guys are trying to predict the fucking weather, right? If you actually spend some time thinking about what it is that meteorologists do, then you should be happy if they get it right as much as 50% of the time. It's the fucking weather for christ's sake.
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If it's like past storms, downtown Seattle will just get breezy, and you'll think, "Big deal." Then, you'll turn on TV and discover that places like Maple Valley and Carnation are flattened.
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Cliff's commenters are reporting observations from around the Sound. Interesting stuff, people with their own anemometers and barometers. Now back to our regularly scheduled polemics.
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I definitely remember reading that the winds were not supposed to be in Seattle, and being relieved at that. Snow is bad enough, why would I want a blizzard too?
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The winds are in the North Bend and Maple Valley. Which is fine by me. I'm happy with snow and power.
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Just for the record, while I wholeheartedly support wind, I do not support the flattening or otherwise undue pummeling of Maple Valley. Though they totally deserve it.
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The winds in Issaquah are eerily dead calm. Please, please, please don't let them pick up overnight- it's really cold out and the last five day power outage suuuuuuuuucked.
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In Shoreline it started snowing at 4.p.m. and I'd say less than an inch has accumulated since then. There was a strong breeze but that's about it. I'll be disappointed if there isn't at least a foot of snow by morning.
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In Seattle, they were talking about gusts of only 20-30 mph. The blizzard winds were for the Cascades and east county, not here in town.
In north Seattle, we've been getting a steady wind for the last few hours. Not real bad, but steady. The snow is coming down at a 45° angle. I'll be perfectly happy if it doesn't get any worse than this.
In north Seattle, we've been getting a steady wind for the last few hours. Not real bad, but steady. The snow is coming down at a 45° angle. I'll be perfectly happy if it doesn't get any worse than this.
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Its like never ending snow. Someones popping off firecrackers - or shots here in the CD. Just fucking great
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I just measured what's piled up on the table in our courtyard, and we have a solid 6" of snow there, which means we've gotten roughly 4" today (I'm by Holy Names).
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I dunno about Seattle, but here in Everett it's snowing more or less horizontally right now. It's surreal; it looks like a Hollywood special effect.
This is actually pretty unusual for here. Usually our weather is just like Seattle's, but milder - cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter.
This is actually pretty unusual for here. Usually our weather is just like Seattle's, but milder - cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter.
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We're having sledding on the Queen Anne Counterbalance.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csb13/sets/…
Well, sledding, snowboarding, skiing, garbage bagging, inflatable mattressing....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csb13/sets/…
Well, sledding, snowboarding, skiing, garbage bagging, inflatable mattressing....
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I bet all that "Hype" sold alot of generators and other supplies people would not normally buy.
Beware of "the man" tricking you with his fancy words and fancy ways.
Beware of "the man" tricking you with his fancy words and fancy ways.
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I just heard some rattling...wind starting up....there are two gigantic, isolated pines just a few feet from my balcony. Danger!
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I took this about an hour ago here in Bremerton, there's over 7" on the bench there:
http://flickr.com/photos/weebleknits/312…
I hope my niece can still make it up for Christmas, I want to go sledding with her.
http://flickr.com/photos/weebleknits/312…
I hope my niece can still make it up for Christmas, I want to go sledding with her.
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No winds at all in the Fremont/Queen Anne side, but we have about 4 or so inches of snow.
Yeah, central Seattle wasn't really supposed to get wind nearly as bad as in 2006. That one really sucked. And that was a dry windstorm then... no snow to go with that one.
Granted, the local news has been making tonight seem like the end times, lol.
Yeah, central Seattle wasn't really supposed to get wind nearly as bad as in 2006. That one really sucked. And that was a dry windstorm then... no snow to go with that one.
Granted, the local news has been making tonight seem like the end times, lol.
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Plenty of wind in Sammamish. Lost the skylight from my roof. Just finished taping up a big hole where the ceiling used to be. Less wind when I lived in Fremont during the last big storm. Gosh.
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Wind, snow, freezing temperatures.
Perfect night to watch the classic Star Trek two parter, "The Menagerie".
Did they stop making females like this back in the Sixties, along with cars that had 427 engines:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2129…
?
Wind, snow, freezing temperatures.
Perfect night to watch the classic Star Trek two parter, "The Menagerie".
Did they stop making females like this back in the Sixties, along with cars that had 427 engines:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2300/2129…
?
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instead of complaining, count our blessings that the foothills are getting the winds are we're getting the sleddy block parties.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshc/sets/…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshc/sets/…
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I'm in the foothills and DAMN. The wind has forced snow through every minute gap in my doorframe. There are fucking snow drifts in my living room!!! I'd take 8 more inches of snow over these winds anyday.
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P.S. weather reports say it's snowing here, but but it looks to me like the wind is just redistributing the already existing snow. As far as I can see there's no way to tell whether it's falling from the sky or just being pushed around by the wind.
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My friend in Toronto calls it "Snowmageddon." (BTW, I'm in Columbus, Ohio, and all it is is cold and a little icy here).
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The Portland area just got dumped on. It started snowing at 6am on Saturday and hadn't stopped by the time I went to bed around Midnight, though it switched over in the early morning hours to something more ice like.
Maybe the system got stalled and didn't make it north as fast as expected.
Maybe the system got stalled and didn't make it north as fast as expected.
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So does it like, never snow in Seattle? Because I'm in Vancouver (BC) and we've had snow for about a week and a half. I mean, people are flipping out like usual but the world isn't ending. We certainly aren't buying generators or anything.
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