Sunday, December 21, 2008
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Give up on the bus, it ain't comin'. It's stuck under my window on Lenora Street, and it hit 3 parked cars before it reached its final resting place.
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Please don't whine Seattlites, it's 14 degrees in Spokane with a wind chill of prolly 100 below, around 30 inches of drifting snow on the ground, our roads are shit, and no, Seattle doesn't get a slicker more dangerous more moisture laden more pregnant with doom type of snow than the rest of the world. It's snow. We can't even plow it down to depths as low as in that pic.
I want a blizzard-tough Spokanite backing me up in a snowball fight right now, not one of you whiners. This is an icy hell in Spokane, Seattle would be like a sub-tropical vacation.
But seriously, be careful out there and stay inside if you can.
I want a blizzard-tough Spokanite backing me up in a snowball fight right now, not one of you whiners. This is an icy hell in Spokane, Seattle would be like a sub-tropical vacation.
But seriously, be careful out there and stay inside if you can.
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I've been pretty good about not making "the weather in the midwest is so much worse" comments during this whole snowpocalypse thing. But, the windcill is -22 here right now. So, ah, yeah. I rolled my eyes at this post a little bit...
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Yeah, people are looking at me funny for not being all bundled up. Just, please, please, if you don't really know how to drive in the stuff, stay off the roads. It means you won't hit the ones who do. ;)
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But of course Spokane, or Chicago, would be a lovely tropical vacation compared to the icebox that is Nome, Alaska.
So there.
So there.
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@3
The difference you see, is that this sort of weather simply doesn't happen in Seattle.
Being in Spokane, you should be used to substantial winter storms. They happen often enough that the area is at least reasonably prepared for them. Sure, you're having a bad one, but it's not completely atypical winter weather for your area.
Seattle's entire infrastructure is geared to mild weather, and our populace is inexperienced in dealing with snow. It makes sense then, that when it gets cold, and it gets snowy, everyone freaks out a bit. If we had storms like this *every* winter, and the city continued to react like it is now, your accusation of whining would be valid.
So, let us have our little snow freakout, it's justifiable considering this is an history-making storm.
btw: I'm from Seattle but spent quite awhile living on the front range of the Rockies. I know what real winters are like.
The difference you see, is that this sort of weather simply doesn't happen in Seattle.
Being in Spokane, you should be used to substantial winter storms. They happen often enough that the area is at least reasonably prepared for them. Sure, you're having a bad one, but it's not completely atypical winter weather for your area.
Seattle's entire infrastructure is geared to mild weather, and our populace is inexperienced in dealing with snow. It makes sense then, that when it gets cold, and it gets snowy, everyone freaks out a bit. If we had storms like this *every* winter, and the city continued to react like it is now, your accusation of whining would be valid.
So, let us have our little snow freakout, it's justifiable considering this is an history-making storm.
btw: I'm from Seattle but spent quite awhile living on the front range of the Rockies. I know what real winters are like.
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@11, Chicago and the rest of the midwest is at least twenty degrees colder than Nome, Alaska right now. I think Minneapolis hit minus-36. Nome's barely freezing, only a little colder than Seattle -- though darker.
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@13 - it's true - Spokane doesn't have much in the way of steep hills, and has a crew of plows, de-icer trucks, etc., so this 2 feet of snow is a pain in the ass, but it's not THAT big a deal.
@11 / 15 - Yeah, well, Minneapolis would be a tropical paradise compared to THE MOON. So there.
@11 / 15 - Yeah, well, Minneapolis would be a tropical paradise compared to THE MOON. So there.
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I managed to live 32 years in Seattle without ever hearing, uttering, or even knowing the existence of the word "berm."
Now I live in Spokane, and after spending several hours today in the 20º-ish weather liberating my car with the snow shovel, the snowplow came by 30 minutes after I was done. And then I had to go back out and shovel for another hour.
This, because of a berm.
Now I live in Spokane, and after spending several hours today in the 20º-ish weather liberating my car with the snow shovel, the snowplow came by 30 minutes after I was done. And then I had to go back out and shovel for another hour.
This, because of a berm.
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Oh. And I had to use a wheelbarrow to haul the snow over to the other side of the street, where I deposited it on an existing berm.
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Sloggers! Thank God you're here!
I've barricaded myself in the Chicago Hyatt (which is a real dump - worse than the Seattle Westin) after an exploratory jaunt to Marshal-Macy's, or whatever the store formerly known as Marshall Fields is know as now... But I will say this for Marshall-whatever: They still have a dining room and a book department, and an extensive toy department. Hello? Bon-Macys? Are you listening?
As it stands now, I'm somewhat frantic, and raiding the minibar. Will this awful cold ever cease? Should I hibernate myself in room 3301 (west tower) until Spring has sprung? The Colonel won't like that, and my checking account will be - to quote Dorothy Parker - "so overdrawn as to be positively photogenic" if I do.
Plus, think of Your Friendly Local Utility, and what they will say. Union or not, there's only so much I can write off to R&D. Which is nothing, so I'm screwed.
Well, I can see you people have been of absolutely no help, whatsoever, so I'll just have to escape by train. See you in Omaha, suckers!
I've barricaded myself in the Chicago Hyatt (which is a real dump - worse than the Seattle Westin) after an exploratory jaunt to Marshal-Macy's, or whatever the store formerly known as Marshall Fields is know as now... But I will say this for Marshall-whatever: They still have a dining room and a book department, and an extensive toy department. Hello? Bon-Macys? Are you listening?
As it stands now, I'm somewhat frantic, and raiding the minibar. Will this awful cold ever cease? Should I hibernate myself in room 3301 (west tower) until Spring has sprung? The Colonel won't like that, and my checking account will be - to quote Dorothy Parker - "so overdrawn as to be positively photogenic" if I do.
Plus, think of Your Friendly Local Utility, and what they will say. Union or not, there's only so much I can write off to R&D. Which is nothing, so I'm screwed.
Well, I can see you people have been of absolutely no help, whatsoever, so I'll just have to escape by train. See you in Omaha, suckers!
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@20, it's 3 degrees here in NW Ohio now! That's 5 degrees warmer than last night (sadly, I can tell the difference). It'll warm up.
Where's global warming when you need it?
Where's global warming when you need it?
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Madison, Wisconsin.
Monday morning: -6 degrees/-20 windchill
more snow tonight following 14 inches since Thursday.
Monday morning: -6 degrees/-20 windchill
more snow tonight following 14 inches since Thursday.
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Depends @16. Temperatures on the Moon range from about -300 F in the shade to +215 in the sun. So yeah, it's damned cold up there, but you only have to move a few feet to find a sunny spot that would make the Sahara feel positively frigid by comparison.
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@24: In the shade? They have trees up there? Hmm, now I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong really did take his giant leap for mankind in the middle of the Nevada desert...
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@23 - from dictionary.com
"5. Chiefly Alaska. a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land."
I never knew it was "Chiefly Alaska." And I don't understand why this is only definition #5, since it's almost the only way I hear the word being used.
"5. Chiefly Alaska. a mound of snow or dirt, as formed when clearing land."
I never knew it was "Chiefly Alaska." And I don't understand why this is only definition #5, since it's almost the only way I hear the word being used.
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