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The Weather Major Storm Coming!
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Here at the Stranger Weathercenter, we looked out the window and checked Cliff Mass' blog, and now you may consider yourself informed that a major storm is coming over the next couple days! Cliff is using ALL CAPS [bolds are mine, I must earn my keep!]:
A VERY serious storm is going to hit the Northwest during the next two days—one that will cause flooding and coastal wind damage. And the urban areas are doing to experience a deluge.
He also has deployed the word "hammered," and notes that "Seattle will get nearly 4-5 inches [of rain] if this forecast verifies."
Over at the National Weather Service, we have a Wind Advisory, Flood Watch, AND a Hydrologic Outlook. Get your galoshes out!
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This deluge is happening because we are all sinners. We consistently undercook the Turkey. Sinners.
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I am SO GONNA ABANDON MY LEXUS SUV in the middle of I-5 if this happens!!!!
Thanks Slog/Cliff Mass/God
Thanks Slog/Cliff Mass/God
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Gonna be great weather to ski after.
Check your drains to make sure they're not clogged by leaves - the last major winter storm with major downpour cost me many thousands of dollars when it clogged my roof top drain.
Check your drains to make sure they're not clogged by leaves - the last major winter storm with major downpour cost me many thousands of dollars when it clogged my roof top drain.
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@7 global warming side effect - more energy in the system, larger oscillations, means more 100 year weather events on a local and global scale.
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From the Seattle Public Utilities website:
Storm season is underway and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is offering a limited number of free, filled sandbags to households or business owners in flood-prone areas. If you’ve experienced, or come close to, flooding, you may consider using sandbags.
Sandbags don’t seal out water, but can help redirect the flow of water and protect property from debris. Sandbags must be used with caution because it is illegal to divert water to your neighboring properties.
SPU is making up to 25 sandbags available to households or businesses at four locations listed below starting Saturday, October 15, 2011. Sandbags are heavy (they weigh about 40 pounds each), so be sure either you, or someone you bring with you, can lift, carry and load the sandbags into your vehicle.
Sandbag Pick-Up Locations:
Delridge Community Center
4501 Delridge Way SW Seattle, WA 98106
Helene Madison Pool
13401 Meridian N Seattle, WA 98133
South Park Neighborhood
731 S. Sullivan Seattle, WA 98108
Meadowbrook Community Center
10517 35th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125
You can pick up your sandbags at any of these locations, any time of day, while supplies last. Sandbags will be left outside for public pick-up. To make sure there are enough sandbags available for all those in need, please limit your supply to 25 sandbags per address.
Storm season is underway and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is offering a limited number of free, filled sandbags to households or business owners in flood-prone areas. If you’ve experienced, or come close to, flooding, you may consider using sandbags.
Sandbags don’t seal out water, but can help redirect the flow of water and protect property from debris. Sandbags must be used with caution because it is illegal to divert water to your neighboring properties.
SPU is making up to 25 sandbags available to households or businesses at four locations listed below starting Saturday, October 15, 2011. Sandbags are heavy (they weigh about 40 pounds each), so be sure either you, or someone you bring with you, can lift, carry and load the sandbags into your vehicle.
Sandbag Pick-Up Locations:
Delridge Community Center
4501 Delridge Way SW Seattle, WA 98106
Helene Madison Pool
13401 Meridian N Seattle, WA 98133
South Park Neighborhood
731 S. Sullivan Seattle, WA 98108
Meadowbrook Community Center
10517 35th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125
You can pick up your sandbags at any of these locations, any time of day, while supplies last. Sandbags will be left outside for public pick-up. To make sure there are enough sandbags available for all those in need, please limit your supply to 25 sandbags per address.
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Bethany Jean, you couldn't correct his typo while you were bolding the phrase? I mean, did you read it before you copied & pasted?
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Elaborating on @12 and what Cliff Mass said yesterday, a "100-year flood" is for a specific river or location. If you add up the number of potential locales then you should expect to have a "100-year flood" every 4.5 years or so. Which is pretty much exactly what we have. If global warming is having an effect yet (and it will eventually), it's not showing up in the numbers yet.
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@13: I did read it, and I used to be a copyeditor, and that "d" just snuck right by me! The shame. So, now that we've discussed it, is the thing to do just correct it? Sic it? Leave it for posterity, who can also read our discussion of Cliff's grievous error and my grievous failure to detect it? Quandary. I'm going to sleep on it—let me know what you think.
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@ 11, that's why I always lived on a hill, no matter where I was in Seattle. (But not fucking Capitol Hill.)
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