It's coming down white and perty, like it hardly ever does here, each flake new and unique. A life from sky to ground, maybe more if a flake lands on another, and they build up and up. None stay forever.
Would you rather stick around awhile in a growing pile or melt upon impact on the ground?
I need to watch this awhile and not jobhunt...just awhile :)
Must be just beautiful!!! My inlaws are probably loving it. I gotta tell my wife this. You always have a way with the words cen, makes me want outta the south even faster.
Shit, I just awkoe adn opened this site and saw the title, snowing in Seattle. WEll I went to the window ans opened the venetian blinds and whammo, there was snow.
mj
Missed it by that much!
7 years of experience tells me it will be gone by Sunday, and 20% of the driving population will be in some sort of accident before it is. But it will be neat while it's there!
Ah, yes twas a fine day when the snow finally decided to fall on Seattle. I watched the barage of large wet flakes from the large windows where I work, hoping as hard as I could that they would accumulate, perhaps even enough to shut the city down.
But alas it was not to be. As the snow turned to rain, so did my hope turn into despair. But perhaps we'll have another day like that this winter, and when we do I'll be ready. That day will come and I shall stand upon the sumit of Republican with my snow saucer under my arm, taking in the wonderful frosty air, before plunging down the icy slope. Of course if I feel more bold, I'll sled down nefarious Denny, my last will and testament clenched between my teeth, speeding my way toward a fate shrouded in shadows. It will indeed be a good day to die!
Man, I must really miss Chicago winters :D
Not much snow here - 6 or so inches. But it's cold -14 f.
Am I the only one to have the 'other viewpoint' :shock: ? Having spent most of my life in the snowbelt, I must say that white stuff sucks :wink: - Utility bills out the ying yang / having to get up and warm up the car for 15 minutes while you scrape off ice from the windshield / (assuming the car will even start / grey dreary days of overcast and sullen skies / the hawk gusting mightily as you huddle inside layers of clothing / businesses, schools and museaums closed / concerts cancelled / Granny slipping on the ice and breaking her hip for the second time in five years / the inevitable fender bender and resulting raise in insurance premiums / the article in the paper about the single Mom and young daughter, found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning , vehicle engine still running / the vacant stares of the homeless as they grimmace against the weather and dream of warmer days/////// Personally, I don't even like seeing pictures of the 'white stuff' on T.V.------- :wink: --------- sal (living below the snow line in Fla..........
Please take no offense sal, but I love the cold. It is a lot easier staying warm than it is to get cool. (I mean how many clothes can you take off before you get arrested?) Utility bills are still out the yin yang down here when we have to run the a/c because of the heat and humidity. Oh, and I forgot to mention the little lovely storms we call hurricanes. On the carbon monoxide note, people die down here from it because when it gets slightly cool they run these antique heaters that are open space venting systems and during hurricanes, people die from the stuff because of their generators exhaust. Matter of fact we had a few people die from it during the aftermath of Katrina. Personally, I would rather hibernate if need be if it gets too cold outside, than worrying about if i have a home to go back to after the storm. Plus, I would rather dig out of ten feet of snow than try and swim with all the nasties in ten feet of water. I feel anywhere you go there is a trade off, but I prefer the cold. Just my two cents.
PS Yes my family has lived on the Florida Keys for a few years and that is where my grandfather grew up and I know Florida is all grand (Very beautiful in spots, but not perfect.)
--- 8) --- No offense taken Dergheist... 'Tis obvious the cold has numbed your brain :wink: --- Nah. just kiddin... I must say, you do bring out some of the shall I submit 'somewhat plausible reasons for residence in the colder climes.... That said, lemme offer somewhat of a rebuttal... I guess ya could say I am one of the 'unusual ones', in that I dearly enjoy heat, even heat others would deem excessive... (I like 100 degrees better than 75-80!!).... Couple that with the fact that I know I am in that super small minority that actually loves high humidity :shock: --- Hey, like I said; I fall into a infinitesimally small lil niche... So, I dig the heat, don't use air-cond, save utility bucks... Granted, I can see the paralells between crummy heaters down south vs monoxide up north...Guess it all does come down to the old different strokes/different folks thingy eh....... Enjoy the cold whilst I while away my time in the sun bro :P :P ------------ sal
Sorry Sal, I am still stuck in the great state (of mind) called Lousyana at least until spring when I am moving up to Alaska. The heat does not bother me nor does the high humidity, it is the combination of both. (I have lived both in Hawaii and Nevada.) Enjoy that wonderful tropical paradise my friend. In some ways it makes me wish I was out diving right now. I Miss that place. :cry: Just too many darn people.
Hey Derg: Seems as if Alaska is coming to you instead of needing to move there.... Just heard on the news this morn that in West Yellowstone Montana it got down to 45 below zero last night :shock: ---- Enjoy 'yer version of Utopia bro :lol: -------- sal
WOW!!!! :shock: Now that is cold! I have been in that kind of cold, and no matter what you do, it takes your breath away and is just plain miserable. I do not want to ever be that cold again and that is why I am not moving into the inland area of Alaska. I liked Ketchikan while I was there, but would not want to live out on the island again. Probably the state capital until I can go elsewehere.
PS It already got into the upper 20's two nights ago down here. Those kind of temps are usually not seen down here until late January or early February.