When home is Seattle there are some things you’re used to and some things you’re not. A few things you’re used to are wet Fall and Springs, very wet Winters, and gorgeous Summers; and something you’re not used to at all is snow. Yup, we get a dusting most years but this year we got enough to make national news.
Late last year a local weather guy pushed hard to get a new radar station working off the Olympic Peninsula … I follow his weather blog and think he does an exceptional job. You can even see a link to it on the left: Seattle Area Weather Blog. Anyhow, the new capabilities of the radar allowed us better than ever views of what was coming (weather-wise). So we were prepared. Maybe over-prepared!
On Monday the Seattle Times proclaimed we might get 14” of snow in the Seattle area by Wednesday! By Tuesday we were down to 4”-7” but all indications were that Wednesday would be the day. And it was.
So, aside from the headline hyperbole on the amount of snow, they nailed the day. Unfortunately, most weather reports indicated a hit-and-run sort of storm that would be cleared away by the rain and warm weather coming on its heels. Well, we saw a cooling front come in (or sit tight) and today we’re all about freezing rain. For the last 12 hours, we’ve had freezing rain coming down. It’s bending willowy trees, causing fences to sag, breaking off the occasional bough, and making it darn near impossible to drive anywhere. Oh, and we’re seeing our power fluctuate. We’re lucky, many are already without power!
Anyhow, we’re sitting tight.
On Monday and Tuesday I drove in to work but left when the weather looked bad; Wednesday I just worked from home; and today it seems like I’ll do the same. Suzanne drove in Monday and Tuesday but took the train in on Wednesday. Today she’s evaluating her options: most of her staff isn’t going into work and she’s weighing out which projects must get done.
Around the house we’re warm and dry.
*And then we lost power.*
