SNOW in SEATTLE ((picture thread))

but yes it's gorgeous. (and we need to have a Top Pot miniFAP asap!)

And now I go home from work!

My friend who moved here from Rochester is incredulous that flurries can take out the whole city. He was just standing out on our sidewalk in his slippers going "Geesh! Look at this, noone plowed"

And your puppy is adorable!

Seattle online 911 log shows 13 motor vehicle accidents so far today:
http://www2.cityofseattle.net/fire/realTime911/getRecsForDatePub.asp?action=Today&incDate=&rad1=des

Heh, also: SDOT has set traffic signals on flash mode at hills, steeper grades and other key locations to reduce the need for traffic to come to a full stop. When approaching a flashing yellow signal, drivers should slow as they approach the intersection. These drivers are never going to learn how to brake in the snow now!

and yes, people here can't drive in the snow -- that could have something to do with the fact that i think this is the third time i've seen it stick in the 5 years i've been here, and also that yes matos, people simply cannot drive in seattle in the first place...

Lyra, your mate would be lost in Buffalo. A mate out there posted pics on his site last Winter just after a snowstorm, where you couldn't see the tops of the mailboxes....or the parked cars.

(BTW, Pretty puppy, too.)

And I still plan to visit Seattle after seeing all those pics! I'm feeling brave.

Well, still, the east coast and midwest people can still laugh, regardless I guess.

Snow yesterday was FABULOUS on the east side - much romping outside in the street where we live. Much snowball throwing. Much me falling on my ass.

the snow yesterday was the worst in 8 years -- i was actually surprised that like no one plowed into my truck parked on a fairly major thoroughfare, that the buses mostly ran all day, etc.

We had a snowstorm digital photos comparison fest at work. Some people got great ones of cars skidding backwards down the roads around here, and there was one of a toyota smushed into the back of the Real Networks building by a taxi.

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Beautiful day, though. I'm leaving early.

I haven't had to use a shovel for an entire calendar year -- I'm in the Midwest -- so wtf?

My prof, who lives up in Vancouver, WA, said it was a winter wonderland up there, but although it snowed a bit there was no sign of anything sticking around here -- except the occasional snow-covered car driving by, mysteriously out of place.

4th ave

newspapers announcing the snow

Declan (my doggie) covered in snow

snowy Declan again

snowy Top Pot, the location of many Seattle FAPs over the years

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TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE GOT THE REPUBLICAN TRASH WHERE WE WANT 'EM!!!!!!!!!
OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT
DEMS CONTROL THE POWER NOW! ESPECIALLY OF THE PURSE!!!! NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH THEY CAN'T MANAGE A FILIBUSTER!!!! FUCKERS!!!! OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT! 70% OF AMERICANS AGAINST THIS WAR NOW DO YOU HEAR ME!? It's the end BUSHIES GO HOME AND FUCK RIGHT OFF!!!!

OUT OF IRAQ NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW

Anyway, all y'all keep on doing the good work on the snow day.

And yes, put music on. Good. Yes.

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hahahaha

it's snowing on lower queen anne

Snowing with accumulation in Point Roberts!

it's not fair for you to have more snow than me!

i mean, than i!

point roberts! i've always wanted to go there, just for what i imagine is the weirdness of the place

snowing in pioneer square - a dusting sticking to the railroad ties and the deck below my window.

laurel and i had a chat about seattle tonight!

the snowflake scene at the end of the first act of the Nutcracker, it's about to start. and then everyone will go out in the lobby and see it snowing. so awesome.

<3

jergins, have you submitted to the nutcracker yet?
come on, arabian dance is hot.

oh yeah that music still gives me chills, every time. so sensual, but still the nutcracker lol

lol @ sexy this:
http://blogs.trb.com/features/consumer/shopping/blog/nutcracker.jpg

also a gis for nutcracker yields marketing promo shots of snowflakes dance that are all essentially the same production. did no one ever think beyond blue backdrop for that scene?

i would have frolic with all this snow except i hurt my fucking toe

Fremont getting snowlove, though far from snowblind

I know it's corny, but I get ubergiddy when it snows here, especially on a weekend

lingy you are a poet and you didn't even know it!

it's snowing in phinney but not, apparently, like it is elsewhere

snowing a bit here up in lynnwood!

this thread needs more pix

^^
pix or it didn't snow

XD

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Snow on the train tracks:

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You can almost see the flakes in the streetlight, but most definitely on the awning of the pho shop:

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and then everyone will go out in the lobby and see it snowing.

magical

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Hmm. Looking outside now (North Seattle) I do see we have indeed accumulated some. I didn't think we would because around 6-7pm it was just doing little flurries, not much at all.

I know it's corny, but I get ubergiddy when it snows here, especially on a weekend

Yeah, you're not alone! I loved it last year. Snow reminds me of my childhood, in a good way. In fact, it reminds me of Rush's "Power Windows"!

I feel that if it's gonna be butt-ass cold, the least it could do is snow. Not gonna snow? Then please restore the 50 degrees.

You're absolutely right.

nice pix lxy

so much snow!

whoa it's probably colder in seattle than in mpls now (above freezing today!)

lol look at what lxy did to the sandbox in tribute to our snow:
http://www.ilxor.com/sandbox/SiteNewAnswersControllerServlet

it's sticking
and it's beautiful

from a capitol hill blog, the jimi statue is just killin' out there

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/media/news/2008/12/14/bv3NtSSU2sO9qrZF0myhGiAFv4c-large.jpg

HEY I SEE A CAR PARKED SOUTH OF HERE

from same blog, on top of Teletubbie hill

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/media/news/2008/12/14/iF6CM3fzK3fqWHrWGgpgUiFpU-large.jpg

love that jimi pic

lucky duckies

Not snowing anymore, but so much soft, soft snow still on the ground.

Only the thinnest dusting left down here, but it may snow more through the day.

same series, daytime

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<3 snow-dusted monkey puzzle :)

any thread where jaq drops science/crushes fools is A+ by me. i love this thread because i love scrolling past this:

Sorry it is not flat here. 45 degree angle hill streets = icy sheets of death and destruction.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 11 January 2007 21:55

whoa it's probably colder in seattle than in mpls now (above freezing today!)

― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:22 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah it's RAINING here, wtf

Two stuck cars and one taxi on the little hill under my window. I woke up to a chorus of "whoa!" as stranded drivers watched a jetta slide down toward guard rail/I-5/Lake Union.

Traffic is moving along fine on 4th Ave and even Washington, though the parking lots look slick.

Train tracks and gallery deck:
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4th & Washington:

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ok here goes with the bus to work...at least i get to take pictures

I'll be walking out to Fremont shortly. I wonder if there will be a Sunday Market. I'll be back with pics.

The nice thing re: freezing temps is that, for once here, it's not a rush to take pictures before it all melts.

hooray! snow in portland!

ok, start here and browse to the right. Got back from Fremont walk earlier.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8031083@N04/3109101220/in/photostream/

kinda melty on LQA now
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My fave from the photostream:

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ok, not snow related, but taken on the same walk

how far is seattle from a place you can actually ski?

an hour

nice

This snow is so soft and powdery that it's just been flying around all day even though it isn't actually snowing. Went to downtown Everett today and the view of the mountains from there was A++

it's 29 degrees on my porch yiii!

watchin cars get stuck on the hill

Looking forward to buses with chains tomorrow morning...RATATATATATATATATATJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGLJIGGL all the way.

still everywhere! woowooh!

still not melting! more on the way woop woop

my job gets a lot more difficult with the snow but i still say BRING IT

I'm working late this week, snow or not.

SOMEONE PLEASE GO TAKE A PICTURE OF MT RAINIER LIKE RIGHT NOW. I would be at Victor Steinbrueck Park doing this right now if I didn't have a gazillion people dependent on me today.

The cold yesterday totally killed our car dead. ;_; RIP prius battery + electrical system, you had a good run.

snowed again this night & morning A+

sorry about your car, jaq! maybe it will be better once it thaws out?

my coworker said something was frozen in her car and made a terrible noise

still no snow down here

Still in the shop today ;_;

I drove a zipcar up north yesterday - it was so cool to see the fluffy swirls of snow on the freeway!

It's really snowing up here!

not a flake in the city. it was kinda sunny out even

Seattle got effeciently shadowed by the Olympic Mtns. this morning.. which I didn't mind, since the commute wasn't pure hell, just slight hell. (Half of Ballard was on my bus, since their express bus didn't show up.)

I am prepared to walk home to Fremont from downtown after work though, if we do get snow. The buses will be delayed big time because they're only allowed to put chains when they get "the call" i.e. it's too late (I think it's union rules in question, but I could be wrong.)

I like how all the local news sites re: high 30s temperatures are all ITS A TRAP! (the temps are going to dip back down again this afternoon.. convergence zones u so crazy)

I hate it when the damn buses get delayed. Even the last few days I've seen delays just due to more people taking the bus, I guess. I don't have the luxury of walking home tonight.

my coworker said something was frozen in her car and made a terrible noise

Hahah. I had to read this a couple of times before I realized you meant something in the inner workings of the car rather than some random item in the back seat that froze and made a terrible noise!

Jaq you can borrow my car while I'm in Denver next week. (Barring a city debilitating 3rd round "snow event"/ Seatac running completely out of de-icer at any price, etc. that keeps me here)

Aw, you're a complete doll to offer! I just heard from Mr. Jaq, who has been following up w/ the mechanics - sounds like we will have it back in time for my interviews on Friday (!!!!!WOOT!!!!!), so I think it will be fine.

This morning:
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You can just see it falling in the upper left corner of this one:
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Obligatory train track shot for comparison:
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HOLY SHIT! This morning. HOLY SHIT!

Actually ok a bus,. The very lucky

On a bus

Yeah, Mr. Jaq's didn't show up, and there were two CT flexers jack-knifed across 2nd Ave when he was down at the stop. Things look like they're running okay on 4th Ave through downtown (though not so much on the steep cross streets!).

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1.Columbia tower
2.Jacknife truck on Columbia and 5th
3.Jacknife bendy bus on Columbia and 3rd
4.Dead crow in nest

Jaq, in the top photo, what is the building on the left that's all lit up with the huge windows? if that's the same street I'm thinking of, I used to walk down it from 5th and Jackson to get to the 2nd Ave Ext bus stop and I don't recognize it (although it's been a long time).

That said, you can't really recognize Fremont today. At least you can make out downtown clearly.

4.Dead crow in nest

Can this be made extra-spicy? And does it come with rice?

I'll find out if the retail food places are shut down today

Jaq, WONDERFUL pics!

Also, didn't notice the sparrow flying away in the Columbia Tower pic

Jaq, in the top photo, what is the building on the left that's all lit up with the huge windows?

That's the main fire department. Definitely on the way from 5th to the 2nd Ave Ext stop, but 2 blocks north of Jackson. The street in front of it is Washington.

Heh - I just noticed that reflection of the lamp I didn't turn off, floating eerily above the train tunnel in that first pic.

JoyGoat, how are you doing?

I heard Spokane got 17 inches in 24 hours... and now is at 24 inches and still falling?

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So much!

Aww, the snow is melting around portland now.

Maybe you will get some more before xmas - Santarchy on Saturday will be great this year if all this sticks around.

I'm not sure what Spokane got - I'm about an hour south - but we had a couple of inches on the stairs this morning, nothing too bad. It's crazy to see Seattle covered in snow though.

I grew up in Upper Michigan and basically it looks like pretty much every day between November and March there look outside now - white, grey, snowing just because it can, cold but not amazingly so. It's fun a couple times a year but I'm done with it already.

I'm in the Wallingford library. Like downtown and the near north, it's still snowing, but not bitterly cold, accumulating very slowly, up to about 3 or 4 inches where it ain't mashed down by cars n feet. Nice. Went to FUCKING work this FUCKING morning, stood at the bus stop for over an hour before finally catching a 16, but when in finally FUCKING got there, it was closed for the day. Locked up in ways I can't access, so there I was, on the street, in the snow. THANKS FOR THE FUCKING PHONE CALL, GUYS! Umm, nice to have that outta my system. Wish I had pix for y'all, but no goes. Hang tight and be strong.

I've never seen it snow for this long in the city center since I moved here. I have old skool Seattle co-workers that are saying this is the biggest snow hit since 1996.

(i moved here in 2001, so yeah, this is all making all feel cuddly and masnowchistic)

haha, Contenderizer, I walked down to be dissed by two filled 17 buses in a row. I briskly walked over to the Fremont Ave/Dexter Ave corner in hopes of 26 and 28 buses. I FINALLY got let onto one of them, and then the driver dissed everyone waiting after me. I was really lucky, considering I was planning to walk all the way to downtown from Fremont.

I'm DJing at Havana tonight if you want to escape the cold.. from 7pm to 9pm. Just Happy Hour Djing.. I will nonetheless be walking there from downtown, lol.

Took some more pics at lunchtime, when it was coming down hard (for Seattle, that is)

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Good shots, Mackro - I like the one with the old Federal building in the background.

I got a reprieve from busing it up to Mountlake Terrace today - they said if they really needed me there, they'd come get me. Mr. Jaq gave up on the SB 23 this morning after none showed up for 45 minutes. He's headed up to 8th and Blanchard now (hopefully on a tunnel bus and the SLUT) to get the car, which supposedly is fixed.

There was a deep quick snow on MLK day in either 2001 or 2002 - we were driving up to Vancouver BC and didn't think we'd be able to make it to the freeway from Madrona - iirc there was 3-4" that fell in about 2 hours. The brunt of it might have missed downtown though and just stuck near the lake. And we did get dumped on once in south Seattle 2 years ago, but that was only 2" or so.

OK, so did you guys hear the apparently humongous thundersnow strike this morning?

I slept through it, but apparently I can sleep through loud noise.

But while you unfortunately can't see it, it was caught live on King5 just in audio. It was loud enough such that it apparently felt like an earthquake in Capitol Hill/Central District area.

http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=314479

i heard that, it woke me up

guess who walked 4 miles to work today

got good pix tho

snowlegz jergins

63rd and woodlawn out of order
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I've never seen it snow for this long in the city center since I moved here. I have old skool Seattle co-workers that are saying this is the biggest snow hit since 1996.

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There hasn't been as much snow at once as there was in 96, but this is the first time in my life where it has repeatedly snowed over a week-long period. Usually it just snows for one or two days and then melts away.

Got stuck waiting an extra half an hour for a bus from Everett to Lynnwood yesterday and then ended up having to hike it a couple miles from Lynwood Transit Center to my apt. : /

west from the aurora bridge
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As, my boo is in that pic! Fremont Bridge has nice sides like tyra

More weather on its way Saturday night and Sunday apparently, with high winds and up to 1/4" of ice.

we are fucking SCREWED

Welcome to my world, Seattle. muahah

oh shit I'm flying in on Sunday.

buses ran well from the u district to the ridge this evening: 20 minute wait for the first bus, 5 minute wait at the transfer. home in an hour, which isn't unheard of even on the nicest days. thank you, metro drivers!

lol @ reposting a weather report, but man this doesn't sound like it'll be fun

http://www.komonews.com/weather
That sets up our next challenge -- a big storm heading in Saturday night and into Sunday. Now, I know we've tossed a lot at you this week, and many people have gone through a lot. But sorry to say, this storm also looks like it could have a profound impact on the region with several events -- including the potential of a major windstorm in the Cascade foothills, and a big mess of snow and freezing rain in the lowlands.

This storm is coming in from the west, and it looks pretty wet -- and warm. Second, we'll not only have some arctic air here in Western Washington, but even more in Eastern Washington. That air is very dense, and thus has higher pressure.

As the low pressure of the storm approaches, forecasting models are hinting now that we could see some very strong, gusty east winds in the passes to the usual North Bend, Enumclaw, Gold Bar east-windy places. But now forecasting models paint a much stronger wind -- perhaps sustained east winds as high as 50-60 mph with gusts reaching as high as 70-90 mph. Now, that's an initial estimate, subject to change, but we need to raise the red flag now. A HIGH WIND WATCH is in effect from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon.

Aside from strong winds, we'll be putting a lot of moisture on top of a very cold air mass. This could bring a period of widespread heavy snow to the entire region Saturday evening and night. We could see 4-8" again as a general rule across all the lowlands, but areas over along the Hood Canal and eastern Olympic Peninsula area could see 6-12" of snow.

!!!! - !!!!!!!!

Second, we'll not only have some arctic air here in Western Washington, but even more in Eastern Washington.

Hooray. It was like 2 degrees yesterday and I realized exactly how non-insulated our house is.

Hell, it will be all ice tomorrow. I made it into work for a few hours today before they closed the office. Got a lot done, actually, though. Was lucky to get a ride home with a coworker who lives nearby.

Drunk now and not looking forward to ICE TOMORROW. I might just refuse to go in, cause if what I went through with the buses today is even a fraction of what it will be like tomorrow????? ICE ANYONE HELLO??????????????????

The uphill side of Washington St is a sheet of ice already - tried to get a photo of a jack-knifed flexer that was blocking the fire trucks being able to get out, but the tow truck got there too fast.

i swear, if this fucks up my flight on the 24th i will dramatically increase my carbon footprint in revenge, take that EARTH

Yeah, today was the first day it went from dry snow to a frickin iceball.

I walked from Capitol Hill to South Lake Union, expecting to walk home to Fremont, but I saw a 28 bus creep around the corner just as I got to Denny & Westlake. This would be normal, except the 28 bus normally runs on Dexter, several blocks north. I got on, and driver looking really tired and exasperated told me "I'm on REROUTE. Let me know where you want off". ME: "Uh, Fremont. just south of the bridge" DRIVER: "You got it"... chug chug chug chug.. DRIVER: "Here. Be careful". ME: "You are awesome!"

It's like Miracle On 34th St. meets The Stand out there.. weirded out, yet sorta happy, drunk people walking literally in the middle of the street while cars are either abandoned and covered in snow and icicles, or the few working cars try to drive, while everyone moves well away from them, only to hear a screech and bump in the distance when the car zips past. The buses look like they're there to pick up the bodies.

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aurora motel 4pack in the snow, today
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even aurora motels look pretty in the snow

I love the little clumps above the M O T E and L in the middle pic. Jergins, POST MORE! These are excellent.

(workin' from home today. Mostly sunny! but also too cloudy where I want to take pics. :( )

oh and I can't literally walk in Fremont/Queen Anne today. We seriously need zamboni action here.

I'm still more goth than any of you.

poor plowless Seattle

A charter bus just went through Melrose guardrail and is hanging over I-5.

Makro, you crazy, but bring on Fremont Zamboni! I've got my skates in the car!

holy shit! xp

I'm going to try to add a pic...
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These are charter buses, not public transit buses. STILL, HOLY SHIT.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008540171_webbus19m.html
http://www.komonews.com/news/36458659.html

I understand the frustration with the slow and delayed Metro buses, but I think they create all this frustration so that they don't possibly end up HANGING OVER A FUCKING INTERSTATE.

Unions: +1
Privatization: -2

Granted, Metro buses still haven't figured out the how-to-avoid-falling-off-after-the-driver-gets-shot thing re: the Aurora Bridge incident of 2000(?)

hot damn

Charter buses seem to get lost/stranded on the narrow streets of Capitol Hill all the time. I think these guys found Denny (arterial to I-5) closed and tried find an alt route(there isn't one!).

OMG, yikes!! What are those bus drivers thinking?? (besides OH SHIT!)

I drove over to Redmond this morning for interviews - I-405 was a sheet of ice most places. Harrowing, but everyone was crawling along. Coming back to town this afternoon, people were thinking it was thawed or something and driving like bats outta hell - a million times worse.

I've biked down Thomas before, seems like it would be kind of hairy in a bus even without ice.

I'm going to hell for saying this..

But I was really hoping it would be two Ride The Ducks mobiles instead.

hahahaha

From the Seattle times

NEW - 12:37 PM

Storm rolls in; 75 mph winds predicted

Those living in the Seattle area and west of Interstate 5 will get the brunt of the snow with 3-8 inches, while those east of the interstate face treacherous winds.

lol i like the concept that it will only snow in Fremont and South Lake Union, but cross I-5 on Denny Way, and then snow instantly becomes wind.

yeah, u district, not to worry! you'll be fine!

coupla flakes on lqa

The way that's phrased, I think it's supposed to imply that the I-5 division carries for those outside of the Seattle area, whereas if you are in the Seattle area, you are getting snowed on, no buts about it.

Poorly phrased, either way.

it's lolfully phrased

We're getting dainty little snow in Fremont right now.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1055365/2/istockphoto_1055365-smiling-snowflake-cartoon.jpg

WELCOME TO HELL ;-)

BAHAHAHAAHAHAHHHA

Too true. I don't like this icy shit.

The WILD STYLE, BITCHEZ (listen when that French woman starts saying "dance de funk" holy shit) It even mentions Rick James. Now I want to know what else you want from a dance record than that.

Well, so far, in Fremont, a consistent light dusting still.

The surprise will be waking up tomorrow morning.

I'm going to guess 2 inches overnight. I doubt it's going to be the 7-8 inches they've been saying all day.

Walking to Fremont tomorrow.

WTF will all the panic buying in Seattle proper?

I can understand that being the case in east King Co, Snoho Co., etc.

but why is the BALLARD Fred Meyer a panic zone? Dudes, just go walk to Cupcake Royale or some shit, you'll survive!

last saturday, last sunday, tonight

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Still waiting for it to start in Point Roberts/Bellingham/Vancouver...

We've had another inch or so added to what was left of the original 3-4" in the last 6 hours. It's coming down more heavily now and doesn't look like it will be stopping tonight. No winds to speak of yet, though apparently North Bend is getting gusts around 50 mph.

mayor said 1 am was the time we'd see the highest winds in the city. said that about six.

We've dug out 2 flashlights and candles in case the power goes out, but hell that's not gonna matter at 1 am.

noted meteorologist Greg Nickels

I have about two inches on what was clear last night

prob about 4 in places its had a chance to accumulate

5" on top of yesterday's ice.
A gaggle of snowboarders+dog+beer just went down(closed)Belmont - and don't seem to be coming back up.

New Capitol Hill Slogan: Every Other Street Closed for Your Wintery Pleasure!

there's about one foot of snow on my patio table and it's still snowing a bit...ridiculous

yeah i just saw someone go by on skis on w olympic pl

I have just a wall of snow falling from the sky outside

now:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/3123859085_58ab278a8e_m.jpg

4 more inches tonight
skis, snowboards, sleds

I opened my window and immediately got a faceful of snow

aurora at 10:30 p.m.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3123883329_9d27cdfc54.jpg

aurora and mercer
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3123882491_44b848d09f.jpg

4" in Fremont, still snowing.

Tomorrow morning will be, um, really interesting.

oh my god, my lights just flickered

:( :( :(

damn

sending u good thoughts

esp keeps lights on btw

the unexpected beauty of dot traffic cams
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/sr167.jpg

Just got back from walk to the beach. So cool.

oh man I can't wait to go to golden gardens. If I can get back at all.

ok, 4-5" in Fremont and still gaining. Another wave started while was there.

The freezing rain brittle ice bark over the snow layer this morning made for a rather dynamic snow walk. "POW! POW! POW!" instead of "pttch pttch pttch"

has it ever snowed during a seahawks home game before?

It was a treat watching the fans trickle into our neighborhood today - usually they start around 9 am when the bars open, but today held off until after 11. People throwing snowballs around instead of footballs. I can't imagine sitting through a game today, but then I'm not a fan. Still snowing like it's never going to stop down here. No doubt it will be a ridiculous mess when the post-game traffic starts.

OK, my flickrstream

http://flickr.com/photos/8031083@N04/3125882661/

the "best" ones

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3126692218_5f12231907_o.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3126681722_bd63b1b7d1_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3125850361_c88b6c3425_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3126678770_805e33b20f_o.jpg

So, there was that freezing rain pre-dawn? It basically was like this ice Magic Shell over the snow. Or like an ice version of an M&M or Skittle coating. Crispy brittle and noisy when stomped on. I'm holding a piece of this "ice bark". The dark spots are my fingertips underneath the "bark"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3126677040_fd9c91cd61_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3126675854_d1a4a8ee41_o.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/3125882661_c60d69134d_o.jpg

Flickr is so retarded when it comes to auto-rotating pics. Anyway, that says "Bad Ice!" at the bottom.

a skier on a cellphone just zoomed down our hill

"blah blah global warming blah blah" swish swish

so apparently another 4 inches by tomorrow morning.

I believe I will just hop on a bus on I-99 to work. If no buses run there, fuck it.

it's starting to feel like this might never end

At least half a foot here in Lynnwood. It hasn't stopped snowing since yesterday evening. Some kids in my apartment complex built an igloo. XD

It's still technically autumn here, guys.. well until tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the darkest day of the year, too. And the Monday before Christmas.

yeah, i'm officially tired of this, which is saying a lot coming from me.

Yeah, I think I'm reaching that breaking point.

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/lb1217cd20081216025038.jpg

isn't there supposed to be global WARMING????? lolololol

musicallyfish

greenwood tonight
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0069.jpg

KOMO news video of people slippin' around. First one is in Lower QA on 5th Ave N and Roy?

http://www.komonews.com/home/video/36520054.html?video=pop&t=a

Let the cat out this afternoon, so she could "experience snow." Promply ran away and hid under neighbor's porch. Took the better part of two hours, chasing her (gently) from yard to yard to finally corral her (shivering) beneath a small, palm-like shrub, before we finally got her back indoors, where she promptly vanished beneath the bedding. Later on, I walked down to the PCC on Aurora to lay in supplies (beer, brussel sprouts, pasta, canned tomatoes). CRAZY WITH THE SNOW! People out on cross-country skis everywhere. Almost no cars, those that were out getting stuck at every traffic light. Ducks quacking around Greenlalke like it was no big deal. Have never seen this city look so beautiful, and am loving every minute of this.

Cat in less snowy circumstances:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01500.jpg

The snow:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01594.jpg

Snowy apple ballz:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01592.jpg

Neighbor yard:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01595.jpg

Christmas berries:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01598.jpg

My yard:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/DSC01606.jpg

Lotsa pix on the way to the store, too, but it's a new phone and I don't know how to computerize em. Ah well...

did anyone else try to go to seattle this weekend and fail miserably? i am on my way home because the earliest they could replace my cancelled flight was xmas day, cutting a 9-day trip in half. i'm wondering if the snow itself was serious or if it would have been manageable for snow-familiar cities and seattle just wasn't prepared to deal with the amount of snow

Lots of snow by just about any measure, but yeah, Midwestern or Northeastern cities would have handled it fine. Seattle just doesn't have the gear to manage heavy weather, and people here get so freaked out that basic services (such as public transportation) fall apart.

I heard Seatac ran out of de-icer - snow has never been this prolonged here, and temperatures haven't been this cold in almost 20 years. Xmas day is iffy as well, since we are supposed to get more snow on Wednesday night.

Great pix, contenderizer - sorry your cat freaked out!

Should a city be prepared for something this out of the ordinary? I don't think so.

I'm thinking about switching my flight from Wednesday (7am-ish) to Thursday...it's supposed to snow Tuesday night but Wednesday night is supposed to rain. I'm sure a bunch of people have the same idea...apparently Alaska's phone hold time is in the 2-3 hr range.

Can you change it online?

Road report: Mr. Jaq was able to drive down 1st ave S, over the bridge, without too much trouble this morning. The Highland park drive hill is apparently impossible though.

For those of you outside the Pacific Northwest reading this...

Imagine if Los Angeles had freezing rain on the freeways for two weeks. What do you think would happen?

Imagine if Chicago had 110+ heat with high humidity for a month, with high winds that could force the loss the power

This is a bit of the equivalent of what's been happening in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, etc. the past two weeks. We have plenty of snowplows but they are mostly dedicated to the areas that regularly get snow, and while us city folks have gotten nearly 6 inches of snow, more or less, which itself is a *20 YEAR EVENT*, the snowplows are busy trying to dig up several feet of snow for people outside Western Washington because those people *WILL DIE* if the snowplows don't save them.

Seattle and Portland people can far more easily walk to a convenience store or cafe and survive... the urbanities allow people here to survive far more easily with problems than people in the rural parts of Washington and Oregon. So the lack of de-icing and plowing is a sacrifice to make sure there isn't a major human catastrophe.

While I agree that we need a little more sanding and plowing support, if you're still wondering "OMG WTF SEATTLE DOESN'T DE-ICE EVERYTHING RIGHT AWAY? YOU GUYS ARE SOOO STOOOPID", then you can fuck off.

THAT SAID, if you were to suggest that the cities should allow better distribution of tire chains, better education, and allow the city police to TICKET CARS DURING ICE ADVISORIES THAT DON'T USE CHAINS, then I would agree with you, even though I don't expect my neighbors here on ILX to agree with me. Same goes with Metro, Sound Transit, and other public road transit re: ice warnings.

Having lived in the midwest through 3 major winter weather events, including the blizzard of '78, I can tell you that even a well-prepared city struggles when hit with large and prolonged amounts of snow. Seattle has been fortunate to not have lost power to large areas (as we did 2 years ago due to that horrendous wind storm in December).

btw I managed to get here yesterday - flight was fine, just had to wait for a gate on the Seatac tarmac for a couple hours. I have relatives who were trying to get to Alaska a couple days ago who still haven't been able to leave town.

no, you can't change it online...right now they are waiving change fees for certain dates and their website isn't supporting this emergency procedure. Their flight status lookup tool is down too.

fucccccccccccck this snow. how come it never snowed like this when i was a kid? back when i would have enjoyed it?

When getting directions at WSDOT I asked why, when the snow plow DOES go by, there's still 3"-4" of snow left on the ground - which then melts a little and freezes, making the situation worse than if they hadn't plowed at all.
WSDOT person LAUGHED and said, "yeah, it's sort of a secret" but they were afraid they might hit a manhole cover somewhere. Don't other cities have manhole covers too? What's different about ours?

I'd expect it has to do with the high camber of a lot of the streets here (necessary for rainwater management). Down in this part of town, the manholes end up elevated over the street surface (due to settling in the jello zone?), and I could see them not want to risk bashing a blade on one of those. The neighborhoods I lived in Indianapolis didn't have manholes, but also didn't get plowed, even in the worst weather. Only the heaviest use surface streets (state highways generally) saw state/city plows and everyone else just had to deal with it (or contract with the pickup truck guys that had blades).

i had my christmas nice stranger moment: some guy stopped at our bus stop--people had been waiting an hour--and drove us all downtown. HEY MR AWESOME GUY THANX

nice

Had a job interview canceled on me today. Dude that was supposed to interview me couldn't make it is stuck in Marysville. :-/

There's no need for Mackro and others to get defensive about the question. It's just frustrating to be back in NY when I had hoped to be in WA at this time with family.

Apologies for seeming belligerent, and this wasn't directed at you, Robie, although it did make me snap a lil'

At least, I hope I didn't come off like THIS GUY from last night at the corner of Queen Anne Ave N and Roy St. in LQA. Holy shit!

I hope the guy gets arrested. He could have avoided all this if he just WAITED to lose his temper at Ozzie's.

Robie, I'm sorry your flight was canceled and empathize with your frustration, but, really, asking if the snow was "serious" or if a midwestern city could have handled it was silly - this amount of snow was serious for Seattle obviously or any other city where December temperatures rarely dip below freezing.

Holy shit that video. I hope that fucker gets arrested too.

any thread where jaq drops science/crushes fools is A+ by me.

― alpha ville (jergins), Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:14 AM

Oh stop that, yr making me *blush*

Another Asshole vs. Sledders here

Union and 17th, I think(?)

Happier times. People skiing and sledding down south side of Queen Anne Ave

Oh not again. I drove both south and north yesterday and the surface streets were awful - huge ruts and pits, ice and refrozen slush, slick everywhere. Nerve-wracking.

Snowing again. It's been what, two weeks since it started now?

got stuck at 23rd & Union yesterday morning. It took 20 minutes and 2 additional guys to free the car. We bailed on our plan to drive to Olympia. Had to work up in Mountlake Terrace today and got stuck in their parking lot - then it snowed all friggin' day. grrr.

so it's still snowing? i wouldn't know, being in california and all

north of like 145th st it was still snowing, though air temps were around 35. Starting around Northgate, it was more rainy. Rain mixed with snow forecast for overnight, but hopefully temps up into the 40s tomorrow. Enjoy California and bring home some dry weather + sunshine plz.

I spent most of Christmas day helping to push people's cars around. I was kinda pissed at my friend for even trying to drive in the first place, but somehow with the help of a neighbor and his kids, plus some valuable advice from a cop across the street who yelled through his megaphone at us, we actually managed to get out onto Aurora. Then when we got to his house, we helped some more people.

What I learned is if the car isn't moving forwards, try going in reverse a little and then moving forward again. Repeat.

holy shit those buses!!!!

I've never been so damn glad for it to rain and rain and rain. Snow/slush has been reduced to small filthy piles at the corners of intersections and parking lots.

holy shit those buses!!!!

Yeah, no kidding. I was listening to this lady tell another guy at the bus stop her bus horror stories and expecting to get this "OMG" reaction. Little did she seem to understand that both the dude and myself had horror stories of our own.

It's all melting away!

That drizzle sure is a potent snow removal device!

well, having it be above freezing at night for once helps too

You know, thanks to all of this, I now know what cabin fever feels like. I didn't really suffer it, but I was *just* about to.

damn there is still so much snow in Everett right now way more than Lynnwood

Doh, I totally lost those original images that I created this thread with. I still have this one, can't remember if it's from that storm or not:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/90721313_8030e0e42f_o.jpg

I hear that Nichols is now saying that they'll use salt in future massive snowmageddons. At least they finally learned ;-)

there's a good layer of snow in bellevue right now

wtf

There's a good layer of snow in Lynnwood right now. Really coming down. Not even all the old snow had quite melted away. This fucking winter.

i can't believe this winter wonderland bullshit AGAIN

i just drove from anacortes to seattle and the I-5 was f'ing hairy the whole way

check this out, i shot it tonight going from friday harbor to anacortes

how were the San Juans?

it's a great place, even in the dead of winter. veeery quiet new year's. and i saw snow up there the other night, a first!

I have gotten stuck on Orcas overnight cause I missed the last ferry haha.

^LUCKY

don't know what this map means but omg beautiful
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/prettymap.jpg

Fremont got horizontal freezing rain which quickly turned to rain. It's supposed to be 40s tomorrow so all of today's stuff will melt if not already.

Spokane is getting another 6-8 inches of snow. It is really a snowpocalypse on Eastern WA

"oh but the Coast'ers always get the wet weather, while it's nice sunny and dry here!". Oops

Thirdly, LYRA! How is NJ treating you? It's been so long!

"oh but the Coast'ers always get the wet weather, while it's nice sunny and dry here!". Oops

I got fooled by this the first winter I was here. It was sunny and dry, relatively speaking. Last year was bad, but I was told it was an exception. This year is just killing me.

I grew up in remote-ass upper Michigan where we got over 200 inches a year on average, but I thought I moved away from that. Eastern WA has none of the infrastructure, mindset, or outdoor activities necessary for me to put up with this kind of insanity.

I redact the Fremont statement. I woke up to snow and slush this morning.

Joygoat, are you doing ok? I assume you are ok enough to post here, but thought I'd ask

He's okay until he starts threatening people with bicycle chainrings that are NO GOOD IN THIS WEATHER.

Hi, Seattle! Did everyone have to walk to work again today?

Not me. My bus actually arrived on time and wasn't as packed as normal.

Yesterday was a lot of wet, heavy snow i.e. most of it was off the roads in hours.

December was below freezing during most of the snow, so those were the walkin' days.

Joygoat, are you doing ok? I assume you are ok enough to post here, but thought I'd ask

Oh yeah, it's totally fine. Sounding dire and insane about winter weather is kind of par for the course for me. Shoveling the 12" of snow this morning was kind of fun in a crazy "I can't believe I have to do this" way.

It's kind of post-apocalypsey outside right now. You're not supposed to see snowplows stuck on the side of the road. Thank you AWD Subaru, and to think we thought about selling you because we didn't need 4 wheel drive out here.

haha, well I hate to say this, knowing fully about the pain being suffered in Spokane, but the pictures I've seen make the place look like heaven. Mainly the trees.

I mean, http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=spokane%20snow&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

This could take all day, but DAMN

http://www.skiusaresorts.com/spokane.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1557897.jpg

is there still snow on the ground in other places? when i woke up this morning there was just a bit of slush on the sides of the street, that's it.

There is here, but I'm a few miles inland and we never completely got rid of the last bunch.

I have gotten stuck on Orcas overnight cause I missed the last ferry haha.
OMG, you lucky bum. I love Orcas. But that ferry ride on a Sunday afternoon in the summer is obnoxious... I was out there in August, we waited through like 3 ferries before we caught one back. I still can't believe all the snowmageddon stories and photos. Who knew it was possible for seattle to get more than a half inch of snow?

Thirdly, LYRA! How is NJ treating you? It's been so long!

HELLO ILX I MISSED YOU. NJ has been kicking my ass, fuck suburbs. At least I get to into NYC every day for work, some consolation. :P

that last pic of spokane is WOW

i took the bus this morning and it was on time. slush was everywhere today, but nothing icy.

http://www.zyx.com/glyn/images/lols/dearSnow_small.jpg

fuck no

is it bad there? the hill's got some dust but nothing more.

Still some down here in pdx, too

there's snow but it was only a dusting here and it's 34 degrees here and getting warmer, so I'm not too concerned yet

Yeah we got some pretty snowy action last night!
I was at this dude's apartment in Belltown and it was really pretty outside when you looked at the light where it was falling. An inconsequential snow, but still pretty.

Matos: no, but I'm just really sick of the entire concept of snow

it's flurrying right now in Fremont

SUPRIZE

Rich Marriot was clearly depressed at missing the call on snow this morning. I hate these weather goons. Except the guy on Q13 who manages to crack me up at least 1 time per forecast.

looove walter kelley

also, what the hell

listening to Minnie Ripperton's Come Into My Garden while riding a bus through the snowscape = advisable

ayo snowflakes

I saw the remnants of a melted dusting this morning, but basically nothing, which of course came after all the news media was warning us about snow this morning. lolz.

from weather.gov:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
925 AM PST TUE FEB 10 2009
WAZ504-508-110200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090211T0200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
925 AM PST TUE FEB 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING.
ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR OF KING...PIERCE...THURSTON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...
1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE KITSAP PENINSULA WEST OF
PUGET SOUND...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN
THE BREMERTON AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$

...

yes, they're always capslocked like this.

HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE KITSAP PENINSULA WEST OF
PUGET SOUND...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN
THE BREMERTON AREA

My people.

oh no, poor MxPx!

It's definitely been actively snowing here up north, although less so than it was this morning.

mix of rain and snow on LQA

thread of endless winter

Big chunky snow in downtown right now. Hormel Snow.

I think there's ham in the snow, even though the forecasters promised the snow would come without ham. fuck.

it's snowing like a motherfucker in phinney-wood.

(you totally know walter kelley wants to say that.)

ham
in the snow

don't let pigs fly in the winter

http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt:xxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX:eQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPo0x0oaxnoaxv8uOc5xQQQGGePP0QPonqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPGl%7CRup60Go%7C/of=50,590,259

^^^went from having good food and bad service to having bad food and bad service rip

Red Rectangle! fuck that place!

????

Yeah, that place sucks. All about Blue Oval.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2eygzno.jpg

Weird, it shows correctly on my screen.

http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt:xxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX:eQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPo0x0oaxnoaxv8uOc5xQQQGGePP0QPonqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPGl%7CRup60Go%7C/of=50,590,259

lol still a red rectangle when I hit that

We're constantly being red carded.

Anyway, that was supposed to be the logo of The Flying Pig, a restaurant in Everett that I no longer eat at.

lol

winter of our disco tent

actually I accidentally left my dustbuster pointed toward my screen door. Sorry Puget Sound.

I swear seattle has had more snow than NJ this year. What the hell happened?

and gunna snow again tonight down here, too. great.

srsly you guys are getting snow now???

kinda mad jealous

I love the snow here. The big problem though in Sea is that one snowflake = 99% of buses become unreliable. This (unreliable buses in the snow) shit has got to stop.

Isn't it because all the articulated buses don't stop or turn correctly in the snow?

Hello, where is the magical monorail that would whisk people away above the streets now? ;-)

lol

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:12 PM Bookmark

feels like we are the butt of the joke, tho

but but we got SLUT

we were promised Sound Transit Light Rail (STLR?) by end of year between downtown and SeaTac. mmhmm.

xpost obviously

I spent a few hours in the median of I-5 north of Bellingham last night.

:(

Custer WA is not a joyful place to be stranded

light rail from westlake to tukwila opens july 3rd. the one-stop extension to the airport opens by the end of the year.

bye melty snow...i know if i say that i'm sure this'll be the last snow of the season then it won't, so see you in a few weeks

TuQuila

THE_REAL_TUQ

Aw

http://i39.tinypic.com/2zftssj.jpg

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2008789995.html

"more snow expected" lol

Could swear I was just pelted w/like, 10 little bits of hail. In the sun. Portland not Seattle tho.

yeah, ice pellet storms. If one side of the sky is sunny and the other half is dark grey, expect 'em.

I noticed the Olympics lookin mad purty today.

"possibility of snow in the city this weekend" they say

pls to make sure it does not snow in 2 weeks kthx

on the positive side, it's barely rained this winter at all

rev, you just cursed us for saying that

you should work for a local hoodie company and use your mad "it hasn't rained" reverse-juju to rake in the sales

on the positive side, it's barely rained this winter at all

not pos imo

Tehresa, you should send me email via ILX asap. I'm about to be SB'ed I think.

Not a chance. People who get SBed are either assholes or blatant trolls or go on and on about the same points and won't let them go.

I'd be surprised if you had 10.

(rev OTM)

it was just hailing like a mofo here a few minutes ago. thunder/lightning too.

no snow or anything here. But that first thunderclap was a motherfucker

got a light dusting this afternoon

srsly guise get this shit in order stat

i want to spend lots of time outside

It's felt remarkably springlike when it hasn't been snowing!

it's been really sunny and beautiful in between the bouts of weirdness. Apparently we're getting an "arctic blast" in a few days.

a few more flakes today

I was expecting much worse this weekend.

looooool is how I break it down to an extent

yay hail

Damn, mass chunky snow in downtown right now, spining around in all directions.

snowing for anyone else right now?

yes!

no!

april fooling?

me or the weather?

i would like to officially ask what the fucking hell is going on here
(snow and rain mixed on phinney)

well I'm downtown by the waterfront and about a half hour ago someone said they saw snow outside, but I don't see anything now. Really didn't seem cold enough for snow this morning.

nada

hell yes we are back

where are you? it snowed downtown (i live in belltown) for a little while around noon, but has since tapered off. MOAR SNOW!

georgetown.

it started up again! this time smaller flakes

Flakery in Wallingford!

open this up in a tab and watch from 5 am - now. i love the way the sky drops after it gets light
http://instacam.com/InstaCAM/imagelist_by_week.asp?id=ANCTS&DateString=11222010&Rerun=Rerun&Views=all

That is hypnotic to watch, con suelo.

Out my back steps, just now:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5198831439_d2ea245d65.jpg

I had a very pleasant lunch in the garden in PA today, crazy weather.

CT bus in tacoma overturned, I Love Danger
http://twitpic.com/3989pf

somebody's got some splaining to do

http://i53.tinypic.com/2vlthyh.jpg

It is STILL snowing!

morelike snodo rite

yeah, the odds are good that i will not make it in to class tonight...

http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/nw/005vc15230.jpg

streets are gridlocked seemingly everywhere, city's a sheet of ice. GF's been stuck on the bus to tacoma for three hours, can't imagine it's gonna get much better before it's done.

Took a co-worker 2.5 hrs to get home (w Beacon hill) from Redmond. My decision to stay home today (for dubious reason - just a basic hangover) now seems prescient.

4 hours from u district to georgetown. i'm not going tomorrow.

lol @ that wsdot pic updating

1st ave south, 9:45 pm. ppl going <5 mph
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0005-1.jpg

same on 4th
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0023-2.jpg

http://barthel.tumblr.com/photo/1280/1655993767/1/tumblr_lcbo365PcM1qz96eo

Two buses stuck on Pine between 14th and 15th.

oh yay, operations suspended tomorrow, i don't even have to feel bad for not going!

belltown is spooky atm:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/10-11-22_snow03_sm.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/10-11-22_snow05_sm.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/10-11-22_snow06_sm.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/10-11-22_snow07_sm.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/10-11-22_snow08_sm.jpg

i pray for seattle

i know we got TOO INCHES of snow lol

gunna die over here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym9K3z0CL_U&feature=player_profilepage

http://i52.tinypic.com/30w59v9.jpg

lol, so classic. sucks to live in the future, audi man.

hit & run love

Today was hardly smooth, but at least there was some plowing and salting done today. I actually saw a few snowplows and salting vehicles.

Whereas none of that was done the 2 weeks in Xmas '08 for snowpocalopogas.

This is the most evil snowstorm ever because of the winds tho. Holy shit.

snowpocalopogas
Nice.

I moved from Minneapolis to Seattle in 1990, just in time to experience the 12" - 18" snowfall in December that year!

ayo

temp dropped from 37 to 32 on the drive from Seattle to Redmond this morning and snow started falling hard and fast at 520 & 405 intersection. I'm leaving tomorrow for PHX and can't get out of this weather soon enough. That's right, I hate (winter) fun.

all gone now but i got out into it for a bit last night

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0110.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/IMG_0095.jpg

not seeing jack wtf guyzzzzzzz i don't wanna go to class tonight

Just starting a bit here in Evt.

sunny in the UD? jesus.

Clouds starting to blow in over Redmond now (was sunny at lunchtime), but no flakes. Where's the snowpocalypse?

It better start snowing in Seattle soon or i'm gonna get pissed.

Rev, though Everett got a bunch of snow last night/this morning. Did it all melt?

It was snowing during the morning yesterday but then it warmed up and most of it melted, enough so that I biked to the corner store around 4PM on clear roads. Been snowing a bit off and on today, but not really enough to stick.

Sounds like it didn't snow yesterday in Seattle though? I just was under the assumption that it had.

It did snow in Seattle. I watched the snow fall off and on all day on the corner of 11th and Pine. Snowed quite heavily at times during the afternoon and again from 5-6:30. There was snow on all the cars and roofs this morning but virtually none on the yards/trees.

this is happening!

and also in tacoma, where the snow is more diverse, less caught up in trying to be something it isn't

and also in everett, where the snow doesn't really have much to do

my friend said it wasn't snowing in seattle yesterday, but we're on our second day up here

lols both of you

it snowed in pdx briefly just now but it couldn't find a job and had to leave

Pouring down snow in the south end just now :) I flew in last night from AL and was worried; glad it held off until today though the commute tomorrow could be treacherous.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6703528845_1b22f39d03.jpg

melting :(

lol DOT picture from november 10 is snowy again

There's a minivan in a tree just outside my bedroom window.

kinda big pic - http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvnoo1SFM1qzy0xuo1_500.jpg

we just burned the gingerbread house i made for christmas in the living room fire. gummi bears went first. stank.

yes! xp

raining in georgetown. elsewhere?

we're wishing hard for a couple of snow days but not feeling very hopeful for tomorrow.

Same here. As long as the power stays on!

oh yes, def snow days with power on!

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Where-can-people-legally-sled-in-Seattle-2572263.php

i had a dream some kind of job thing sent me to seattle in january and i was texting lxy about it, then i realized (in the dream) that it wasn't real. what does this confusing dream mean

see you soon?

snowing with renewed vigor in evt

I think you have gotten more snow there than we have in Boston, now.

snowing in northgate, i hear!

Snowing downtown. Tomorrow is gonna be so much fun.

is it as bad as x-mas '08?

haha, no. It was just 4 inches on Cap. Hill that has since melted. But it might be tomorrow.

it's fairly bad up here. my classes were canceled for today.

haha tinypic reused a bunch of urls upthread

SNOW in SEATTLE ((picture thread))

I don't know why I expected different, but my mind was blown when I was visiting Seattle and heard how little snow they get. That made me want to live there even more.

Heavy eastside snow means snow day for me! I got to the office and pretty much headed right back home:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6716511379_17601e1446.jpg

5 mph

YOU LUCKY!!!!!

Totally! And, they've already called dibs on tomorrow being a snow day too!

Blue skies over Capitol Hill.

yeah, wtf??!

Bill Gates's magic snow fence stopping it at the eastern lakeshore? The line was at I-405/I-90 intersection at noon-thirty - boring old rain on Mercer Island, delightful white flakes in Bellevue.

I'm thinking we maybe oughta postpone quiz again...

Yes :( Oh well, I'd rather be warm and dry at home than slogging around lower QA looking for parking amid the wrecked and abandoned buses.

...which is how I spent Sunday on First Hill.

Ugh. Wish I'd gotten home from Alabama earlier in the week, I would have been around to help you move. Did you get a pic of the van in the tree?

still no snow but i left work anyway, on the boss's recommendation!

if it doesn't dump tonight the city will be full of very pissed off employees, of which i will be one.

Mr. Jaq saw something that said it probably wouldn't start in Seattle until tomorrow morning - but now will continue through Friday?

lol @ "global warming"

seattle has gotten more snow than nyc this winter wtf

I'm blaming Canada

it's stopped snowing here, but we still have a solid couple inches on the ground. a kid just snowboarded down the hill.

no snow here (Toronto). 9°c (not sure what that is in your devil temperature) and raining.

i was nice and looked it up: 48.2°F.

i have never seen a clearer sky in all my life. grrr.

Getting icy out there though

clouds now!

YIPPIE!

Haha! Hooray!

3" at 9 am in georgetown!

Mr. Jaq went ahead and walked over to work, all bundled up. His footsteps are all filled in now!

he did??! that crazyman!!
i'm not surprised! it's snowing so much!!!!!

I'm one of 5 intrepid souls (aka people who live on the hills and can walk) who made it in today.

From my office, I can see people snowboarding down the Denny St. hill.

oh man! Sliding down Denny seems like it would shoot you all the way down to the waterfront!

On the upside, not a lot of traffic on I-5
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/anytimebutnow/DSC00997.jpg

stuck here in south tacoma, waiting in hopes that someone else will go get wood for the fire. is beautiful out, buried in white. just saw a squirrel hop out through the snow and dig around at the base of a tree for a stashed peanut.

probably 7-8" at this point, still coming down, though slowly

4" now

just snapped this photo outside my window:

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/sites/default/files/images/11w/2011/10/jeezy_snowman_tee_logo.jpg

i feel like i'm the only person i know who's working today, walked about a mile and a half and took a bus. Tons of people out skiing, having snowball fights etc. Everyone at my job working day shift called out.

at Bellevue and Belmont we have beer, tubing/ pizza pan riding and corgis...as usual

i wish i was there. miss u guys.

what is the prognosis for tomorrow?

my classes are cancelled again

more pix

pls..

The NPR station over here on the other side of the state started today by saying something like "we're pretty sure that every school west of the cascades is closed".

School is closed tomorrow already here anyway because we're supposed to get a foot tonight but I'll believe when I see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7AfY9UyFh0

UW CLOSED YAY!!!!!

toandos

there has been snowboarding and sledding on my street today, but it's not nearly as steep as queen anne. we have a good half a foot of snow at least.

It's a sheet of solid ice! The snow looks so strange, like shiny sculpted plastic!

very strange out. everything's so clicky. is it rain or ice falling?

gotta get home (wallingford) from lake city in a few minutes, really hope the buses are running.

GoodLuck, JoeStork

thx, got a ride from my relief

that is a relief!

Travel safe JoeStork! It's very weird out. "Light freezing rain mist" is what they are calling it. Teeny tiny droplets that freeze when they hit something. Mr. Jaq is thinking about going outside - he might end up glazed like a krispy kreme!

very strange out. everything's so clicky. is it rain or ice falling?

― lxy, Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:19 AM (1 hour ago)

The pellet-y stuff is called graupel.
I had a really slick walk to work and, again, only 5 of us made it in.

okay so: it's really graupelling over here! the constant taptaptapping is a little crazy-making.

good job grappling with the graupel, kate78. be safe, everyone!

sister just texted to ask how we're managing so i was able to use "graupel" IRL already! thanks for the word, kate78!

Is that Newfoundlandish weather knowledge in action? Maybe next week's pub quiz will be weathery!

I will grapple with all your graupel.
lxy, you should come to quiz with us next week!

yes! jaq mentioned it to us (jergins & me) the other week and we'd love to! remind me of the details, plz?

Ozzies on lower QA, Wednesdays at 7 (? I think?). We could drive together!

let's do this!

Hooray! A plan!

I figured out this morning what my neighbor was doing last night, shoveling the entire street. He was clearing area around the storm drains. Looking out there now, the ice layer is just getting thicker and thicker.

aw right!

STILL steadily graupelling. this is madness.

still dumping thick snowflakes here. we have a good 7 inches of accumulation at least

Supposedly it's raining and heavily snowing in Redmond - gotta love all these microclimates.

after, what? 7 hours of graupel we now have snow. snow on top of ice on top of snow. things are not looking good for a trip to the airport tomorrow.

It's supposed to start raining at some point tonight and be 10 degrees warmer tomorrow (43 F for the low), so it might be melted enough!

ah thank you, that's good. except for the part about going back to work after going to the airport.

They've started sledding down Denny again.

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/394359_318712451506451_100001030961480_998410_21644669_n.jpg

I spent three hours shoveling the driveway today and we still couldn't get the damn truck up the hill. :/

A few not-great photos of Denny Hill last night:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/anytimebutnow/DSC01002.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/anytimebutnow/DSC01005.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/anytimebutnow/DSC01013.jpg

i think that last one's pretty great! gives a real sense of the scene.

i had no idea anyone that wasn't a skiing nerd used the word 'graupel'

Coming down downtown.

u district too!

Mercer Island and the east side as well! Mt. Baker is supposed to get 20"!

really? nothing here in everett. didn't even seem that cold. i left the house without just a flannel and tee and no jacket.

So the giant black cloud that just ate the city is interesting. Is it snow or rain?

Holy shit, it's snow now.

jealous

Mr. Jaq just reported a massive hailstorm in Georgetown! Followed by snow and rain.

And now, he says it's sunny again.

totally boring partly cloudy over in Redmond btw

nooooo

blue skies now!

There must have been snow on Baker today, boss did not appear in the office at all.

it's been blue skies all day here

it was a giant flying schmoo. it didn't mean harm.

sorry, a giant shtoonk

such a crazy apocalyptic day, what with the snow hail sun gale rain stuff, and the massive power outage that shut down campus for the last half of the day. so weird.

just had another squall in gtown, hail this time.

a few blocks away, and we only got snow/rain no hail

this weather is positively...midwestern.

totes did not experience this, can't decide if i'm jealous or

lol snowing

remember the graupel from a couple of years ago? it just did that for a few minutes in georgetown! but now it's raining again.

bundle up, friends, it's gonna be cooooold!

http://doescliffmassthinkitsgoingtosnow.com/

Tuesday or gtfo

1/2" on the ground and still coming down

yay!!! uw is open but i'm not going to work. vacation starts early!

There's snow for real in Mt Baker

Trying to decide whether I should call in or go to work in West Seattle. I realllly need to replace my tires. They lose traction in the damn rain. I might just end up driving around Beacon Hill instead of over like I usually do.

I was fine until I got to 85th and 124th, where the left turn lane was a sheet of ice. There was enough slush off to the center to slow me down so I didn't rearend the giant pickup in front of me.

Graupel was coming down in Georgetown around 9:30!

It just started coming down here in the ass-end of the state, supposed to get six inches

thread needs pics yes
http://i39.tinypic.com/2mxmptt.jpg

I just learned a new word. Thanks! I've seen graupel, but never knew it had its own name.

Ok yay, I ended up being able to work from a site within walking distance instead.

Yeah, it was graupelmania around 9:30-10:00. Now, nothing in central Seattle, just wet. Mid- to upper-40s all next week. No white Xmas for sic.

no graupel for me today. i ended up going to work at 10:30 out of guilt for being at home when everyone else made it in, and i could hear the snow melting all around me.

nice picture, anky!

it is beautiful. finally!

so glad I got my tires replaced today

saw this: so jealous

a giant snowball was made

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/12439966084_d9c5d18ac4.jpg

and then it was broken

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/12439487955_3bc58e7a7c.jpg

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wild

:)

Thought for a minute I’d be an unwilling feature in a “bus rolls helplessly down Queen Anne hill” video

RIP

ppl are welcome to steal photos from my twooter itt

wow, right?

Such a nice walk through downtown just now

lightning and thunder in Seattle!

Walked a couple miles to work this morning, hardly anyone’s here.

IT BEGINS

Finally in town for it. Sodo is a whiteout

c'mon people