The Pacific Northwest "Omg it's snowing in teh big city soon!" thread

Yeah, snow threats freak people out down here, too. Just the hint of it last year was enough for my company to email the "weather emergency hotline number" out to all employees.

For my friends & I who came from from Michigan or Chicago or wherever, where you go to work unless there was 6" of ice on the road, this was quite amusing.

Okay 100 years then.

My commute tomorrow is going to involve walking out the door & walking to the wifi coffeeshop across the street.

If only Queen Anne hill had a skyway/gondola system, I'd be taking tomorrow off and having fun just sliding my ass down and around the roundabouts.

One of my friends has a condo with a deck overlooking Cedar St on one of it's steep stretches. Two years ago during a snow storm, we fired up the BBQ grill on it & laughed at the cars skidding on down the hill for an hour. Very amusing.

We're supposed to get a dusting tomorrow or Wednesday. I hope it's a little more than that.

Granted, "colder" is not just based on temperature.. there's the wind and humidity factor.. if those are low, it can still snow the same amount and feel "warmer", as long as the temperature is below freezing... if that's what you meant.

Given that I often take the 2 or 13 buses that go up that very hill (if I decide to stop and get Pag's pizza or go to Easy Street after work), that scares the shit out of me! (Then again, I need a scare to stop me from buying so many goddamn records.)

We were supposed to get an inch or more last night, but no.

SEATTLE WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE FUCKING STUMPS. THEY'RE FUCKING USELESS! AOOOWO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW! </SAM FUCKING KINISON>

I'm betting Portland and Vancouver got mad snow last night, too.

Well, at least I got to work at a normal hour. I'll just deal with the snow on a future day when it surprises everyone due to the forecasters forgetting to report the possibility, or something. But, I was really looking forward to a white powdery morning. (Alright! Set-up for obvious joke insertions begin... *NOW*)

One thing you need to learn is that weather forecasters in the PNW are pilloried if they somehow fail to issue an alert and it snows even one inch. They are crucified. Drawn and quartered. OTOH, if they play up the chances for snow and whip up a lot of hysteria, it is good for television ratings. If no snow comes, everyone breathes a sigh of relief and there are no bad repercussions for the forecaster - just a pat on the back from the producer.

Given this situation, how would you behave if you thought there was any chance of snow?

The more troubling issue might be tonight.. temps go into the high 20s overnight, and this after a all-wet day. I might not be able to get to work tomorrow, and it wouldn't be for snow reasons.

Or you might wanna visit me at work! Just sayin' :)
although this will make it difficult for me to go ride this week-I indirectly blame the horse haters from that other thread

There's another chance of this happening Thursday night into Friday morning for the Northwest again.

SPIN THE MAGIC SNOW WHEEL!

http://www.komotv.com/stories/40511.htm

More of a wet-snow, but enough to see it immediately around on the commute home today.. (which is going to reeeaally suck for eastside-to-Seattle commuters..*cough*)

Granted, I'm only going to be excited about it today (because it's the first of the season) while I am watching it out my office windows, because while it's pretty and all that, I hate the stuff. And its colder-hearted cousin, ICE.

Ironically, it was my fastest commute home yet (I left at my normal time.) Everyone at worked FREAKED and left between 3 and 4pm, therefore advancing rush-hour traffic ahead an hour, because every other office worker had the same idea.

There's a lesson to be learned here. I just didn't need to learn it this time.