It's snowing in SeattleLand. ***PICS***

[SeattleGirl]

My lower deck:






Part of the back yard:

[graywarrior]

1. Pretty. I miss snow.

[SeattleGirl]

3. It's pretty, for sure, but hell to drive in.

I had to leave my car around the corner and halfway down the block. I couldn't make it up the really steep part of the street leading to the little street I live on.

[graywarrior]

8. I forget about that part of it.

Used to live on Beacon Hill in Boston in the 70's. Snow & ice killed.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Yeah, Seattle is built on glacial ridges.

When it snows and freezes, they have to close off a lot of the side streets, because if people tried to drive up or down them, it would be like doing on a suicide run. :scared:

[graywarrior]

16. I used to drive a municipal bus in Gloucester MA.

I got causght in an icestorm one night driving back to the garage. I had to come around a narrow corner going downhill. I shit my pants as the rear of the bus swerved all over the road. Have no idea how I corrected it, but I did.

[SeattleGirl]

22. Whoa!!!!

That would have scared the be-Jeebus out of me!

[graywarrior]

27. Actually, my passengers were scarier. I loved it when the bus was devoid of them.

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

30. I bet!

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

46. Angry angry Gloucerites.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. wow

thanks for those pics, sg

am typing in lower-case tonight it's so calming


is it windy looking at weather map today, looked like another storm may be heading your way

[SeattleGirl]

6. thanks, nelly.

i'm helping to keep you calm by responding in lower-case letters. :hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. awwwww

i :loveya: so :hug:

[SPKrazy]

4. Hey Sis

let me in it's frickin' cold out here!

:P

[SeattleGirl]

9. Wipe the snow off your boots first!

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

20. How Many Inches Of Snow

I didn't think it snowed there much, am I wrong?

It's headed this way by Sunday and it won't be snow, it will be ice they say.

Keep your storm!

:P

[SeattleGirl]

26. About 4 inches so far, and still snowing, though not so heavily.

Seattle doesn't get a lot of snow, but it wrecks havoc when it does so here. In many areas, you either live on top of, on the side of, or at the bottom of a hill.

[SPKrazy]

28. If It Snowed 4 Inches Here

the town would be shut down for a while

then the nuts would be on the roads (me too)

then it would melt

It sure is pretty though!

[SeattleGirl]

32. We have plenty of nut jobs around here, for sure.

Especially the folks in SUV's who think they are immune to the negative effects of snow.

[SPKrazy]

36. ROFL!

some of them don't get around as well as a car with front wheel drive

but some SUV's can probably get around well there. I wouldn't want one in a city. I wouldn't want one because of the gas waste, etc. either really.

Unless it was a smaller one.

Of course we have a van, but it gets 27 mpg- still costs a small fortune to fill.

[SeattleGirl]

40. What really gets to me is when they start driving wrecklessly.

I was trying to make my way down a very steep hill earlier this evening, and everyone was going very slow. Then the idiot in the SUV behind me decided to pass people (mind you, this was on a two way street, one lane each way). Just as he got beside me, he started losing control of the vehicle. He damned near hit me and the oncoming car in the lane he was in.

:grr:

[SPKrazy]

44. Geez!

At least most people stay off the roads when it snows here, and there aren't as many as there are there anyhow.

Bumper cars

[SeattleGirl]

49. Problem is, the snow started at 5:00 pm.

Lots and lots of people on their way home from work, or on their way to an evening job, like MrSG. Normally, if the snow starts late evening, lots of folks just stay home.

[SPKrazy]

52. That's bad

I bet there were lots of little and hopefully not big fender benders

Late Saturday night we are supposed to get freezing drizzle. The worse thing about that is it takes power lines down and then it is just frickin' cold and no heat! :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. I envy you.

It hasn't snowed yet in NYC (well, it did for 15 minutes in Manhattan, but I don't live there). x(

And I've never seen snow, either.

[crim son]

7. Yet ANOTHER reason

you should visit.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. Eh, it's too far.

You gotta come here! :D

[crim son]

19. There's no question that it would better there than here.

What the heck would a person do here besides drive by Mr. King's house, visit the town of Penobscot and check out Sand Beach. I have a tough time encouraging visitors, I do. :(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. Well, I do like Stephen King.

But I think I would REALLY stick out in Maine. :rofl:

Here in NYC, I blend in. :D

[crim son]

31. Actually, people of East Indian descent

are about our only minority! But they're a very small group. A few really good guys work at the same school as the STBE. The only problem I have is that STBE keeps coming home and telling me that we're too easy on our daughter and he wants to arrange her marriage, as Shashi plans to do for his two daughters. I don't think he's kidding.

Are you waiting for your marriage to be arranged or do you get to pick your own wife? Or are you gay? I never even asked.

on edit: I think perhaps the last part was too personal. I'm drinking a glass of wine and that means I may commit an indiscretion. Don't answer if it's too much.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. LMAO!

1) I'm straight.
2) I never plan on getting married.
3) #2 pretty much voids an arranged marriage. :rofl:

[crim son]

47. Well, your parents could always abduct you and force

you into marital servitude but that would be nasty.

You may change your mind about marriage one day. She's going to show up and buy you a whisky on the rocks and you will melt. Then again, perhaps not. :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

51. Hell, I'd melt for a Snickers and a handshake.

:D

Also, my parents are pretty open-minded, so they wouldn't even think about an arranged marriage.

[crim son]

56. A lot of the people I know over here are newer immigrants and not

first or second generation transplants. I'm glad for you that your parents are more relaxed. In my case my parents would have probably picked the same guy I married because he looked very good on paper.

You should have very high standards for yourself. I do.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. I'll try.

:D

[crim son]

61. Good.

You strike me as a mixture of ego and insecurity. Get rid of the latter and enjoy the former.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

64. Oh, I guess.

;)

[SeattleGirl]

11. Never??????

:wow:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Never.

I was born in Brooklyn, but we moved shortly thereafter -- I've lived in Mississippi, Texas and California since -- not snow-heavy states. :D

[crim son]

14. That's a lot of snow that you guys aren't used to getting!

We have no snow but it's suddenly turned very cold, ten degrees right now. Ugh. :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

17. It's supposed to get to the mid-teens overnight.

:scared:

[crim son]

23. I hope you got that information from my BIL that I've

undoubtedly told you to watch. Walter Kelly. Remember?

[RevCheesehead]

18. That's not fair!!!

Alright, hand it over!!

[SeattleGirl]

29. Rev, I would gladly had it over right this minute it I could.

Snow is beautiful to look at, or to play in, but it sucks driving in it! x(

[RevCheesehead]

37. Removing it ain't a lot of fun, either.

I need to upgrade to a bigger snow-thrower, but so far this year, I've only used it once. Damned global warming! :banghead:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear SeattleGirl.......

Those are just beautiful pics, sweetie.......

Thank you for sharing them with all of us snow-deprived folks.......

And it's so good to see you tonight......

Away from the insanity of the political forums.......:scared:

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

33. Hey darlin' Peggy!

Good to see you two. I actually listened to the Chimp's speech, but I listened to it via the Mike Malloy show. He was making these great snarky comments all through it!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[u4ic]

25. Very pretty, SeattleGirl!

I understand about the hell driving in it, that's for sure.

We got hit by a blizzard today, too. 80 km/hr winds, -30 wind chill (supposed to go down to -40+ wind chill tonight). :scared:

[SeattleGirl]

35. -40 wind chill????

Gad! Stay warm, u4ic! :hug:

[u4ic]

48. I'm not going out

unless I have to! Stay safe, yourself. :hug:

We had it a couple of months ago, too - I ended up in it for an hour because my car died. Damn that's cold. :scared:

[SeattleGirl]

50. Man, that had to suck!

Did you have to walk the rest of the way, or did somebody manage to come rescue you?

[u4ic]

55. Luckily, I was at home

when my car died; I was pulling out of my parking space in the evening when it happened, but it was blocking the alley. Some people from my building helped me to shovel the snow and push it out of the way but I had to get it up and running for the next day, so I got a boost (which didn't do any good, unfortunately. It wasn't just the battery as I suspected).

People are usually pretty helpful when it's this cold and someone needs help with their car. It could be them soon.

In the past couple of days, 3 people here in Alberta have died of exposure after their car broke down. :-(

[SeattleGirl]

58. Three people? Whoa!

During the big wind storm in December, we had a lot of people die, or get very ill from carbon monoxide poisoning. Mostly people from Asian countries. Apparently, as I understand it, the ventilation is different in their homes over there than it is here. In those homes, they can use barbeques, etc. to warm themselves, but not here. It was so sad. 4 members of one family died (the fifth was away at college), another family of 7 plus some guests all had to be taken to the hosptial for carbon monoxide poisoning.

[u4ic]

62. That is so very sad

:(

In our last deep freeze, two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. They were homeless, and staying in a old bus that they heated with a propane heater. They needed 3 or 4 days to thaw out the bodies before the autopsies, they were frozen stiff. :(

We have a lot of homeless people in my city, some were trying to ride the cold out in tents. Temporary shelters were opened, but it's not enough. Even being out in that weather for an hour was hellish, I can't imagine having to live like that.

[SeattleGirl]

65. I know. Makes me sad too.

People should not have to live like that, especially in such horrendous weather. :cry:

[medeak]

41. me too... time to go south n/t

[u4ic]

43. Are you in western Canada, too, medeak?

[medeak]

67. no....

but similar topography.... barren wasteland mixed with beautiful alps of the west.

See you canucks pass by daily on the way to AZ.. ;-) want to follow them! (border of Idaho and NV)

[u4ic]

68. I'll pick you up

on the way.:D

It's a balmy -28 out right now (this morning it was -34). The wind chill is pretty minor, thank goodness.

It's very bright and sunny, at least.

[medeak]

74. have motorhome parked in Vegas for now...

am on my way in a week!

[u4ic]

77. It may snow there again!

:P

[medeak]

79. the local news is calling it Armageddon

if it snows in Vegas....

[medeak]

76. forgot to say...bright and sunny

and a mild 7 below F compared to you.... ;-)

[u4ic]

78. We're currently at -4F

heat wave! :bounce:

[struggle4progress]

38. Are you sure it's snow? It really looks like a bad case of dust bunnies.

How often do you vaccuum your yard?

[SeattleGirl]

42. ROFL! I had to fire the maid, and I just can't seem to keep up with

the lawn vacuuming! :rofl:

[medeak]

39. great..my tiny dogs are already refusing to pee outside

from 7 inches we had last week... it's on its way to me.

[SeattleGirl]

45. Poor pups!

I have 3 cats and a small dog. The dog actually likes playing in the snow, but the cats get all snooty if I even THINK about having them go outside for a bit! :rofl:

[bullwinkle428]

53. Damn, I'm in the upper Midwest and haven't seen a flake yet!

They did have about 8" in the Twin Cities over New Year's weekend when I was up there, though...

[SeattleGirl]

59. The weather this past year or so has been insane.

And some people think there's no such thing of global warming. :eyes:

[bullwinkle428]

66. I've got a 50-mile commute to work (share driving with friend/co-worker),

so I'm not complaining from a driving standpoint, but I'm certainly concerned when looking at it from a big-picture viewpoint! I just can't see how the global warming deniers can scoff at all of the evidence concerning the melting of glaciers worldwide. I vacationed in the Canadian Rockies 4 years ago and saw first-hand where the edge of some glaciers were just a few years back, and where they are now. It definitely gave me :scared: ...

[Broken_Hero]

54. Nice pictures,

we might be getting some of that this weekend...woo hoo!...:D

[SeattleGirl]

60. They said we were just supposed to get a "dusting" in my area.

Why, oh why, do I bother listening to the weathermen? :eyes:

[Broken_Hero]

63. Well, at least they were somewhat correct....:)

Our weathermen out here, are about the same, a lot of hit/miss...but with our last ice/snow storm, they were about 99.9% correct....

[Crabby Appleton]

69. Prolonged Period of Cold and Stormy Weather

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/pressroom.asp?pr=wx_258.htm

[CanuckAmok]

70. Looking your direction from Victoria:

Snow and ice here, too! Twice this year; very unusual!

[SeattleGirl]

72. I love Victoria!

That's a beautiful picture, CA!

[billyskank]

71. I'm glad it's not like that here

I have no hot water, apparently. :(

[SeattleGirl]

73. No hot water?

Yikes! x(

[deepthought42]

75. Snow...*whimper*

All we have here in MD is friggin' rain...that's all we get these days... *sigh* The snow looks pretty. :)

[Alleycat]

80. I miss snow!!!

I live in Northeast PA and we have had none at all this winter. In fact we haven't even had a winter. The temps have been in the 40's and 50's sometimes even the 60's all winter. It sucks.