Help me: It's snowing here. AGAIN!

[Missy Vixen]

We live in a small town thirty miles outside of Seattle, and in the Cascade foothills. We have been essentially housebound since December 11th. (Our town is built into a hillside, we live at the top of another hill, and the roads here are a sheet of ice due to extreme cold as well.) There were seventeen inches of snow on the ground two days ago; we've had two snowstorms since. I'm sure we're well over 20" as I write.

It is snowing. AGAIN! Dear God, make it stop! What did we do to deserve this? They kept saying that it was going to thaw. I want to be a weather person when I grow up. They get paid a ton of money, and they're always WRONG!

AAArrrGHHHHHHH! More snow? :scared:
Julie

p.s. The best part of all this? The family Christmas. It's now Saturday. I kept telling them it would be best to wait till January 3rd, but nooooo, they want to come out here on Saturday. I'm not sure they're going to be able to get here in the current conditions, but I did my best.

[tigereye]

1. you have my sympathy - we live at the top of a big hill that tends to get icy

but we live in the east where it snows with some frequency and have great town snow removal, salting, etc. So I have never quite had that much snow - except for the blizzard of 93 when no one could get anywhere!


Be patient, safe and warm, and I hope you can all celebrate safely soon! :hug:


And Merry Christmas!

[GOPisEvil]

2. This is ENOUGH!!

Thank goodness this is all going to start melting soon, so we can have the inevitable flooding. x(

[totodeinhere]

3. It's snowing here in Elko Nevada too.

It's the first white Christmas I've had that I can remember.

BTW, seasons greetings and happy New Year to all DU-ers.

(Edited for typo.)

[gblady]

4. snowing here, too....

in Bainbridge Is. WA...

thought it would all be gone by now...
had to cancel original Holiday plans...
but young son took a cab to come see me last night...

very sweet of him...he's still sleeping in my bed...

we'll see what the day brings....

[busybl]

31. I'm on Whidbey and had to cancel all plans too.

[yewberry]

5. I'm over it, too.

We had to reschedule our family Christmas--it's supposed to be just rain this weekend, so maybe the roads will be clear.

[WolverineDG]

6. It was snowing here earlier AND

we lost power...for about 30 minutes in Everett. That was fun. :crazy:

dg

[GOPisEvil]

8. You're in Everett?!

We're both a long way from home. :D

[WolverineDG]

9. No kidding!!

It's 71 in Texas. :wow: Not so much here; I think it's now above freezing. It's very pretty though, but I'm glad I get to go home in a few days. :)

dg

[GOPisEvil]

10. I'm just waiting for the snow to melt so I can park in the parking lot again.

As I type this, it started snowing hard again. :cry:

It is really pretty though. I am a huge fan of tall trees and mountains, so I am loving it. I just didn't get the snow memo.

[Missy Vixen]

12. We had a two-hour power outage early this morning, too

Midnight to a bit after 2 a.m.; I just looked at my husband and started laughing. What else could we do?

I hope the power stays on, you're safe and warm, and you're surrounded by those who love you.

Julie

[WolverineDG]

21. Thanks Julie!

The same to you. So far, the power has stayed on, the snow has stopped, the sun came out, AND the street got plowed. :wow: So things are looking up now. :)

dg

[skooooo]

7. eastern Washington...

..is the same way. Almost 3 feet of snow on the ground here. No TV at our house. :-(

[achtung_circus]

11. Snow?

this




is 2 hours of drifting across the driveway.

[whistler162]

26. Don't worry....

it will get worse.

Maybe this year the winds will blow S-N across the lake instead of W-E and you will get the snow Oswego got last year!

[SeattleGirl]

13. I can look out my windows every 5 minutes, and it's doing something

different every time.

Sometimes, it's raining.

Sometimes, it's snowing.

Sometimes, it's a mixture of rain and snow.

Sometimes, there's nothing falling from the sky.

Yeah, this is getting real old.

I hope to God that it all turns to rain in the next day (minus any possible flooding). We're supposed to go to Oregon to have Christmas dinner with my family on Saturday. Just checked the traffic cams in the Vancouver and Portland areas, and the roads there look worse than ours.

[Missy Vixen]

14. I'm a little confused

When was the last time we had snow on Christmas Day, anyway? Plus, when was the last time I had over 20" of snow in our front yard?

:mad:

SeattleGirl, I hope it's all wonderful where you are, and that Saturday is a great day for you.

Julie

[SeattleGirl]

16. I think it may have been '96, when we had the snow and ice storm.

I think it was around Christmas, because we drove in that crap from here to Eugene. At least the interstate was good, but if you got off that, you took your chances!

It's a quiet day at Casa SeattleGirl. Opened presents this morning, and now it's just veg-out time.

Oh, and my I say, having driven out to your house before (on a nice day), I can imagine what a nightmare it is right now for you two!

SG

[busybl]

32. Don't know about Seattle but

I was snowed in for a week at my daughters house in 2006. November 27th. She lives on a hill in Mount Vernon and you could use her driveway for skiing.

[GOPisEvil]

15. Where is the rain?!

Holy crap, it's been snowing ALL DAY here on the eastside. I was hoping to get my car out of the street today, but noooooo. x(

[SeattleGirl]

17. It's been raining off and on over here, snowing off and on,

raining AND snowing off an on all day. I kid you not; I could look outside my windows every five minutes, and the weather would be doing something different from the last time I looked out.

[GOPisEvil]

18. Right now, nothing is falling out of the sky here.

:wow:

[laconicsax]

19. Portland's a mess.

It's better than it was earlier this week, and thankfully it is warming up a bit.

[travelingtypist]

20. I'm 20 miles outside of Portland in rural Estacada.

I still have a foot of snow on the ground, have been out here since
December 12. And over the last week, I've been without power and
without cable and Internet. Power came back on yesterday, cable today.

And it's snowing again.

Me and mom are having Christmas on New Year's.

[Arugula Latte]

37. I haven't driven in a couple weeks.

Luckily my husband grew up in cold climates so he's been getting around and going out to the general store to git the provisions ... fatback and such. :P

[Kajsa]

23. Stay safe, SeattleGirl!

I've been worried about you and everyone in my old
stomping ground. :hug:

Remember when I told you that it snowed ONCE in the six years
I lived in Seattle and Bremerton?

You guys are getting hit really hard right now.

To all our Pacific Northwestern DUers,

Stay safe and warm!

:grouphug:

[NJmaverick]

22. here

:hi:

[fortyfeetunder]

24. Some white Christmas....

Someone overdid it here singing "I am dreaming of a white Christmas"!!!

[Missy Vixen]

25. We got another inch or so this afternoon

Evidently, someone forgot to tell the Weather Gods it's supposed to WARM UP.

(cue frantic scream)

Julie

p.s. We just postponed the family Christmas celebration for the second time. Right now, it's mid-January.

[SeattleGirl]

27. If I NEVER see another freakin' snowflake in my life, I would be just

fine with that!

I managed to get to my office tonight, so I could turn in my casenotes (which is where my billing comes from, which is what my pay is based on). Once I got out on the freeway it was fine, but slogging through mounds of slushy snow, trying not to fall on compacted snow, and just trying to get the car in and out SUCKS!

:grr:

[WolverineDG]

29. We got up all happy today

No snow!! Then looked out the window :wtf: It snowed last night!!!! :banghead: We went to do some shopping (oh the joys of finding a parking space in unplowed parking lots :crazy: ), then on our way home, it started snowing hard AGAIN!! :wtf: Our nice, freshly plowed streets looked worse than they did yesterday. :banghead:

So now it's allegedly above freezing & rain is on its way. Oh joy.

:hi: SG!!

dg

[SeattleGirl]

30. Wolvie!

Besides the gawdawful snow, how's the visit to the great northwest going?

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

33. Very good!!

Got to have lunch at Romios yesterday :9 and maybe go see a movie today. We're all getting a touch of cabin fever. ;)
How's by you?


dg

[SeattleGirl]

35. Well, the car is now stuck. We're hoping to get it unstuck, so that

we can head down to Oregon as planned.

Not an auspicious start to the day. x(

[yvr girl]

28. I so relate

I am so done with this snow.

[skooooo]

34. Looks like we got another 7 inches last night..

..and it's coming down like hard rain (except it's snow).

[SOteric]

36. THANK GHODDDDD!!!!

It was pouring down rain at Greenlake when I got up this morning and I was so happy I did a silly little dance.

If it doesn't snow here again for another ten years I'd be very, very grateful.

[GOPisEvil]

38. My parking lot was plowed!!! No slippery slush!!!

:woohoo::party::bounce:

[WolverineDG]

39. Hope your SO doesn't mind if I join you in the

no slush dance! :woohoo: :party: :bounce:

Of course, I leave tomorrow, so if it snows Monday, sorry. :hide:

dg