Haha, I know what you mean. Over 7 years of grade school and 4 years of university in Minnesota, there were exactly 2 days where classes were canceled due to snow. Both of those were "Snowpocalypse" level catastrophes where we got multiple *feet *of snow over a 10 or 12 hour period.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Toby Champion <[email protected]>wrote: > And a day like that, I learned after moving here from Missouri (lots of > snow, much of the time), is called a "snow day". > > > On 8/19/12 10:57 PM, Maria McKinley wrote: > >> Usually once or twice a year. And generally when it does, everything >> shuts down and employers are sympathetic to people living on steep hills >> (lots of us). I wouldn't worry too much about it. Unless you drive a stick >> shift and have to parallel park on said hill every day. ;-) >> >> cheers, >> maria >> >> On 8/19/12 10:10 PM, Rohit Patnaik wrote: >> >>> One last thing. You've all mentioned that it does occasionally snow >>> here. Does anyone have a ballpark figure for how often that occurs? The >>> reason I'm asking is that one of the apartments I'm looking at in >>> Bellevue is at the top of a rather steep hill. If it snows a lot or ices >>> up on a regular basis in the winter, my car is definitely going to have >>> trouble with that slope. Is that something I should be concerned about, >>> or is it a rare enough occurrence that I shouldn't worry too much about >>> it? >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> Rohit Patnaik >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Rohit Patnaik <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Wow, so many good responses from everyone. This thread has >>> definitely been useful in helping to reduce the guesswork in >>> preparing for winter. Now I'm really looking forward to meeting you >>> all in person in September. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> Rohit Patnaik >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Randolph: >>> > Anything that doesn't get dried will stay wet through the >>> winter and, probably start growing mold. >>> >>> Keep furniture and boxes an inch away from walls That'll prevent >>> trapped moisture and mold from growing behind them. >>> >>> According to my friend who's a third-generation Seattlite, in the >>> 1950s there were routinely 5' snows every year. I've never seen >>> more >>> than 1', once in the 70s, once in the 80s, then not for a long >>> time >>> until 2008 and 2010 (or give or take a year, whenever the >>> snowpocolypses were).Some years it snows for an hour or two and >>> is >>> gone. Some years there's a couple inches on the ground for a >>> week, but >>> it's always gone in three weeks. Temperatures hover around 32 >>> degrees, so it melts in the daytime and refreezes in the evening >>> and >>> causes trecherous ice. That's why there are so many car >>> accidents and >>> thus why most people stay home when it's on the ground. Seattle >>> never >>> had snowplows until recently and it still only has a few. Both >>> snowpocolypses led to the non-reelection of the mayors, so >>> there's now >>> a street map and transit map of which streets will be plowed. So >>> on >>> Capitol Hill here, it's Pine Street and Broadway. >>> >>> Temperatures may get down to the 20s or 10s for a day or two, >>> but not >>> for several days. The ocean winds keep the temperature stable. >>> One >>> interesting phenomenon is that the ocean winds drop all their >>> rain and >>> snow on the west side of the mountain ranges, so the east sides >>> are >>> unusually dry and warm. This occurs on both the Olympics and the >>> Cascades and the Bitterroots. Seattle is kind of medium in terms >>> of >>> storms/rain/snow because the winds are partially diverted around >>> it >>> through Everett and I think Olympia-ish. Portland gets cold >>> winds >>> from the east through the Columbia River Gorge gap in the >>> Cascades. >>> >>> For summers, you're experiencing it. The northwest has been >>> described >>> as the land of the long Springs and Falls. The sun comes out >>> intermittently in late May and becomes more reliable in mid-July >>> till >>> the end of August. It may last intermittently through September >>> and >>> October up until just before Thanksgiving. So the farmers' >>> markets are >>> generally open May-November. >>> >>> Winters expect rain or clouds most days, with occasional clear >>> cold >>> days that may last for a half-week or a week. In December and >>> January >>> the sun comes up after 8am and goes down before 5pm, so you're >>> going >>> to work and back in the dark. >>> >>> -- >>> Mike Orr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >
