Yeah, when I was a kid in South Dakota we had seven feet of snow one weekend we only got one day off from school. My dad walked two miles to work at a TV station that day in snowshoes.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Rohit Patnaik <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > -- Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email.
