Which hill is that, by the way? It looks like a bit like the area around Queen Anne Ave. but I can't be sure. All your hill still look the same to me. :)
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Maria McKinley <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, yes, yes. We are wimps in Seattle when it comes to snow, but in our > defense, we do have some mighty steep hills. Plus it is a pretty rare > occurrence, so the city didn't even own snow plows until a few years ago. > > But, you've never had such entertainment as walking around Seattle and > watching people try to drive when it snows! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=qzBdW1OVcWw<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzBdW1OVcWw> > > > On 8/27/12 6:33 PM, James Thiele wrote: > >> 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] >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>
