Yup, that's Queen Anne hill. To be fair, it's the tallest (named) hill in the city, and those roads are really steep. The only mistake those drivers made was trying to drive on those roads at all.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Rohit Patnaik <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >
