White Christmas in the Pacific Northwest!

[169indy]

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Sam and all, I know for all the guys back east this would be normal, BUT as you alluded to, this is unusual for Western Wash to have snow lasting this long........

All my Camaros are warm and safe as I'm sure yours are.
I live immediately south of Seattle in Renton. Sam lives north of Seattle in Lynnwood, probably 1 hour from me....

Work unloading ships at the Port of seattle is really slowed by these conditions

regards to all,

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You are VERY correct. They closed the Naval Shipyard Monday account of conditions in the surrounding area,,,Very rare to shutdown.
Praying for RAIN!

Happy Times

Jim

[Mr70]

Please state your area code before praying.
-23° and 5" of snow here a few days ago,w/56° & rain coming tomorrow.
As Verne likes to say,Wear your Rubbers.

[jeff morocco]

yeah.....dont want rain here either....middle 50's tomorrow will mean we get spring like flooding in Dec.

[budnate]

it's Snowing again.........................


a funny Mom sent over.

December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years, felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.

December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14: Snow, lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.

December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and two extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.

December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.

December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for five hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20: Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Goddamn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower, and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas, because 13 more inches of the white [censored] fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt 'till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel, and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel! Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck, for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the [censored] is lying.

December 23: Only 2" of snow today, and it warmed up to "0". The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What, is she nuts!!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.

December 24: 6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over everywhere I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the Goddamn snowplow.

December 25: Merry F!=3D@x@!x!x1 Christmas. 20 more inches of the !=3D@x@!x!x1 slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.

December 26: Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27: Temperature dropped to -30, and the pipes froze. Plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him; he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

December 28: Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. The BITCH is driving me crazy!!!!!

December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30: Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver. He is now suing me for a million dollars; not for only the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.

December 31: I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

January 8: Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?

[Seattle Sam]

Jeff,
No snow shovel, I have been making do with a 10" spade and a pushbroom. The pushbroom broke though.

It was supposed to rain on the 26th but did not get warm enough and snowed some more. Yesterday and today started to thaw, now we have a four to six inch rutted ice and slush cake on our street.

Sue and I went out to shovel tire tracks in the street yesterday morning so we could get out, two neighbors came out and helped. Three hours later we had a trail to get out on. A couple slices of scrapple would have tasted great with our eggs after that!

Luckily we have NOT been getting a lot of rain with the thaw, we are getting enough flooding as it is. If the temps stay above 32 for two more days the street should be close to clear.

Sammy, until the temp got above 32 Friday night, there was lots of sledding for the kiddies on the hills. I could have made a bundle with a snow thrower, even more with a plow blade for the trailblazer. The county can't be bothered to plow even the main roads (numbered state highways!) so there's no chance they will get anywhere near us. We didn't have any mail service on the 22nd, 23rd or the 24th, and the nearby mall had most of their parking lots unusable from Saturday through Tuesday.

I lived in New England for about ten years, we got a lot more snow and cold there but everything was set up to deal with it. Here our cities, counties, and state are not equipped or budgeted to clear snow to any degree at all.

But enough whining, I had a great Christmas, and I hope you all did too!