here's some pics that my parents took in Beaumont when they had their four inches.

and here's the pictures of our first snow in November. Didn't take any of the most recent storm last week in which we got 2-3 inches.

Jordan .

 And it went on like that. 

My bus karma has been just great.  With all of the shnitow that's been going on in the last week the longest I've had to wait has been about 20 minutes last night.  In that time I probably picked up about a quarter inch of snow on the brim of my hat.  Got to the hood fine, got to the store, which had not been cleaned out, fine, got home fine, watched it snow.  I'm aware that I may have just jinxed myself but as I have four days off after today I'm not that worried about the idea of walking home.

We picked up about 5 inches according to the PI and that seems right to me.  It is snowing now but warmer.  The NWS is saying 1-2 more inches possible today, 1-3 tonight.  More possible next week but rain for Christmas!

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

It's raining in Los Angeles today which is nice even if it's not snow.  My mother is spending her first winter without snow so her neighbors were kind enough to send along some photos for her to see what she's missing.  She did sigh a little when I showed her the pictures but I don't think it was a sigh of relief.  How soon you forget the inconveniences of snow when looking a photos.

 Pretty, pretty, isn't it?

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

On the news this morning it said that for the month of December, in our area, we've already received just over 25 inches of snow--some places a little further from here have more of course on the ground--we've got about 15 inches or so here.  It's -1 right now with a -11 wind chill.  1-2 inches of new snow expected tonight, and 2-4 expected tomorrow.  I think there's snow in significant amount expected Wednesday as well, when we are supposed to be driving up North.  Eric's mom said there is winter storm talk for Saturday...

Eventually, I will go and take pictures. Will wait to see what the next few days bring first.  The mound of snow outside from the plowing of our parking lot is already a sight to bewilder the mind.

Crazy!

Another two and a half inches of snow on Sunday which, as is typical around here, was all but gone 24 hours later.  It was in the mid 50's yesterday and then rained like a bible story last night causing flooding which has closed I5.  Top that off with all Cascade passes being closed and WE"RE CUT OFF!  We've been isolated from the rest of the country.  Oh, well, can always flee to Canada.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

70-75 degrees today.  Sunny.  Very windy.  The power went out for about 10 minutes only making certain that every clock had to be reset throughout the house. 

My brother flew in from Wisconsin yesterday.  Here's how his driveway and street look...

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Your weather sounds like ours, Susan. It's gorgeous here today, except for the damned wind. Which isn't so bad unless you're trying to keep your hair from going wild. Thankfully I've been wearing a scarf as a headband all day, so I'm good. :D Definitely waiting for a power outage though. It just feels like it's that kind of day.

redbear, your weather is damn brutal right now. I have so many friends who live all over Washington and they're all (if they can) reporting some of the most intense weather-related issues I've heard in a long time. Here's a great website that I keep following for updates on all the closures, openings, floods, etc in Washington...

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

 Cool and gray at the moment, good chance of rain this afternoon and evening but it looks to be a more typical light rain rather than the dump we got earlier this week.

Yeah it's been wacked as the kids say. Seattle proper missed our main issue with crazy big rains, landslides.  It is always slightly amusing to me when this happens as the owners start wailing for the city to save them or complaining that no one warned them that their house might fall tumble into the sound.  Well, dumb ass, we thought you might be able to figure out that that was one of the prices you pay for your great view and weren't you complaining that you wanted the government 'off your back' just last week?  I guess that is human nature, at least as currently expressed.  As is it's mainly the 'poor' people (as poor as one can be and still own property in the Puget Sound region) who live in the low lands who have been screwed and even in that case it's not like they should be surprised.  Live next to a river? You will get flooded eventually. 

Hope the sun shines in your back yard today.

P.S. Just had the thought again; how cool would it have been to see the Snoqualamie fall running at full spate? (and how amazing is it that I got the spelling of 'Snoqualamie' right the first time?)

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Triumph fail. It's spelled "Snoqualmie". :)

I've seen the falls in the late winter after many heavy rains. It's gorgeous and LOUD. :) Highly recommend a visit if you can swing it safely after the storms have all subsided.
 

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

HA!  Well that's what I get for getting cocky.  I could use the excuse that google knew what I was talking about but neglected to tell me that I didn't but I think I'll just fall back on my universal, the liberal early 70's education system.  They didn't beat me enough.  But that's why the tao made editors, and it made me so that the editors wouldn't hurt for work.  So thanks ed. (If your an editor and and administrator  does that make you and ed ad?)

Raining here, much gloom with us about to lose our 2nd paper (the PI) along with all the rest.  

Much love and warm happy hugs, redbear (I give good hug)

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Cold really is, in my opinion, an inherently subjective concept.  This can be illustrated by two questions;

Which is colder, a 60f day in August or a 60f day in January?

and

Which is colder, a 60f day in Fairbanks or a 60f day in Honolulu?

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Lately we have been running from 79 to 67 days. Blue sky -feels good.

On another marker. I noticed for the first time that the days are getting longer- love that shit. Doing daytime stuff after 5 today. bonus.