Life in the pacific northwest
Posted: Friday, December 15, 2006 by Travis Cody inWell, aren't we just taking a pounding up here.
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If you watched the game last night between the 49ers and Seahawks, the pronouncers may have given you a false sense of what was happening to us weather-wise. We've been getting our dresses blown up over our heads y'all!!!
Most natives don't use umbrellas - it rains sideways here and the wind just yanks the things right out of your hands. We wear hoodies and tough it out.
Hurricane force gales have been uprooting trees, tearing roofs off buildings, and knocking out power to a reported one million customers in the Puget Sound area. We're getting walloped.
But we remain hearty folk. I'm one of the fortunate ones - I have power at home. My office building is out, so I've got another weather day. I'm spending it watching The West Wing season 7 on DVD.
Mother Nature does enjoy her little games though. After hellacious wind and rain over the last two days, I look out my window now and see a small patch of blue sky and calm. But the advance forecast looks like more rain is headed our way, and temperatures appear to be dropping. We could get more snow by Monday, or things could change again.
We won't know till we get there I guess.
Stay safe bro... Love you!