Topic: The big stormy week here in Seattle

[eigenvector]

Reading the weather report (only slightly reliable), they're predicting possibly 10 to 15" of rain in the mountains over the next two to three days, maybe more.  First time I read that I thought, naw, it's 1.0 to 1.5".  Nope, 10 to 15".

Even for Seattle that's insane.  Of course that's the mountains that will get that, the city will only get about 2 inches or so over the next few days - but all that rain is going to make it's way down here via the rivers.

Batten down the hatches Noah.

Now, given that this is the forecast, tomorrow I'll probably wake up to sunny skies and 60 F

[faux fiddy]

Yikes!

I remember the camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Planned so far in advance it was hardcore or nothing at all. Of course when the date came, we were lucky enough that they had cleared the road of all the tree trunks laying across the road as thick as I was tall. Lots of split up wood laying around it too that was took a trunkful to use for heat.

I guess we left it for next year after wasting everything we had trying to get it to burn.

[flybox1]

Reading the weather report (only slightly reliable), they're predicting possibly 10 to 15" of rain in the mountains over the next two to three days, maybe more.  First time I read that I thought, naw, it's 1.0 to 1.5".  Nope, 10 to 15".

Even for Seattle that's insane.  Of course that's the mountains that will get that, the city will only get about 2 inches or so over the next few days - but all that rain is going to make it's way down here via the rivers.

Batten down the hatches Noah.

Now, given that this is the forecast, tomorrow I'll probably wake up to sunny skies and 60 F

Yep...sunny in Bothell right now 
The excess rain is ufcking up the rivers and ruining my steelhead season 

NOAA - Seattle "HEAVY RAINFALL OF 9 TO 13 INCHES IN THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH
CASCADES WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE IS EXPECTED
DURING THE TWO AND HALF DAY PERIOD ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON SOIL INSTABILITY...
LEADING TO AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES."

[Duke McDukiedook]

Mudslides anyone?? Shots on me!! 

[eigenvector]

As a matter of fact my commute home today was .... Sunny and 60F.  Heck of a headwind the whole way home, but as is typical big to do, then a big bubkis!

[ofreen]

Typical December in western Washington all right. 

[eigenvector]

Now we're getting the storm.

This will likely be my last post of the day - big gusts (50 to 60 mph) are starting to knock branches down and the lights are flickering...

[flybox1]

Now we're getting the storm.

This will likely be my last post of the day - big gusts (50 to 60 mph) are starting to knock branches down and the lights are flickering...

yep...saturated ground + wind = trouble.

[faux fiddy]

No hunkering down for a storm  here, it's perfectly calm today  and mid 50's for the whole next week.

I figured out my lost key must have been left in the seat lock last night, so if it is I'm on the road instead of this fcukink keyboard.

[faux fiddy]

Sunday is storms here. Here's a storm damage report from California if it links up.