Storms

#1 12-04-2007, 09:11 AM

How are our fellow forumites faring in the Pacific Northwest?
That's quite a headwind blowing out there.

coylifut · #2 12-04-2007, 09:57 AM

yesterday was the worse of it. got myette and zank to the airport just in time to escape the carnage. lots of traffic snarls and folks without power, but things will probably be back to normal by tomorrow.

wasfast · #3 12-04-2007, 11:00 AM

Not as bad here as they made it sound like, at least where I am. There were some serious winds on the coast and a rumor that I-5 was closed up nearer Seattle yesterday.

I rode to work yesterday as well as a 20 miler this morning at 5:00am. Temp this morning was near 60. I thought I dressed light and was way overdressed. Saturday it was snowing. This is a wierd place, Pineapple Express and all.

Steve Hampsten · #4 12-04-2007, 11:12 AM

Flooding, high winds, downed trees, mudslides, record-setting rainfall, state of emergency - pretty typical week, really.

SadieKate · #5 12-04-2007, 11:34 AM

The Dry Side hasn't exactly been dry but the Wonder Poodle and I hunkered in and hoped the roof stayed on. Very short power outtage yesterday morning and then a full size ponderosa across the road as I was driving to class at 5:30 am. Sunday it snowed very heavily all day long - horizontally - but warm enough that nothing stuck.

Glorious blue sky and puffy clouds today.

C5 Snowboarder · #6 12-04-2007, 11:53 AM

It is pretty wet. Some unfornunate home owners had water 3-5 feet deep for the first time. I -5 I heard had 5-8 feet of water over the road way and will be closed for a while so if one wants to go to Portland via Seattle I-5 - you must go I -90 east then south thru Yakima onto I-84 . this route normally is about 180 miles it is now 475 miles. some golf courses have waterfalls coming off the green and down the fairway - I would find it hard to make my golf ball stick close to the flag in those conditions. Many cars are trashed with water over the hood. Lot of slides taking a few cars with them. Many people are still waiting to be rescued this morning by Chopper or Nat'l Guard ( I wonder where they came from - thought everyone was in Iraq) Schools inthe southern western part of the state are closed since very few roads are passable. But the good news is it is going to be getting less rain as the week progresses. I may be able to get out on the Serotta and or golf tomorrow.
Snowboard resorts maybe getting goood snow I hope come this weekend. Most of it washed away with the pinapple express warm weather.

BTW - the Salmon get very confused this time of year -- I am sure a GPS would be helpful!

Orin · #7 12-04-2007, 12:11 PM

This is what stopped me from going in to work yesterday:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos...PhotoID=159007

Which ever way I tried, the road was closed or backed up.

Orin.

julia · #8 12-04-2007, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orin

This is what stopped me from going in to work yesterday:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos...PhotoID=159007

Which ever way I tried, the road was closed or backed up.

Orin.

good lord

guess i'll think twice about riding out to the winery

picked a good day to rent the flexcar yesterday. arboretum road was closed, ploughed through some good lakes

hey the sun just came out! oh wait false alarm

Kirk007 · #9 12-04-2007, 01:19 PM

the past two days were wet 'n wild but not its almost 60 degrees, some sun. Headin to Montana tomorrow for real winter. Expecting a high of 23 in Helena friday.

shinomaster · #10 12-04-2007, 01:21 PM

It's too bad it warmed up right after they left. It's toasty outside.

#11 12-04-2007, 02:28 PM

It was the snow and slush on Sunday morning. After a dry and brisk ride on Saturday morning I headed our in light snow falling onto wet pavement on Sunday morning. The forecast was for a pineapple express (rapidyly warming with rain and wind) to blow in, so I figured on an hour or two of cold riding gradually warming through the morning. Wrong! An hour into the ride I was as cold as I've been in a long time. (Acutally, that would be Cayuse Pass in July of 99) There was something about the combination of wet snow, low 30's temperatures and lots of slush splashing on my feet that combined into a state of painful numbness in the extremities. It's not like I was underdressed; I was wearing Northwave winter boots, PI Amphib tights, Amphib Lobster mitts, a gore-tex jacket, helmet cover etc. etc. The Northwave boots were the biggest disappointment. I used them all last winter with pretty good results but they were worse than useless after the second hour of riding. I swear they were holding a pint of icy water each by the end of the ride. All in all a lovely day. Oh, and for the first time I can recall I didn't see another idiot out on a bike.