Holy shit! It's snowing here!

[SeattleGirl]

Just looked outside, and the big white flakes are falling from the sky.

[Deja Q]

1. Congress is on another skydiving trip?

:hide:

[SeattleGirl]

3. ........

:spray:

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. .

:applause:

[Pierre.Suave]

2. here too

lots of them.

[SeattleGirl]

4. You guys in the path of the storm?

[Pierre.Suave]

5. I am in Minnesota

I think the whole state is in the path of this storm.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Maybe God has dandruff.

:P

[Deja Q]

8. Then what's Norm Coleman doing coming out of his head?

[SeattleGirl]

9. Guess I'd better buy him a case of Head and Shoulders.

:hi:

[PVnRT]

10. Freezing rain and sleet in Madison. FUCK YES

:grr:

Snow or don't. This half-assed bullshit drives me nuts.

[SeattleGirl]

12. Ah man, I HATE freezing rain!

Years ago, I was working the night shift at one of the burger joints in the town I lived in. It started freezing rain, and I had to drive home in it. What normally took me about 15 minutes took over an hour because of how slow I had to go, sliding, etc. I was never so happy to pull up in front of the house as I was that night.

[PVnRT]

13. Happened to me in Chicago

Snowstorm hit right before rush hour, so no plowing was done. Four hour drive home.

[SeattleGirl]

15. It's no fun, is it?

:scared:

[PVnRT]

17. No, especially when you have claustrophobia

I pulled over two or three times along the way.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Man, that sucks.

[Shine]

11. Wow, is that normal in Seattle?

:shrug:
We're waaaay behind on our average rainfall for the season, down here. We really need some rain.

:hi: Enjoy the snow while you can! xo!

[SeattleGirl]

14. We generally don't get a lot of snow here in SeattleLand.

Given how hilly it is around here, when we have ice or snow, the city shuts down a lot of the side streets. Trying to drive on them would be the equivalent of a suicide run.

To make matters worse, the furnace just went out. Just had the power company out the other day to get it going, and poof, the pilot light goes out. I've tried to get it started, but no go. Called the power company, and the soonest they can get someone out here is the end of next week! Landlord said he'll come out if necessary, but right now, I'm not going to ask him to drive. At least we have space heaters.

[Breeze54]

16. I hope you're able to stay warm!

Are you taking any pics of your unexpected snowfall?

We're due for snow tomorrow night into Monday morning,

then it's supposed to rain and will make lots of slush!

Ugh! I can't wait. :eyes:

[Shine]

27. OMG, that sucks about your furnace. You have my sympathies

we recently paid to run an extra heating duct into our back office. We've lived in this single level ranch for over 10 yrs and the office was an illegal addition built onto the garage before we built it. It's not hooked in with the rest of the heating system of the house, meaning that it would typically be about 10 degrees colder in the winter time. Whenever we had family come visit us during the holidays, they would have to use a space heater to warm the room up.....kaching, kaching! Those space heaters really use up a lot of electricity, which costs major bucks. We've been meaning to get a heating duct in there for a long time, but never wanted to spend the money.

It took getting a PG&E bill of almost $700 for one month last winter for me to change my mind!! :wow: Fuck that. I decided we're not going through another winter of over-the-top heating bills again. We invested in double-paned windows throughout the house a couple yrs ago, which we're still paying off, too. Good investment, though.

The other big investment we just made was finally replacing our fireplace with a wood-burning insert. Basically, 90% of whatever heat the fire was generating was going straight up the chimney, almost a total waste. We'd been wanting to do that project forever, too, but didn't want to spend the money.

So, once again, we dipped into the ole equity line to pay for it, but I think in the long run it'll be money well-spent. It's got a two-speed blower that uses only as much energy as a 60watt lightbulb, amazingly enough. We can heat up to 2000 sq ft from this unit! Incredible. Yes, it's gonna make a HUGE difference on our heating costs. I've hardly had to turn the furnace on at all, since we got it a few weeks ago. I'm hoping it'll pay for itself over the next few years.

Anyway, blah, blah, blah....I hope you can keep cozy somehow. Hang in there. :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

31. $700????

Yikes! Glad you made the changes you did. I'm sure your bank account will thank you too.

[Shine]

36. I know, I completely freaked out when we got it

between the extra fridge in the garage, the hottub which is constantly hot, the Xmas lights, the space heater which the dear visiting relatives leave on ALL NIGHT, the long and many showers our holiday company takes, our Jan bill was a total disaster. Ugh.

[SeattleGirl]

38. I think I would have burst into tears.

:cry:

[Shine]

39. I did.

:cry: it wasn't pretty.

[NV Whino]

34. Okay, that does it

I'm moving in with you. It was 26 degrees this morning at my house.

[Shine]

37. Damn, that's cold!

Brrr!! It was a balmy 34 degrees here this morning, but I lit a fire right away in our new woodburning insert fireplace and cozied up fast! :thumbsup: I actually have feelings for our new fireplace.....warm, cozy feelings. :loveya:

;) :hi:

[Flabbergasted]

19. It snowed for an hour here in Portland. Nothing stuck but it will probably start again. nt

[SeattleGirl]

22. Wasn't sticking to the roads initially, but now it is.

Hope MrSG makes it home from work all right.

[Flabbergasted]

29. I love snow. I could go for a foot of snow right about now. nt

[Ediacara]

50. I was surprised by how quickly I got home from work

But then, it was still only 3:30....

[otherlander]

20. We're probably getting snowed on tomorrow.

[SeattleGirl]

24. I love how pretty things are when it snows, but I don't care to drive

in it.

[Flabbergasted]

30. My wife does the driving and she lived most of her life in Bavaria. She's good in the snow.

[SeattleGirl]

32. I manage all right in it, but there are a lot of crazies out there who

think they are super drivers, especially if they're driving big SUV's or trucks. Yeah, they may manage all right as far as driving, but their rigs slide just as much as the smaller ones do if they hit the brakes too hard.

[Archae]

21. Snowing like hell here too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmUJ3U6S6A

(Sheboygan)

[SeattleGirl]

25. I think you guys are in it for far worse than we are.

Stay warm!

[DS1]

23. *sigh*

[SOteric]

26. I'm breathlessly awaiting the moment

when Jim Foreman appears on television in an Arctic parka speaking with a sense of urgency appropriate to an approaching category 5 cyclone.

[SeattleGirl]

28. LOL! He is a bit over the top, isn't he?

:hi:

[yewberry]

46. Has anyone referred to this as "Arctic Blast 2007" yet?

I love that.

[SeattleGirl]

47. No, so far we've been spared that one!

:rofl:

[lost-in-nj]

33. We're supposed to get some kind of mess

tomorrow....

snow then wintry mix....
what ever that means....
all I know is it means lost doesn't go anywhere tomorrow....



lost

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

35. I think wintry mix means rain and snow.

And yeah, it's a mess!

I'm with you: I'd stay in!

I do need to go to the store, though, but fortunately for me, there are two small stores within half a mile of my house, and a large grocery store about a mile away, so I know I won't starve or anything.

:hi:

[Turbineguy]

40. It's snowing north of Seattle too

People are driving like they want to see how generous their insurance settlements can be. The freeways are festooned with wrecks.

[SeattleGirl]

43. Yikes, glad I don't have to drive anywhere today!

:scared:

[Common Sense Party]

41. I shoveled about 9 inches off the driveway this morning.

It's coming down again now.

[SeattleGirl]

44. We don't have that much, thank goodness.

Hope you're all cozied up now!

[Kajsa]

42. I don't doubt it SeattleGirl.

that cold front stretches all the way south past Baja.

Right now, 4:15 PM PST, it's 45 degrees on my patio,
in OC!

Hang in there, lady.
It's gonna be a cold, cold night.

Brrrrrr.

:D :hi:

I remember it snowing one time I lived in Seattle,
on Queen Anne Hill.

[SeattleGirl]

45. On Queen Anne?

Hope you didn't try to drive off the hill!

[Kajsa]

52. LOL! I was a little tyke then.

Actually, I was a very big 10 year old!

We had a blast, my friends and I grabbed whatever we
could find, inner tubes, tarps and a few had sleds.

We were sliding down that hill all day long.

:D :pals:

[SeattleGirl]

53. One of the big attactions in this area, indeed!

:hi:

[Ediacara]

48. I took some photos and sent them to my folks

[SeattleGirl]

49. Very nice: Here's a thread with the ones I took today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7192571

[Ediacara]

51. Thanks! I took the photos because they're in Phoenix

I recently moved back to Seattle from Montana, so believe me, I don't need any more photos of damned snow, but snow in Seattle.... that's a different story.