Reply #20: You do not need a raincoat or an umbrella [View All]

[dr.strangelove]

any more than you need one in NY, DC or Boston. In fact, those three cities get much more rain than Seattle, NY almost double the amount. Seattle gets a bad rep, mostly from people who live there trying to keep the population down. The fact is that its rainy season lasts from October until March/April. That does not mean heavy rains. There is rarely a heavy rain. It is usually a light mist each day and cloudy whether. Every month has a few days of clear blue skies. There is little snow and only a few days where the temperature hits the freezing mark. Mostly the winters are very mild and wonderful for living. Then there is the summers. Clear skies, low humidity, fair temperatures and summer skiing and swimming not far away, plus the Salmon fishing and hiking is some of the best in the world. Seattle is a wonderful place to live, almost as great as Portland, OR, which is my favorite city in the US.

I hope you get a chance ot get back to the pacific northwest. It is such a great place.