All of my pictures are on my cell phone which makes it a pain to get them off quickly or conveniently.

I have a tonne of pictures showing the snow.

Until I get this posted, I am permitted to show a picture that jackal_child took at her place. She lives about 1/2 a mile up the road from me.

You can see her picture on her space at deviantart.com

The picture can be made larger by clicking on it.

I'm not kidding when I say, "After April 15th in Washington. And about an inch and a half of snow."

Whee

Tags: april, seattle, snow, weather
Current Location: FreePeople House: COUCHES REARRANGED! MUST RECLASSIFY! ZOMG!
Current Mood: giddy

It has been snowing pretty much non-stop all day.

I tried to get some pictures.. but due to lighting they don't quite convey how lovely it is.

All pictures at this link. (Click the thumbnails for bigger versions)

A sample picture ( is below the cut... )

Tags: pictures, season, weather
Current Location: FreePeople House: Sofa 1b; seat 9a, variant 2p15//s325
Current Mood: pleased

It's snowing on the 25th in our neck of the woods.

Pretty

Tags: holidays, snow, weather, xmas
Current Location: FreePeople House: Sofa 1b; seat 9a, variant 2p15//s321
Current Mood: pleased

Then again, this is a beautiful day in London.

Well, at least until the flooding caused a state of emergency for Washington.

Parts of my town have been evac'ed. (We're on a hill)

Back in ol' Snohomish... Sounds like they may see flooding like or worse than last year.

Yay. So glad I'm not there.

(Note: Left work at 3 due to the fact that highways were getting closed down.)

Tags: pnw, weather
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: amused

... we've been moving boxes all day.

However, the county has had another major wind storm and the house is currently without power.

Boy I hope they get that back on before the utilities come tomorrow.

Tags: moving, power, storms, weather
Current Location: Bothell House
Current Mood: determined

Well, I looked out the front door and it was there. White stuff. And since I'm not in L.A. anymore, but in fact the Norman Rockwell hamlet of Snohomish; I can be assured of two simple facts.

1. It is not cocaine
2. It is snow

For those that didn't know, I consider myself a Pennsylvanian. I spent 30 years combined in both states of Pennsylvania. 15 years from the age of 1 to 16 in the state of Eastern PA and 15 years from 16 to 31 in the state of Western PA. (Pennsylvania residents will understand this two state mentality. California residents should too)

I moved to San Diego during Thanksgiving 1998. The last snow out my front door that I saw was in fact January of 1998 (It was a warm winter). Now, I've seen snow since then visiting places like the mountains to the north of L.A., Minneapolis, but seeing it outside the door... that is different. That is more 'real' I guess.

I guess in a way it's comforting... which is odd as I listen to the associated song...

I feel good.

(Ironically as I type this the song hits:
And it's beginning,
    And it's beginning to...,
        And it's beginning to "Joanne which way to the stage?" snow!!!!
)

( Picture cut to spare the people on modems )

Christmas Bells - Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording] - Original Broadway Cast "Rent"

Tags: seattle, weather
Current Mood: pleased

Brian Andrews a local affiliate in Louisiana just gave a live report from Baton Rouge (I think), he was downtown showing how wild the wind is. He basically broadcast how easy it is for a human being to get blown around.

It was risky but absolutely wonderfully handled. "Okay (Cameraman), if anything comes flying at me just scream." He was hanging onto a postal box with a metal rod for support which was eventually stripped from him by wind and blew down the street.

"Okay, we're packing it in."
He darts back to the building for cover.
"Reporting Live from Baton Rouge" (Wind stumble)
"In the downtown area" (Gust blows him down onto his stomach. He then stands and looks at the camera.
"I'm Brian Andrews" (Smile)

Interesting reporting. Actual fun during some hard times.

On a serious note: my wishes to all who are enduring this either by weathering it out in their areas or those who've escaped who are praying for their homes. As a person who experienced Hurricane Andrew first hand (I drove about 15-30 miles away from the eye escaping my home in Baton Rouge in 1992) I know what people are going through.

Tags: katrina, reporting, weather
Current Mood: pleased