<p>So last night my daughter had her first soccer game of the city tournament- they shortened the halves- but it still took 2 hours because they had to go for a shootout- in the snow( fortunately- I had just made a Costco run and bought a box of chemical hand warmers)
Seattle is made up of hills- yes I know this- & I don’t usually pay attention since I always have good brakes/tires etc.
But this is really the slipperiest that I remember for a long time-</p>
<p>This storm is the one that will punt out our arctic air and warm us up, but since that cold air will be stuck here until then, this storm will likely start as snow everywhere, then gradually turn to rain – although a period of freezing rain is possible in between.</p>
<p>But before we get there, the thermometer will plummet again Tuesday night to levels several degrees colder than Monday night as skies will be mostly clear and more arctic air pours into the area. </p>
<p>Lows tonight will range from about 5-7 degrees in Whatcom and Skagit County to the “warm” spot of 18 in Seattle. Yes, 18. That means the Seattle suburbs could drop into the 12-16 degree range. </p>
<p>So we’re looking at another very icy commute Wednesday morning – especially where there’s snow or ice on the ground that might have melted a little today. It’ll freeze hard again tonight.*</p>
<p>My son’s soccer team is also in the SYSA City Tournament. His first game was originally scheduled for tomorrow night (Wednesday), but has been postponed until Thursday. I sure hope it’s warmer then!</p>
<p>My husband tried to take the bus to work this morning. He waited for 20 minutes after the scheduled arrival time, but it never came. While he was waiting he saw another bus get stuck at the bottom of the hill, so he figured it would be a good day to work from home. (Thank goodness for the internet!)</p>
<p>Last night my H was watching the Green Bay-Seattle football game and he called for me to come see how hard it was snowing. I asked who was playing and he told me and said he guessed they were playing in Wisconsin since it was snowing. I immediately told him no, it was snowing in Seattle. He asked how in the world I would know that and I told him I read it online (I’m a CC minimizer when someone enters the room), which I did. EK, I was reading the snow boot thread yesterday and you mentioned it was snowing! It’s 70 degrees here, so I’m sending warm thoughts your way.</p>
<p>I’ve been hoping that my fuyu like persimmons will last on the tree until New Year’s. However the hard freezing nignts will breakdown the cells and the fruit will now turn a ripen soft persimmons. (In the Valley)</p>
<p>Just drove from Portland to my little itty bitty eastside town about 17 miles due east of Seattle… Roads clear and dry all the way up I-5 except for a bit of wetness around Olympia… took I-90 a few exits east, still okay. Off I-90 onto local roads, and it took almost an hour to go the last 8 miles. The big problem was the hill up to the town, where there were a lot of abandoned cars on the side of the road—I could have told them a '65 mustang was not a good snow car, nor an RX-8—and the hill was covered with icy gunk.</p>
<p>I was so pleased, though, my new car–Audi Quattro A6–behaved beautifully.</p>
<p>I think there is supposed to be another storm coming in.
Seattle hasn’t said if they are going to cancel school again however-
My D wanted to go to a friends house in Seward pk( she called me from the U district-we live in Ballard) and I told her there was another storm coming and I did not want to drive to Seward Pk to get her- she thought she could just take the bus-home-
ya- in a city that doesn’t have snowplows or apparently even sanders from the looks of things?
( they didn’t even have any signs up indicating particulary bad hills)
My H however, did make it to South Seattle- even though his car is not great in the snow-I am hoping that most people are just staying in.</p>
<p>My D has been playing on the SYSA teams for about 6 or 7 years, tournament weather is usually pretty bad- but this is the first time that I remember a game being played in the snow- it was cold- but it wasn’t as nasty as some of the games that took place in a deluge. The kids don’t seem to care so much- but it is hard on the parents !</p>
<p>I heard that the east coast is getting our weather! wa DC is supposed to be 67deg on Thursday- pretty wild</p>
<p>so how was Portland DMD? I haven’t heard from D since I got back althogh her sister has.- I was glad to leave before the storm hit- we had really mild weather on the way up.
My Jeep is not so good on the ice-
We bought it off the lot & it doesnt have antilock brakes- which I think is just ridiculous.
I also didn’t put my snow tires on before we went to Portland so they are still sitting in the shed :rolleyes:
I felt like an idiot driving home last night * in a Jeep* pumping my brakes so they wouldn’t lock up.( of course I forgot it was a Jeep and didn’t put it in 4wheel drive either)
Jeez-</p>
<p>I live on the eastside, about 15 miles north of Seattle. We have five inches of snow and about two inches of ice on our roads! We live on a big hill too, with a wicked sharp curve at the bottom. The road up our hill was blocked with stuck cars for 24 hours. </p>
<p>My little 6-year-old neighbor did not get home from school till 6 PM last night (major school bus delays), and her dad didn’t get home till 10 PM. His commute from Seattle took five hours! This has been one crazy storm.</p>
<p>I talked to a friend who lives in Vancouver and it sounds like they’re getting the same weather as you folks in Seattle. And after all that rain! The weather patterns have been so weird this fall. Here in Toronto, it’s been so mild and is supposed to go up to 60 degrees today and tomorrow, which is unheard of for this time of year. Cold by the weekend, though. Stay safe, all of you.</p>
<p>North of emerald and we’ve picked up around a foot of snow. The snow part isn’t bad, the icy roads though… that’s different. As I sit here with a sore back from trying to shovel snow off my gazebo which collapsed monday. Just on the look out for tree limbs falling from the weight of this heavy snow. </p>
<p>Not looking forward to tonight and a estimated 6 inches more.</p>
<p>Heh. I live about 15 miles east of Seattle, and about four miles east of Redmond for you locals. Our house is above a county road at a spot where it curves and goes up-and-down over a little bridge over a creek. As i was sitting at the dining room table in my sweats drinking coffee and working on PowerPoint (argh), I got to watch any number of cars slipping and sliding up and down the hill and around the curves. I think it’s all about the tires. The most egregious slider was a brown Toyota Camry that tried to climb the little hill by the creek about six times without luck. I don’t know what finally happened to it. I walked down by the road to see how much ice there was (quite a bit), and saw an old Ford Explorer go around the corner with both rear tires spinning furiously. Despite the obvious presence of a front differential, the fronts were not spinning. I wonder if the driver even knew how to put it in 4WD?</p>
<p>I finally ventured out to the gym (WD Jr. is working out in prep for the Air Force ROTC physical fitness test) and our little Subaru did just fine on its new tires. I wouldn’t want to make a career out of driving on ice-covered hills, though.</p>
<p>I haven’t left for the office yet today, and since the wind is starting to pick up a little, I might not. When the wind starts, the next snow fall won’t be far behind.</p>
<p>Have fun on the balmy east coast! The weather guessers are saying one to six inches of new snow here tonight (or maybe this afternoon).</p>
<p>We go to the Okanagan every year( in Dec)- and I have never even put chains on- but this is really icy-
It freaked me out that tree falling on the pass from the weight of the snow- and smashing the truck ( and killing two men)
Its purty cold thats for sure & our bathroom was added after the house was built and has unheated crawlspace below- I havent gotten to the point where I have had to chip through the ice to wash my face- but I am appreciating I can just take my showers at the gym
I was surprised they canceled Seattle schools again today- it isn’t really that bad- but of course I don’t know what it is like in West Seattle or on Queen Anne- my D is happy though.
( if you need a space heater- the Bionaire heaters from Costco work really well- they also have a box of 40 chemical handwarmers for $15 in case you are standing waiting for a bus for days)</p>
<p>Just got back from a grocery run, and it’s starting to snow again up here in the Lynnwood area!</p>
<p>I just wish the Edmonds School district would make the decision to not have school late the night before, so we don’t have to wake up the check the computer at 6:30AM. I noticed lots of districts and private schools decided last night and got the word out to the TV news.</p>
<p>And I’m very grateful that the power is on, the house is warm and dry, and we don’t really <em>have</em> to go anywhere.</p>
<p>I opted not to go to my (outdoor) dog training class this AM–didn’t want to drive on icy roads–and was asked by my students to cancel the evening class that I teach (outdoor, too), so I’ve had no reason to go anywhere today. I’ve made an enormous pot of pasta sauce (froze seven dinners worth of sauce), baked bread (wanted a reason to have the oven on), and have gotten a lot of filing done and emails written.</p>
<p>Up by the Canadian border, we had no power Sat-Wed, all the freezer food was out in the snow and the frig stuff was in the garage to stay medium warm! No heat, luckily the gas fireplace runs without power…thankfully we have a gas stove, too, and got pretty creative with the combos using what we had on hand. Two plus feet of snow and it was 41F in my bedroom, luckily the critters shared their body heat and my office had power 2-3 miles away…walking…uphill both ways (I never thought that was really possible, now I understand it, up & down, up & down) It is beautiful though! No school Mon, Tues, Wed, hoping none tomorrow. The worst was dealing with holiday visitors, up to Vancouver Sunday in the horrid storm, others down to Seattle Monday on nasty roads, but they all got off safely and we are enjoying this most unusual adventure!</p>
<p>Across the border - Monday 2’ of snow, and a one day power outage- made soup on the wood stove and commiserated with The Cat who could not believe there was nasty weather outside both the front and back doors!</p>
<p>Today, only the DH’s Audi can make it out, so I baked an apple pumpkin streusel cake, the crumbs of which are scattered about me as I type…mmmm</p>
<p>Ha! Our cat is also very frustrated by the indignity of having to use the indoor kitty box. She goes from door to door hoping for a better outlook.</p>
<p>Just got stuck three times going two miles to drop milk and bread off at my mom’s place. Strained my back shoveling snow off the collapsed gazebo. All in all, just lovely, freakin lovely. </p>
<p>I wish I hadn’t given my kid my front wheel drive car now. Rear wheel drive is heck on ice.</p>
<p>This is the first snow storm for our little Forester. It roolz. </p>
<p>In re: Parental snow day. Aside from spending way more time than usual on CC, it’s like a regular work day in the dining room. The Internet chases me everywhere…</p>
<p>Snow day yesterday. Worked today downtown and will stay the night at a hotel downtown. Many are already filled so we had to go to a back-up. Live 26 miles out in the hills so rain in Seattle could be snow-ice tomorrow and we need to be at work so we spent the $$$.</p>
