<p>I need a cheat sheet by my computer- bunsen burner are you in snohomish county?</p>
<p>In Seattle it isn’t as cold as yesterday- pretty nice in fact( which means the sun is trying to come out and it isn’t rainlng) – except I cant really tell if it is really that warm or if I am having hot flashes :o</p>
<p>Ek, I am, close to the darn conversion zone.</p>
<p>What is the conversion zone?</p>
<p>mafool, thank you for the good wishes in post 77. Not all were so fortunate.
At one point, the interstate was closed and I was diverted onto a service road while a multi-car wreck was cleared away and the victims tended to.</p>
<p>mafool, ha-ha, I meant “convergence”! Sheesh, I guess I’m too old to post, read a report and eat lunch at the same time! Multi-tasking is for teens.</p>
<p>“Convergence zone” is a local term for a place north of Seattle where the rain never ends:
[What</a> is the Puget Sound Convergence Zone?](<a href=“http://www.komotv.com/weather/faq/4306427.html]What”>http://www.komotv.com/weather/faq/4306427.html)</p>
<p>BunsenBurner, I’m sure that EK4 understood.</p>
<p>OK, have to warn you, I’m trying to multifunction again (reading, eating and posting) :). I was really shocked to see this in the online edition of the local paper:</p>
<p>“A tornado has touched down in southwest Washington. So far no injuries have been reported. More details to come.”</p>
<p>Yikes! It rarely happens in WA!</p>
<p>well although it does happen in Illinois and Wisconsin, it never happens in January.</p>
<p>Was talking to a friend whose daughter attends Carthage College. Twice on Monday the students who were there (J term) had to go to the basement. Friend’s daughter saw the tornado out her window before heading down! Scary!</p>
<p>Heavy snow, thunder and lightening here right now!</p>
<p>very cool mafool!</p>
<p>frogs and locusts are forecast next, I believe.</p>
<p>It’s dumping snow in quite a vigorous fashion here. A cold front is pushing out a big soggy storm and we are getting snow on the front edge of the cold system. After this, we get several days of sunshine (!!!) and cold nights. The downside, of course, is that this snow will be around here for days. The upside is that TallSon is likely to get the snow day of his dreams tomorrow.</p>
<p>Clear here but possibility of ice later in the week - which, if bad enough, will trigger a bad weather day during finals. All those Seniors who are exempt from finals due to A’s and near perfect attendance, and who get to stay home and sleep during finals, could have to make the day up in the spring with a full day of school.</p>
<p>At the moment it’s snowing! Not sticking, but still, it’s nice to see the snow falling. We don’t get a lot of snow here in Portland.</p>
<p>Western WA: the convergence zone got to be the star of local TV news all night and morning! DD only had a 1 hr late start this morning, but it made a huge difference! </p>
<p>Can we have some more snow so I can be excused from driving that @^%* rental van to work tomorrow?</p>
<p>Bunsen, our district was on 2-hour late start, but even at 9:15 cars were playing slip-n-slide on our road. I tried to take TallSon to school, but turned around a mile from home and crept back. The plumber trying to get to our house to repair a leak said that he gave up and turned around after the second car hit him. WashMom, TallSon and I spent the day working from home. Somehow, I ended up being the one who shoveled the driveway. Given all the partially-melted snow around today, I expect tomorrow morning to be a giant ice sheet around here.</p>
<p>Super nice weather down here - clear skies and warm. It was 79 at my house a day or two ago but I think it was in the lower 70s today (was at work before dawn and after dusk). This is why I love San Diego.</p>
<p>^^you are mean!!</p>
<p>I wouldnt mind a nice snow fall up here in the Twin Cities; at least then it would be too warm for the sub-zero temps we are expecting this weekend and all next week. The predicted HIGH on Saturday is around -3 (with an overnight low of -15 or colder, and a wind chill around -25). I sure wont be going outdoors this weekend if I can help it (so, guess what I will be doing all weekend?! 
) (Note to myself: be sure to hit the grocery store before Friday. AND the liquor store).</p>
<p>Just thought Id try to cheer you all up .</p>
<p>scansmom…I don’t know where my daughter will end up next year, but Minnesota is one of many possibilities. WHAT DO YOU DO TO SURVIVE??? (indoor treadmills? long vacations? WHAT???)</p>
<p>Bay Area, California: tonight we may get close to 32 degrees. Today was sunny and mild, temps in the high 50s I think. And so on, and so on. A few trees are in bloom and the new grass is sprouting. </p>
<p>3 hours to the east, there is a ton of beautiful, powdery snow. My office-mate just got back and he said it was the best skiing in years. Gosh I love this place.</p>