Friday, January 20, 2012 # 9:06 PM
snowmageddon becomes floodmageddon
SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST
All right. I know people in North Dakota and Michigan laugh at people in Seattle when we get a bit of snow. Some of the criticisms might be justified. But when the LA Times makes fun of us, that is another story. I've been in LA when they got a couple inches of rain and you'd think the stuff was radioactive. My daughter and I got to go on every ride in Disneyland and never waited in line because it was drizzling during a visit there.
Here in Seattle when it snows, it's not your typical snow. It's wet and sloppy and freezes to solid ice quicker than you can say 'double tall latte with an extra shot'. There's a reason we lovingly call it Cascade Concrete. Add to that our typography; for example, the downtown as many hills as San Francisco and the suburbs are built on hills and mountains well over 500'. Then, add the fact that the snow is soon covered with a glaze of fine mist and you have a driving nightmare.
Famous for our evergreens (hence the motto: Western Washington, land of tall women and beautiful trees) it's a disaster when they get coated with Cascade Concrete. They fall over on roads and powerlines making them useless. Things come to a standstill.
Thankfully, we are the home of Microsoft, Amazon, and several other major high-tech companies. This means that most of the population can use the internet and have their wireless personal electronic devices with them at all times, so when stuck at home (for better or worse) we still work. Make fun of us if you choose. We're pretty hearty souls out here and we can take the abuse. Between storms, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, floods, and the rise and fall of the economy - we're used to it. BTW: The snow has now turned to rain, so we are awaiting the resulting flood. Here we go again.Labels: LA Times, Seattle, snomageddon, snow pacific northwest writing cabin fever, storm, weather., whimp
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