Flooding in Washington

[wendybeth]

It's mostly the areas west of the Cascades that are getting nailed- we have rain and high winds, but atop Mt. Doom I am relatively safe. Until it snows, anyway.


Oh, and the West-siders have an unfair aquatic advantage: webbed fingers and toes. No way I'm going up against that. I will accept any challenges that involve operating a vehicle on ice, though.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

It's mostly the areas west of the Cascades that are getting nailed- we have rain and high winds, but atop Mt. Doom I am relatively safe. Until it snows, anyway.


Oh, and the West-siders have an unfair aquatic advantage: webbed fingers and toes. No way I'm going up against that. I will accept any challenges that involve operating a vehicle on ice, though.

lol

I rode my bike today and ended up in a 3' deep wash(lake). Just kept on peddling till I was out. Quack, quack;

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

We've got a few Swankers in the area. I've seen most posting recently. WB, Pru and SleepyJeff all live in WA.

Got me confused with Jazzman who lives in Vancouver I think. I live in Portland, Oregon(although I can see Washington from my house)

Other former Vantuckians include, unless I am mistaken, both Leo and Alex......but Sleepy has never had the pleasure

[wendybeth]

I've long thought Portland was a cross between Spokane and Seattle. The area looks like ours and you get snow, but you're closer to the ocean and you get a bit more rain.

Which of course means that you're good at both water ballet and ice skating.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I've long thought Portland was a cross between Spokane and Seattle. The area looks like ours and you get snow, but you're closer to the ocean and you get a bit more rain.

Which of course means that you're good at both water ballet and ice skating.

Quite true. Portlanders sometimes get ice storms in January caused by extreme cold funneled in thru the Columbia Gorge slamming into warmer air coming off the Ocean both colliding right over our City. East meets West or Spokane meets Seatle

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

It's mostly the areas west of the Cascades that are getting nailed- we have rain and high winds, but atop Mt. Doom I am relatively safe. Until it snows, anyway.


Oh, and the West-siders have an unfair aquatic advantage: webbed fingers and toes. No way I'm going up against that. I will accept any challenges that involve operating a vehicle on ice, though.

Mt. Doom!

Ooh! I hate driving on icy roads! Hated that in VA. I had a wipe out on a patch of ice 2 weeks after I bought my car. Fishtailing and then a 360 into a ditch. Fortunately, the road was a backroad and not much competing traffic. Shaken up like a martini, but not any damage. Took me a while before I felt able to safely drive though.

I kowtow to you WB!

[wendybeth]

Yoy wouldn't if you saw me stuck in the snow at the base of our hill, swearing at the little bastards who were sledding and made me stop and lose momentum. (You need to get a really good running start, or you're dead in the snow).