More proof of global warming climate change global climate disruption has been seen with this latest snowstorm in Seattle.
Readers may recall this story from 2008 from where the mayor even refused to bring out salting/snowplowing for fear of environmental damage to Puget Sound.
Two feet of snow has never before been seen in Seattle, it dwarfs the SUV in the photo.
Photo by: Jackie Nichols Gladish of FEMA
Gotcha! Consider this a Friday Funny bonus extra.
h/t to Glenda Barker, the Good Witch of the North
Andrew says:
. This round we had freezing rain hit following the heavy snow, something that has not happened since 1997.
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huh? where were you in 2008? We had a nice layer of “freezing” rain then too.
@ked5
Very true, that was a good one, but I had WAY more tree damage in ’97. Also, as you are no doubt aware, with our topography, mountains islands and Puget Sound, we can have radically different conditions within a few miles. My reality 97 was worse that 08.
Heck, last year on the Kitsap Peninsula I was without power for 10 days, and the power surge fried the pump in the well so no water for another 5. But that was mostly wind damage, lol.
“They” will have no trouble explaining it: I can see the headlines right now;
‘Global warming causes Global Cooling!”
(Based on the marketing principle that you can sell anything if you say it convincingly and often).
On North Whidbey we ended up with about 8-9 inches once all was said and done. That’s about 70 miles north of Seattle, for those who are unfamiliar.
Call the toe truck
@tchannon
….ummm…did you know what you were actually saying? lol
Google wait, this is Seattle….BING…Seattle Toe Truck and look at the images!
https://www.google.com/search?q=toe+truck+seattle&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1TSNF_enUS442US442&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=C3IjT826I-eUiAKsycWHCA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCUQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667
Andrew says:
I had WAY more tree damage in ’97. Also, as you are no doubt aware, with our topography, mountains islands and Puget Sound, we can have radically different conditions within a few miles. My reality 97 was worse that 08.
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we were snowed in in for nearly a week in 2008 with 22 inches of snow, so this storm was “what’s the fuss about?”. It boggled the mind. I think i’d have to go back to 1968 to get near that amount here. The previous “record” here was 14″ (possibly that ’97 storm), and we’ve been in this house nearly 30 years. I’m on a steep hill, and the only way off to a main street is up and over. We parked one car at the top of the hill, before the snow hit. four-wheel drive with chains weren’t going up. The city DOT tried to plow our hill twice, but by the time they made it out, it was solid ice and they didn’t even make a dent.
My husband drove all the way from Bellevue to Sea-tac on 405 on a saturday night – with CHAINS. (dh has lots of snow driving experience from before he moved here and doesn’t generally bother with chains.). It hadn’t been plowed, and it was still coming down. Cars were few and far between. I was checking traffic cams the entire way.
We lost power for a couple hours the saturday before the storm arrived. It was calm, and sunny.
I personally think the “feet” are about the size of the troll’s baby nephew’s feet. love that troll.
ROFL!!! Yep, you got me! There I was, thinking, ‘how could 2 feet of snow possibly dwarf an SUV, unless they’re meaning drifts…’ Clicked thru, and got a good laugh! Those are about the best 2 feet of snow I’ve seen also. :0)
At one time the entire puget sound was under thousands of feet of snow – in fact that is what made the puget sound.
@noaaprogrammer…so has the sea level risen or fallen in the Seattle area since then? ( this was a Friday Funny bonus thread so I am in full ‘thread hog’ sarcastic mode tonight…)
Doesn’t Washington have the deepest canyon in North America…from the top of Bonanza Peak to the bottom of Lake Chelan…over 10,000 feet…500 feet below sea level…deeper than Puget Sound…I think.
Its a strange place, lol.
Groan, 10/10 Anthony 🙂 (That has to be criminally bad punning as well).
Willis – the Healy is a cripple:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/build-new-icebreakers-or-repair-aging-fleet
I’m pretty slow. I was half way down the replies before I caught on to the pun.
John T says:
January 27, 2012 at 11:37 am
Who knew Bigfoot lived in Seattle…
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John, I believe this might be his older cousin “Big Feet” not the younger “Bigfoot”
Rhys Jaggar says:
January 27, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Western Europe has been mild and wet this year, which means the Alps have a load of snow on them but the lower valleys are snow free.
Ahhhhhhhhh February will take revenge now you have said that! I was enjoying the mild winter.
They got two feet of snow in Seattle
The alarmists are losing the battle.
“It is only weather”
It’s cold, warm, whatever.
Please move on, there’s no science to settle.
RE: Main Article
“Readers may recall this story from 2008 from where the mayor even refused to bring out salting/snowplowing for fear of environmental damage to Puget Sound.”
I seem to recall that sand was usually used in place of salt in the Seattle area. A vehicle with under-body salt-corrosion damage was usually associated with an East-Coast origin.
Modeled Return of warm air to Puget Sound; 17-20 Jan 2012
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d1_slp+2012011712//84/3
Oops – wrong thread RE the Healey icebreaker.
I live in Shoreline, two miles north of the Seattle city limits.
6″. Yawn.
Spector says:
January 28, 2012 at 8:31 am
RE: Main Article
“Readers may recall this story from 2008 from where the mayor even refused to bring out salting/snowplowing for fear of environmental damage to Puget Sound.”
I seem to recall that sand was usually used in place of salt in the Seattle area. A vehicle with under-body salt-corrosion damage was usually associated with an East-Coast origin.
I don’t live in Seattle, but close enough, I seem to recall the Major’s excuse for not using salt had to do with fears of the salt getting into Puget Sound (its pretty salty already, btw)…and some of the nearby lakes…THAT ARE HUGE and being flushed with tons of fresh snow melt from the Cascades…
Also, most cars around here do not have the undercoating that cars in the east.
Here’s how Seattle drivers handled their actual two inches of snow:
h/t my sister Carla who lives on Vashon
Well, weather varies and eventually varies to some extreme.
Victoria BC, not far from Seattle, had two feet of snow in December 1996, and it stayed for several days.
Cause was warm moist air from the direction of Hawaii meeting cold air from the north.
So right in the middle of the second warmest decade in the history of accurate temperature records Victoria had its worst _weather_ in half a century or more.
This January, Victoria was only on the edge of a weather system that hit Seattle hard.