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26 November 2006

It's Snowing →[More:]Obligatory self-link. It started yesterday afternoon. Those photos were taken this morning. It's much thickerer now. It's quite early in the season for it to be snowing this much.

post by: deborah at: 18:03 | 22 comments

thickerer?

posted by deborah 26 November | 18:04

Ooooh! teh pretty! Does snow close down everything there in BC, or do you have equipment to remove it?

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 November | 18:06

Ooooh! teh pretty! Does snow close down everything there in BC, or do you have equipment to remove it?

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 November | 18:06

Oh noes! My comments are snowing down thickerer! Taz, get the plow!

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 November | 18:07

Beautiful. I can't wait for snow...

posted by iconomy 26 November | 18:11

We usually only get two or three dumps like this per Winter, pie, but the powers-that-be have some equipment to remove it. It's just a matter of where and when they'll use it.

It's been coming down all day and I'm sure that at this point even the main roads are a mess (our road is completely covered). I'm concerned about the mister's commute to the train tomorrow.

posted by deborah 26 November | 18:15

It never stays, though. The streets here (East Van.) are all slushy, and it's still coming down, but the sun's supposed to be out tomorrow, so that's ok.

posted by Zack_Replica 26 November | 18:27

I lurves snow. Of course, I like it best when I don't have to drive in it, but I love to walk in it as it's falling, enjoying the silence it brings.

posted by redvixen 26 November | 18:32

Meanwhile it was almost 60 degrees here today - it's still 54 degrees. In Chicago. In late November.

posted by sisterhavana 26 November | 19:20

Snow is wistful. No snow here, but I did just watch Rocky which always makes me get teary eyed.

posted by jonmc 26 November | 19:38

I just added some photos of Kaylee in her first snow. She's loving it.

posted by deborah 26 November | 19:43

PDX and 'couve are projected to get some snow tonight. Last snow elevation I read was 300 feet.

*crosses fingers in hopes the power stays on, and/or that we don't get frozen ice hell*

Snow is fine, ice storms, not so much.

*eyeballs conspicuous lack of non-electrical heating devices, fidgets towards Sterno stove and multifuel backpacker's stove*

(No, I'm not going to asphyxiate myself. relax, I know what I'm doing.)

posted by loquacious 26 November | 20:16

snow here in seattle area too... since 4pm or so

posted by qvantamon 26 November | 22:01

loq - I don't know your living conditions or money situation, but electric/ceramic heaters don't cost that much. We have an extra one or two that I could donate to the cause, but it'd probably cost more to ship them or drive them down than a new one would cost.

/me worries that not all bunnies are warm

posted by deborah 26 November | 22:11

Err, no. Lots of ceramic heaters here. They just don't work so well when the power is out in a hypothetical ice storm.

posted by loquacious 27 November | 04:43

Beautiful. I wish it would snow here. We usually do get ice, which is indeed no fun. Pretty, but hazardous as hell. It's supposed to be 70* here today.

posted by chewatadistance 27 November | 08:06

Ah, I'm glad you have heaters, loq.

Me, I'm bringing in the woodpile. It blew hard all night and it's a mess out there. The mister just called from the train station to let me know he made it safely. Good thing or I might've chewed my fingernails off to my elbows.

I found a good site for BC driving conditions (it's getting hit pretty hard and is slow to load).

posted by deborah 27 November | 08:16

btw, your dog is too cute.
i'm afraid you're going to have to give her a horrible haircut.

posted by ethylene 27 November | 08:21

There was an inch or so of snow in higher-up parts of Seattle yesterday afternoon and evening, which turned into slush and seems to be mostly gone at this point, at least outside my window.

posted by matildaben 27 November | 09:40

No, no, no! No horrible haircuts. I'll leave that up to mgl and her pups.
:^P

posted by deborah 27 November | 12:12

Just for contrast, it was 35c here on the weekend and summer has just started. We look like having an awful time with fires this year due to the worst drought on record being in full swing and record temperatures predicted through the summer, with no rain on the horizon in the foreseeable future. Maybe there is something to this global warming thing after all ...

I hope I get to see snow one day.

posted by dg 28 November | 22:19

I'm envious. We've had zero snow here yet. Zero! It's about a month late. I miss it.

posted by Miko 28 November | 22:52

← Bunny is bored online. || Barney! OMG! →

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