Wow! Wild Weather Week! First, moderate snowfall that was compacted down, followed by accumulative inches to feet of widespread snow, followed by freezing rain that created a thick, treacherous ice crust on top of the snow along with wind that broke weighted-down branches and trees on to homes, cars, power lines or just plain collapsed roofs, followed by the melt/thaw and a very, very slow clean up that hasn't even begun yet...sounds like the layers on an ice cream sundae, doesn't it?...some places look like absolute war zones...however, what I will take away from this experience was that nothing beat walking in fresh fallen snow at 4:30 in the morning for the insulation of absolute quiet with no airplanes flying over...sheer bliss...
Here's just a few of the memorable things that happened during the last 7 days :
Over 300,000+ households without power
All 3 runways shut down at Sea-Tac airport, hundreds of flights canceled
2317 car crashes within a 24-hour period
Tacoma Narrows bridge shut down for hours because of falling ice
More than one county or city spent half their snow budget on just this storm, alone...and that was before the end of it!
Here's some of the best videos I found on YouTube that best describe visually the greater Seattle area's 'La Nina winter fun' adventure:
P.S. As a VERY deep surprise I learned that one person was alive this week after not hearing from them or about them for almost 5 years and I learned that another became deceased after no contact for 41...talk about standing upon the extreme edges of life's spectrum-this week was definitely it!
© 2012 Debbie Ballard (text
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