Harry Longshanks
ILikeBigPutts&ICannotLie
First, a little background . . .
Despite Seattle's reputation as rainy all the time, it rarely rains hard here. It's usually just very dreary and drizzly in the winter. Thunderstorms are even rarer. And it snows in the city, i.e. the lowlands, on average, maybe a couple of times a year. Accumulation is usually minimal. Outlying areas get more snow, more often. But I am in the city and pretty close to the Bay. When it snows in Seattle, people freak out. I remember a local sketch comedy team that once did a fake news broadcast where the on-scene reporter was explaining the snow situation and said "It's really coming down. I urge everyone to stay indoors. I'm not sure what we are going to do because the snow is now up to the sole of my shoes."
Anyway, right now it is snowing . . . and thundering and lighting. I'm a fairly frequent snowboarder (I have a couple of years with over 100 days, and most of the past 10 years included at least 50 days a year), and I can't ever remember seeing that before. It's kind of freaky.
Despite Seattle's reputation as rainy all the time, it rarely rains hard here. It's usually just very dreary and drizzly in the winter. Thunderstorms are even rarer. And it snows in the city, i.e. the lowlands, on average, maybe a couple of times a year. Accumulation is usually minimal. Outlying areas get more snow, more often. But I am in the city and pretty close to the Bay. When it snows in Seattle, people freak out. I remember a local sketch comedy team that once did a fake news broadcast where the on-scene reporter was explaining the snow situation and said "It's really coming down. I urge everyone to stay indoors. I'm not sure what we are going to do because the snow is now up to the sole of my shoes."
Anyway, right now it is snowing . . . and thundering and lighting. I'm a fairly frequent snowboarder (I have a couple of years with over 100 days, and most of the past 10 years included at least 50 days a year), and I can't ever remember seeing that before. It's kind of freaky.