[Turtle]

Our lights have flickered a bit and a whole section of town a few blocks West of me is completely out of power. I'm topping off my deep-cell battery backup; I have 100amp hours of juice if we go too. Winds now gusting 39 mph here, and at 100 mph on the coast they are reporting. The worst is yet to come.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Our lights have flickered a bit and a whole section of town a few blocks West of me is completely out of power. I'm topping off my deep-cell battery backup; I have 100amp hours of juice if we go too. Winds now gusting 39 mph here, and at 100 mph on the coast they are reporting. The worst is yet to come.

In the last 30 minutes I have had bright sunshine, rain, sleet, and now it is snowing! In Oregon and Washington over 1 million people are without power and 4 people are dead from falling trees due to last night's wind storm. They clocked winds in my village at 79 mph and higher winds along the coast.

I haven't lost power, but they say it's not over yet.

Hunkering down,
Turtle

[Racoon]

Originally Posted by Turtle

In the last 30 minutes I have had bright sunshine, rain, sleet, and now it is snowing! In Oregon and Washington over 1 million people are without power and 4 people are dead from falling trees due to last night's wind storm. They clocked winds in my village at 79 mph and higher winds along the coast.

I haven't lost power, but they say it's not over yet.

Hunkering down,
Turtle

Copy that Turtle.
It went from rain, to snow, to sunshine melting the snow all this morning.
Last night was the biggest storm the Portland area has had in 10 years!


The wind went wild and knocked over a tree onto the powerline only 1 block away! It killed the power to the neighborhood. from the back deck I could see the light show!

Candles, a small led light and a battery powered radio kept me thru the night until the PUD guys quickly restored the 'juice of life' this morning.

[Racoon]

Pacific Northwest still without power - Weather - MSNBC.com

[Turtle]

The weather today has been cold, but clear. In a bit of a tangent, the predominating news, both local and CNN national, has been on the rescue effort for the 3 lost mountain climbers on Mt. Hood. I have watched about 6 hours straight now of the inane babble and speculation carried out by the news anchors, and I find all the attention to it a waste of resources.

Having spent a lot of time in the mountains, both alone and in parties, I understand the thinking that if I were lost or injured I would hope someone came looking for me. However, these 3 guys were out for a jaunt and knew the risks and the rescue effort for them has lasted a week now and cost 10's of thousands of dollars in resources. That they are being portrayed as some kind of heroic brave figures (evidenced by the air time they are receiving as well as comments to this effect) is in my view a dishonor and disgrace to our military personnel, firefighters, police, and other public servants who are risking their lives for more than a lark.

Update: One climber confirmed found dead in a snow cave. Stay tuned for video of crying family memebers.

Tomorrow is forecast as clear and cold.

[Chacmool]

Who of you are expecting to see a "white Christmas" this year? Of course, we won't have that in South Africa unless something severe upsets the world's weather patterns! I'm looking forward to warm weather and sunny skies.

[pgrmdave]

Oddly enough, NJ is quite warm right now, about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. (about 10 Celcius) while usually at this time of year it's between 20 - 30 Fahrenheit (-6.5 to -1 Celcius). I'd complain that we're not going to have a white Christmas, but I like the warm weather too much .

[InfiniteNow]

It's been raining for 2 days straight, a really strange event in Texas where it doesn't tend to rain for more than 20 minutes straight... Now, temperatures are falling, water everywhere below freezing and continuing to drop.

Not good conditions. Schools closed, businesses closed, and it's only going to get worse. The thing to remember is that nobody down here is used to this weather, nor is there infrastructure in place to deal with it (salt for roads, sand trucks, and the like)... 96 EMS calls since midnight... that translates into roughly 6 called ambulances per hour in the Austin Metro area alone...

Brrrr.... Looks like I'll have tomorrow off from work as well. You might think that sounds good and all, but it really just means I'll have twice as much to do Wednesday.

[Monomer]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

It's been raining for 2 days straight, a really strange event in Texas where it doesn't tend to rain for more than 20 minutes straight... Now, temperatures are falling, water everywhere below freezing and continuing to drop.

Contrast that with yet another dry 40oC day here in South Australia. It's so damn hot!

It looks like all you North Americans are getting the rain we need!

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Monomer

Contrast that with yet another dry 40oC day here in South Australia.

We had that yesterday. In Texas, if you don't like the weather you simply need to wait an hour...