Originally Posted By officerminnie In light of the 4 inches of rain we received in the last 2 days, the 2-6 inches forecast between now and Tuesday, and the "Monster Pacific Storm" expected Friday, I thought I would post this little ditty from Jeff Foxworthy: You know you're from the Pacific Northwest when... 1. You know the state flower (Mildew). 2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash. 3. You use the statement "sun break" and know what it means. 4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee. 5. You know more people who own boats rather than air conditioners. 6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant. 7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" Signal. 8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain. 9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and Tully's. 10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon. 11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup , Issaquah , Oregon , Yakima and Willamette. 12. You consider swimming an indoor sport. 13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food. 14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark- while only working eight-hour days. 15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho. 16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers." 17. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation. 18. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind. 19. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover. 20. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a clear, pretty day and you can actually see it. 21. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka. 22. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on. 23. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain. 24. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists. 25. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time. 26. You measure distance in hours. 27. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day. 28. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat. 29. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk season (Fall). 30. You actually understood these jokes and will probably forward them.
Originally Posted By JazzCat I especially agree with #24. People with bumbershoots are rarely seen in Seattle! Hubby told me you guys would be getting another 3-4 inches today. Have you floated away yet? Clara, is the restaurant still standing?!
Originally Posted By mele The Pineapple Express strikes again. Things seem fine in my neighborhood but things are really bad in nearby areas.
Originally Posted By ilvdland When I got to work this morning, I had to chase out Noah's Ark and all of the animals, since I had a river in my office. The ceiling leaks sometimes when it rains, but not like THAT. I'm glad it's my friday.
Originally Posted By officerminnie I am just sick of this rain. I came home from work to a very wet basement. This is a finished basement, with carpet and furniture. Some drain outside must be clogged somewhere, causing the water to find its lowest point (my front porch area, underneath the wood deck so I can't actually see where it is getting in) and I'm guessing the water found it's way in through a crack in the foundation. I can feel the sheetrock in that area is sort of buckled a tiny bit, so maybe that's where the crack is? I cannot put this on my homeowners, because a few years ago we had a washing machine hose burst during the night and had a large claim (way more of the basement got flooded that time) and our insurance went up sky high. It has just in the past year gotten back down to a normal premium. If I submit another water damage claim they'll probably drop me. So I have a looooong date with the carpet steam cleaner tonight, just sucking buckets of water out of the carpet.
Originally Posted By ilvdland officerminnie, I'm so sorry!!! This was the first massive rainstorm since I've lived in my place, so the first thing I did this morning is check my basement - so far, so good, I hope I don't go home to any surprises!
Originally Posted By poohbear14 Sending sunshine wishes your way! It's been hot and sunny down here in SoCal.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ We should change the title of this thread to The Pacific Northwest IS a Swamp Those of us in South Western British Columbia have suffered some nasty flooding too. Considering I live in an area that's below sea level, I better hope the dams don't break.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy for us on the eastern side of the state we are getting much needed rain but we are loving the warm temps. Today in the low 60's and tonight in the low 50's compared to last week when the high was 30+ and the low was 12º
Originally Posted By ilvdland This is ridiculous. I know I am from Seattle and am used to the rain. But this is depressing. I don't even want to leave the house today, but I know I will eventually. I feel bad for the people who are having to evacuate from their homes. The front page of the Seattle Times today is heartbreaking. <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html" target="_blank">http://seattletimes.nwsource.c om/html/home/index.html</a>
Originally Posted By JazzCat We're in a rain shadow due to the Cascade Mountains so we didn't get hardly any rain. We got up to 72 degrees yesterday though!
Originally Posted By poohbear14 It's 96 here today. :-( I feel for you guys up there. My house floods a little when it rains a couple inches.
Originally Posted By officerminnie Yuck! I came home tonight and my house smells like mildew (or something else nasty -I'm not sure what it is). I sucked more water out of the carpet and then sprayed it with Febreze. That's probably not going to help much, but for now it smells better. I am afraid to call a water restoration company to come and clean it all up, because we're going to get MORE heavy rain, and it'll just flood again. However, the plumber did come last night at 8:00 and snaked out a drain that may be part of the problem. I will get through this, I will get through this, I will get through this.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I blame myself. I was just saying last week at work that I wished the rainy season would start. When I got to work yesterday a co-worker asked me if I was happy now. Stay dry everyone!
Originally Posted By gaydsnywitch Yay! Someone to blame. Thanks MissCandice. I actually saw a few patches of blue sky yesterday on the way home. Very exciting. lol
Originally Posted By RangerPooh Last week we were hovering at freezing temps duirng the day and below freezing at night. This week we're having a mini heat wave (~50*). The news forcast for tonight is predicting the possibility of snow in the Spokane/Pullman areas. I have seen the sun at various times both yesterday and today, as well as have experienced very strong winds. I mean they are so strong that DH and I take turns exciting the truck so that the wind doesn't whip through it.
Originally Posted By mele It's kind of funny...when the weather was really cold, our carved pumpkins held up great, 2 days after the warm, rainy weather, they are just big globs. Yuck! (It's also funny that the squirrels in our yard started scraping bits of pumpkin off of one of the pumpkins. It had a totally different design by the time we threw it away.)
