Comments on: The pressing question right now

By: msb

msb — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:13:08 +0000

I shoveled and push-broomed and flattened and finally got the foot of snow down to a minimal level in the unit parking lot driveway — backed the car halfway out of the lot, where it got stuck, very efficiently blocking anyone else’s ability to depart. Fortunately, I got a push to put the black behemoth back into its parking spot.

I take this as a sign that the roads would be beyond it and me, just now.

did I mention I don’t like snow?

By: Brian Rust

Brian Rust — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:35:29 +0000

Actually, snow risk and wind risk are pretty much mutually exclusive. I suppose you’ve figured that out by now.

Ice with wind, however, is a different story. Mass breakage is likely.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:55:00 +0000

In Vancouver, BC, there’s about 10 inches of snow on the ground at the beach. I suspect that gets bigger the further you get from the ocean.

This has been a fun week.

And, speaking from experience growing up on the Canadian prairies, frozen trees covered in snow are far more likely to snap, but will almost never uproot.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:47:15 +0000

Some of them; some of them were on whatever they could find. One girl even went down on her rear end in ski pants, no sled involved at all.

One guy even got out his snowboard.

By: BTJP

BTJP — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:41:00 +0000

People are sledding down the street next to my apartment.

Itâ€™s hilarious.

In sleds, I hope.

By: cdowley

cdowley — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:24:59 +0000

Just a heads-up for those it may concern:

All Pierce County buildings (including the courts and the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department, where I work), have been closed since 3:00 Thursday afternoon due to the weather. According to the County Emergency line for employees, it looks like a 50/50 chance at best that the County will re-open tomorrow morning.

Given what I do and the critical import of the clinic I work for being open on a daily basis for our clients, this frustrates me tremendously, but that’s a whole other story…

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:53:24 +0000

People are sledding down the street next to my apartment.

It’s hilarious.

By: msb

msb — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:40:21 +0000

I don’t like snow.

By: Slurve

Slurve — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:26:48 +0000

Meh getting sick of this snow but we might Snow on Christmas this year.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:20:46 +0000

According to the P-I, we’re supposed to get six MORE inches of snow this afternoon and evening.

Tomorrow might be worse than Thursday and Friday were.