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February 10, 2008 at 1:06 am #615041
JoBParticipantyikes charlabob.. i can’t stay up that late and i can’t eat that much… but it might be fun trying…
February 10, 2008 at 1:07 am #615042
JillParticipantJanS, I’m finally answering a hundred posts later (sheesh, hot topic!). I didn’t look at the forecast, and I actually thought I was exaggerating saying 7 days of rain, lol!
Oh well, I usually don’t mind the dark skies. The wind frazzles me, though, for the same reasons others have mentioned: no sleep, have a sump pump that depends on the power being on. Yeah, we had a whole year to do something about the latter. At least we fixed our fireplace damper. Pretty demoralizing to be sitting there staring at your inoperable fireplace freezing your butt off.
February 10, 2008 at 2:59 am #615043
sanMemberFebruary 10, 2008 at 5:24 am #615044
TheVelvetBulldogMemberMy mum used to sing: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happeeee, when skies are gray; you’ll never know dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away…”
February 10, 2008 at 2:35 pm #615045
littlebrowndogParticipantI found that the winds elicited memories of the stress of last year’s big storm. Last year the tree adjacent the house swayed alarmingly, gutters blew off the house, and worst of all when the power went off our new emergency backup system for the sump pump failed after only 3 hours, leaving me manually bailing out the basement at 45 minute intervals around the clock. This year we cut down the tree and installed a fail-safe emergency backup sump pump system that we tested out over a full rainy weekend and works great. Nonetheless, those strong gusts really put me on edge in memory of last year. So, for me, 3 days of gusting was stressful. It will probably take another year or so for the memory to fade and humor to take over. Sometimes I fantasize, as I have for many years, of moving somewhere without weather extremes, natural disasters or big spiders. So far I haven’t thought of such a place, and throughout each year I do find myself grateful for our relatively minor events. But just wait until we have the Big Earthquake!
February 10, 2008 at 4:23 pm #615046
JoBParticipantno spiders in hawaii… wait.. that’s snakes:( Big spiders in Hawaii.
Friends went to Palm Springs for the sun this month. Came home cold. the high was 60 while they were there and no sun.
when i lived in Minnesota, we cheered driving south when the temp hit 50 and practically felt like sunbathing at 70… of course, we spent that christmas in the first texan snowfall anyone living had seen:)
it’s all relative. you give a little everywhere for what you get.
February 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm #615047
BernickiMemberLear: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks!
You sulphurous and thought-executing fires,
Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder,
Smite flat the thick rotundity o’ the world!
Crack nature’s moulds, all germens spill at once,
That make ingrateful man!
King Lear stands on the heath in a powerful storm, raging impotently against the wind. The storm represents other forces he cannot control, both within and without: the ingratitude of his daughters, the imminent dissolution of his kingdom, the ultimate frailty of humanity when confronted with natural forces, and his own approaching madness. He is king, but his own choices have brought him down to the level of a rain-soaked madman. He’s saying, “Bring it on!” to the weather; might as well destroy everything, because it can’t get any worse.
If you’re ever feeling overwhelmed by the crappy stuff happening in your life AND it’s really windy, try this: Stand alone on Alki Beach and give this speech at the top of your lungs to the wind and waves. You’ll get cold, wet, and possibly taken to Harborview for psychiatric evaluation, but I guarantee you’ll feel much better in the end.
February 10, 2008 at 8:01 pm #615048
ErikParticipantLOL Bernicki,
It’s good to see I’m not the only madman out there!
My late wife and I used to go swing on the swings at North SeaTac park at night and scream at the top of our lungs when a jet flew a couple hundred feet above our heads before it landed a mile away.
We always felt better afterwards.
February 10, 2008 at 8:10 pm #615049
acemotelParticipantBernicki: love it. love it, love it. Thank you for making my day!
February 10, 2008 at 9:36 pm #615050
JoBParticipantFebruary 11, 2008 at 2:37 am #615051
AnonymousInactiveAs someone new to this weather, I have to say the wind hasn’t been bothering me so much (maybe I’m just too new, that I’m not SICK of it yet). I do have to say, though, the getting dark around 3:30pm was hard for me and I’m glad it’s staying light later. Can’t wait for summer and the really long days of sunshine.
In response to whoever said they hate it when a stranger says, “smile… it’s not so bad.” I have to say, that is one of my biggest pet peeves!! Do people actually think that because they have said that, now I will smile and continue to smile the entire day? When people say that, what affect are they striving for? If you are someone who has said that to someone, please explain it!
February 11, 2008 at 2:48 am #615052
sanMemberOh NewRes- just smile. It’s not so bad.
February 11, 2008 at 2:57 am #615053
JanSParticipantNew Res…I’ve been here for 33 years…my first couple of winters were difficult for me to get through…the short daylight hours….so much gray….so I sympathize a lot. After 33 years, it’s not as bad for me….but…seeing the sun this morning was just great, I gotta tell you…hehe. And I start counting on Dec.21….each day or 2 we add a minute or two of daylight hours (it was 8 hours, 30 minutes then, now it’s 10 hours and 2 minutes….hehe)…I, too, love the long days of summer…it just brightens my spirit.
February 11, 2008 at 3:27 am #615054
JoBParticipantnew res.. people say smile for a lot of reasons… but it is just another way of reminding you that you are not alone…
February 12, 2008 at 4:48 am #615055
MariahMemberGot in on this a little late but I would like to say to Cinnamon that this is not normal PNW weather. I have lived here for 57 years. It was only windy in Eastern WA back in the day. I am very tired of the wind too and am glad I got to vent about it.
February 12, 2008 at 5:11 am #615056
WSMomParticipantand they call the wind Mariah…
February 12, 2008 at 10:01 pm #615057
AnonymousInactiveI have lived in Seattle since 1972 so awhile and I remember many windy and rainy days so for me this weather isn’t anything I have gotten use to it. I am aware that some people have problems with alot of dark days and for me that is not a problem. What I did not like for the first 3 years after moving here from Southern CA was the snow and the cold temps, it was a shock from living in Southern CA with temps around 109 and it never snowed in the Valley.
NewResident: I too do not like it when someone I don’t know tells me to Smile, it does not make me want to smile anymore than I normally would. So I agree with you.
February 13, 2008 at 12:22 am #615058
JoBParticipantcinnamon and new resident..
try sticking out your tongue when they say smile and i bet you will inspire laughter… both theirs and yours. everyone will be happy then:)
February 13, 2008 at 3:14 am #615059
AnonymousInactiveJoB… That is a great idea. I just might try it.
February 13, 2008 at 4:27 am #615060
JoBParticipantI;ve done it.. and it does work. I even made a new friend that way one day.
February 13, 2008 at 4:41 am #615061
JanSParticipantand now…wait until this weekend…it’s been said that it wil be at least partly sunny both days…temps in the 50’s…ok, guys…time for the shorts and sandals – lol…
and wait until you see the snowcapped Olympics, Cascades…will be like living in heaven…well, almost…
February 13, 2008 at 6:34 am #615062
JeraldParticipantI stood in the yard with my dog today, without my jacket on, and I felt it…spring! The crocuses are blooming, along with some snapdragons that survived the freezing. Light at the end of the dark (and windy) tunnel, I believe.
February 13, 2008 at 5:27 pm #615063
JoBParticipantAaah spring.
wait, that means no more dreaming over catalogs… i have to actually go out and dig in the earth if i want to have fresh vegetables this summer.
what do you mean stressing me out this way ;-0
February 13, 2008 at 11:10 pm #615064
JeraldParticipantJoB, You do have a point. Along with the pretty flowers, I also see slug trails all over. Sigh.
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