Passing on through

[lovelife65]

Love the San Juan ferries. Too bad we have had over a month of abnormally rainy weather... like setting records and all that. It's pouring down as I type.

passing through by sharonkay finley, on Flickr

[DanK]

A very nice image.

You know the old Seattle joke: if you can see Mt. Rainier, it’s going to rain. If you can’t see Mt. Rainier, it’s raining.


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[Manfred M]

A very nice image.

You know the old Seattle joke: if you can see Mt. Rainier, it’s going to rain. If you can’t see Mt. Rainier, it’s raining.


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Reminds me a little of this:

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured.

[lovelife65]

A very nice image.

You know the old Seattle joke: if you can see Mt. Rainier, it’s going to rain. If you can’t see Mt. Rainier, it’s raining.


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LOL. Well, that's somewhat of a myth possibly pushed by the locals to try to keep Seattle from becoming Los Angeles (Or the Bay Area of CA). Given so many people have moved here over the course of the last few years, I don't think it's working
Wondering if people moving to this area this year are having second thoughts ... rain rain rain in between snow.

[lovelife65]

Reminds me a little of this:

Manfred, that's hilarious. I love Canada

[DanK]

LOL. Well, that's somewhat of a myth possibly pushed by the locals to try to keep Seattle from becoming Los Angeles (Or the Bay Area of CA). Given so many people have moved here over the course of the last few years, I don't think it's working
Wondering if people moving to this area this year are having second thoughts ... rain rain rain in between snow.

As a former northwesterner (Portland, OR) I'm not sure I would quite consider it a myth. I loved living there, but I did come to dislike the seemingly endless drizzle. This story may be apocryphal, but Ken Kesey supposedly once wrote that you can tell true Oregonians because they have moss growing between their toes.

[lovelife65]

As a former northwesterner (Portland, OR) I'm not sure I would quite consider it a myth. I loved living there, but I did come to dislike the seemingly endless drizzle. This story may be apocryphal, but Ken Kesey supposedly once wrote that you can tell true Oregonians because they have moss growing between their toes.

That area gets quite a bit more rain than we do. And fewer "sunny days". We are in the rain shadow. It can be raining east more towards the cascades (Mount Vernon, Sedro Wooley) but sunny on the islands. Seattle gets a little less rain than Portland. Everett, Marysville similar in amounts at 46 inches a year... they are in the Convergence Zone. We normally get in the 20s.... similar to Vacaville, CA. Of course, it's more of a light rain so it's cloudy more and that is what gets to people I believe.

And doesn't New England get a ton of rain and snow?

[DanK]

Ah, I know the rain shadow but didn't think that you would be in it.

We get rain and snow in New England (noticeably less snow now because of global warming), but our weather is variable. Even during cold periods in the winter, days of snowfall are often followed by sunny days, and a sunny day with fresh snow is beautiful. More analogous to the NW are the areas in the NE that are subject to lake effects. I lived for some years in Syracuse, and in the winter, you can go a very long time there without seeing the sun. When I was in high school, some people called a depressed mood "a February".

[selig1656]

Nice capture

[Wavelength]

Very nice image; lovely colors...

[Chataignier]

Nice image, I like the soft colours.
As for weather, I think we should all be using the past tense ie "we used to get..." Certainly here in central France the last couple of years have been quite different to the previous 20 or so that I have lived here. Essentially no rain during july/aug/sept with temperatures in the upper 30's most of the time and well over 40C several times (105F + in old money).
Then well above average rainfall during the autumn and early winter.
Makes life hard for a keen gardener !!!

[davidedric]

Lovely image, Sharon, thanks for posting.

Last year we had over 270 days with some rain. We do grow lovely grass, though

[LePetomane]

"The coldest winter I ever saw was a summer in San Francisco" Mark Twain

The most rotten weather I have experienced was in April while fishing in SE Montana. 30 degrees, wind, rain mixed with snow. Absolutely impossible to get warm.

[lovelife65]

"The coldest winter I ever saw was a summer in San Francisco" Mark Twain

The most rotten weather I have experienced was in April while fishing in SE Montana. 30 degrees, wind, rain mixed with snow. Absolutely impossible to get warm.

I can attest to that quote, having lived in the Bay Area for 15 years. I would wear a coat in July in San Francisco.
Honestly, I like the weather in the PNW better. I don't miss that cold fog in the summer in N Cal, nor do I miss the brown hills and lack of moisture. If having to choose, I think I'd go for a little too much rain, than none.
Of course, speaking of the changing climate, our snow pack still is not at normal levels, because it's been too warm to snow in the mountains

[lovelife65]

Lovely image, Sharon, thanks for posting.

Last year we had over 270 days with some rain. We do grow lovely grass, though

ugh. My hubby was born in London, so I know of Englands weather. I remember getting poured on, as well as having cars drench me in the city core.

[lovelife65]

Nice image, I like the soft colours.
As for weather, I think we should all be using the past tense ie "we used to get..." Certainly here in central France the last couple of years have been quite different to the previous 20 or so that I have lived here. Essentially no rain during july/aug/sept with temperatures in the upper 30's most of the time and well over 40C several times (105F + in old money).
Then well above average rainfall during the autumn and early winter.
Makes life hard for a keen gardener !!!

Europe is certainly struggling with heat. I am sorry for you all. I remember the Paris heat waves and all the deaths associated. I'll stop complaining about the rain now