Common sight in communities on the eastside of Seattle after the windstorm last night. Photo Kevin Tighe. Yet again, Western Washington has been slammed by inclement weather. In the past month, the region has been dealt (1) devastating floods (November was the wettest month EVER on record); (2) a snow and ice storm with record…
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Freeway Skating Rink in Seattle
Photo from KomoTV News Can you believe that this was a common scene on the highways around Seattle today? The snowstorm that hit yesterday evening left several inches of snow around the sound and coated the roads and freeways in a thick sheet of ice. Commuters heading home from work in rush hour yesterday were…
Snow in Seattle!
AP Photo/John Froschauer Yup, after a month of non-stop rain and wind, the month of November is closing out with snow in Seattle. The rain has been so continuous, even by Seattle standards, that November has become the all-time wettest month on record at the Sea-Tac Airport weather station (since 1948). Now, it’s snow and…
Ski Season Already?
Today I had a great run of the Dish loop, running gate-to-gate in 20:50, my first official time under 21 minutes. The weather was perfect with temps in the mid-50’s and very little wind. I love running when it’s so nice outside! The total run time was just about 46 minutes (the usual, because I…
Dish for Lunch
I was able to sneak in a very quick Dish run between Corporations and Patents class (lunch break). The run was 46 minutes long (as usual) but I was moving nicely on the hilly part at the Dish. It was also nice and warm – enough for shirts off – so I got to work…
Seattle Soaker
A classic winter-in-Seattle image from Komo TV. A real gully-washer is shaping up in Seattle. After an incredibly dry summer, the rains of the Pacific Northwest have come on hard. It has already rained for the better part of the last three days, but the system bearing down on the region promises to bring even…
Glacier Recession in Alaska
William O. Field / American Geographical Society-World Data Center for Glaciology (left); Bruce Molnia / USGS The photo above from an interesting article on MSNBC, “Experts get shrinking feeling about Alaska glaciers,” shows the Muir Glacier in Alaska as it was in 1941 (left) and in 2004 (right), by which time it had receded significantly…
Global Warming
North White Chuck basin with only an ice remnant remaining. Human-induced global warming is real and the problem is likely worse than you think. I took this photo of north Whitechuck basin on my climb of Glacier Peak in August. Twenty years ago, the entire basin was filled with ice. Now, there is merely a…
Cool and Cloudy Seattle
Another cloudy and cool day in Seattle – the coolest corner of the United States right now! The sun actually broke through the clouds at about 5 pm so the evening was nice. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer and Sunday warmer yet before another weather system moves in early next week for more clouds,…
Trail Running!
I got my first pair of trail running shoes today and I am pumped to use them! I have all kinds of regular running shoes, track spikes, road racers, and cross country flats sitting in my garage from my days running in college, but I have increasingly enjoyed running on trails. To lessen the impact…
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