Major storm moving into Pacific Northwest

KONP ^

[2banana]

Not good news for those hikers stuck on that mountain...

[al baby]

not good news for suntan lotion saleman

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Courtesy ping. (as if y'all didn't already know this!)

[Mr. Jeeves]

Looks like another one of those El Nino "cold hurricanes". I can hardly wait until they start hitting Northern California in January. :(

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm not looking forward to it, sitting here under all these tall trees.

I've about ~had it~ with wind!

[djf]

I was talking with someone yesterday about them, at the time I thought they might have another 24 hours or so. This is very bad news for them.

I feel bad for their families. But anybody who has spent any time up here in the high mountain area KNOWS you're basically a total idiot if you go above 5000 feet this time of year.

[Kimmers]

You have had a rough season...stay welll, stay safe

[Kimmers]

I claim complete ignorance to the ways of the mountain but I was thinking the same thing, This is winter and with the storms that have been hitting the area not a good time to conquer a mountain.

Just the same prayers up for them, the families and the rescuers.

[proudpapa]

I'm glad my home isn't one of these:

http://home.comcast.net/~Shoreline15/alliance.htm

I don't care to get salt water in my house.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The weather graphics people had simply recycled the same graphic over and over again for the past 2 months.

[RosieCotton]

If we wave a white flag, do you think it'll turn around and leave us alone this time?

At least we're hopefully running out of standing dead trees.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

When I think of the Pacific NW I imagine hills, bluffs and promitories. Take away the dark gravel on that beach and it could be mistaken for North Carolina.

[ecurbh]

What are your plans? Are you riding this out in Bellevue, or heading to the beach house? We canceled out of going up there to decorate today.

[fish hawk]

My family lives just south of the Oregon border in N. Calif. and they are commercial fishermen. Crab season is now open but the boats can't get out to set their crab pots.

[sully777]

I thought of posting this news last night. Apparently, this storm which stretches from Washington/Oregon to Hawaii is a nasty booger that will impact the entire nation.

Some parts of the Pacific are already seeing 100 mph winds. Snows are supposed to descend to 1000 ft.

I've read the 10 day forecast that predicts a heavy snow line in the midwest and northeast with heavy rains south of the front.

[Ramius]

I'm thinking about what to do this morning. I'd been planning to just stay up here, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't bug out early and head south. Don't know.

I suppose there's not much to do other than fret about the trees.

[HairOfTheDog]

At least we're hopefully running out of standing dead trees.

True... The weak trees are already down, so there's that :~)

[HairOfTheDog]

I suppose there's not much to do other than fret about the trees.

That's what I'm planning to do :~)

[r9etb]

Albrecht says the area he is worried about the most tonight is the west side of Whidbey Island

Where my in-laws live.... Storms like this are nothing new, though.