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Posted on 12/14/2006 7:43:19 AM PST by djf
Freepers from Oregon, Western Washington, Vancouver island: ALERT!!! Major storm forecast today, and it's not like yesterday was exactly a nice May day either. This could be the biggest of the year. If you have a thermos, make your coffee now! Widespread power outages predicted.
Winds expected to start very high on the coast this afternoon, moving into Puget Sound by the latter part of the evening and continuing very high until mid morning.
Batten down the hatches!
December 14th, 2006 - 6:02am
(Port Angeles) -- It could be a wild weather night for the North Olympic Peninsula. The National Weather Service says another storm is expected to bring very strong winds and rain to the state later today and continuing into tomorrow. Sustained winds of 40 miles per hour or more are forecast for both sides of the Cascades -- and the weather service says gusts could reach 80 or 90 miles per hour on the coast. Meteorologist Jay Albrecht with the Seattle National Weather Service office tells Newsradio 1450 KONP an intense low is expected to form today and move onto the North Olympic Peninsula sometime tonight -- possibly between 8 and 10 o'clock. He says computer models show once the low passes off to the northeast, there will be a very strong westerly surge through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, with 60 to 80 mile an hour winds possible over the water. Albrecht says the area he is worried about the most tonight is the west side of Whidbey Island, but all water-exposed areas could get hammered. Forecasters have a high wind watch in effect for all of Western Washington.
Got a bunch out front of the house already.
It'll potentially take some abuse during that shallow period where it will get slammed on the bottom. It's that jarring that I picture actually breaking something.
Help me ALGORE...heelllppp meeeeee....
I live in Southern Oregon, where the winds are going to be up to 100 miles on the coast, live about 45 miles away. I have a 20 acre forest of Douglas fir, on my land, no where near my house, and that roaring sound is such a rush. Thinking about going to the coast to see the ocean all churned up too!!
I hope you get sunburned... :)
It was topped about 2 weeks before the 93 storm, believe it or not!
It's pretty sturdy now, but Hemlocks seem to have problems with like the torque or something.
If it comes down, it'd probably miss the house, but take out my newly rebuilt front deck.
:-(
True. Gee... thanks... :-)
Temps like that will fry your brain...again
I want to be on your beach.....mine is chilly in the morning...
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You want another worry? I'm full of them :~)
Presser about to start regarding climbers on Mount Hood.
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=57406&live=yes
I don't have a brain but I am on my way to the Emerald City to see the Wizard.
Should be a fun time for those going to the Seahawks / 49ers game tonight.
You don't tan in Orygun, you rust!
Do we need to have a hurricane party of sorts? ;-)
We might be safest if we had it at your house :~)
This is true! I don't think anything can reach the main end of my place...just the back bedroom I'm usin' as my garage.
Except...where would we put the horses?
Spare bedroom?
*pictures trying to maneuver the horses through that door that doesn't open all the way, like we hadda do with the desk...*
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