Wednesday, January 18

Snowmageddon 2012

Washington State, our home, is known for its rain, was instead forecast to get dumped on by snow. Last Friday we were inundated with newscasts, articles, headlines and projection photos of what may happen in the western Washington area. They were calling for 8-16 inches of snow in certain areas. Our forecast went national, then international when the BBC picked up the story. Hundreds of people thought it wasn't going to happen and were held in “snowspense”. We got dribbles of snow here and there and then it got more serious. I never really look forward to the snow when they say we're getting some because, in the past, they've always set me up for disappointment when it doesn't fall.

However, last night, at about 1 a.m. it started falling and didn't stop until about noon today. Mom woke me up at 5 a.m. this morning and pulled my blankets off telling me to come with her to look at it off the back porch. I nodded and went back to bed. I got up at 9ish this morning and took some pictures of the snow before it rained. It never stays very long here. Final tally: about 13 inches. Last time it snowed this much was back in 2008 when we almost didn't have a Christmas.

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