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It’s not you, Seattle, it’s me
As promised, here is the list of Things I Won’t Miss About Seattle… Or, more accurately, Things I Don’t Miss About Seattle. (For balance, please see the list, Things I Miss About Seattle.) Over the next few posts after this, I will attempt to recap our travels east, and tell the tale of moving into […]
Posted: July 16th, 2007 under seattle.
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Has it really been that long?
Okay, yes. It’s been ages. But I’ve had a lot going on, ya know? First there was the move 3000 miles across the country. Then there was that month in our grotty flip house (yes, that’s flip, not flop, though there were times I couldn’t be sure), where we slept on an airbed just inches […]
Posted: July 13th, 2007 under seattle, vermont.
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Of snow, spineless schmoes, and the cost of the warming globe
If it’s seasonal variety I want, maybe I should just stay in Seattle — we’re getting more snow than Vermont! (Hmmm… can you say “global warming”?) Forecasters predicted a storm for yesterday morning, but the brunt of it ended up hitting yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, unlike last time, I left work before it got too bad, […]
Posted: January 11th, 2007 under seattle, current affairs.
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Windstorm 2006 — the aftermath
So the storm proved to be worse than predicted — four people died, several homes were damaged or destroyed, and over a million folks lost power. (That poor woman in my last post who was stuck in her flooded basement was one of the people who died. Her name was Kate Fleming, and she was […]
Posted: December 16th, 2006 under seattle.
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Batten down the hatches — it’s Windstorm 2006!
The next storm is upon us, so I am once again weather-blogging. This time I avoided a nightmare commute by leaving work early. According to the National Weather Service, we’re about to get socked by nasty winds:
THESE HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE FALLING TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. THERE MAY BE DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES. […]
Posted: December 14th, 2006 under seattle.
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