The West Side and Near West Side are completely different neighborhoods.
Near West Side was an abandoned industrial wasteland until the Sears Tower was built in the early 70s. Since then it has exploded into an upscale, urban, obscenely expensive yuppie neighborhood. Shopping, restaurants, and upscale condos are what define the neighborhood now.
"West Side" is several neighborhoods and it's typical that families live there for generations. It's really low key compared to the Near West Side. However, gentrification is bleeding into West Side neighborhoods along Damen Av.
Stupid me attempted to deliver a package to FedEx today, for a international sale on ebay. Accidents everywhere! Random patches of black ice everywhere! Could have easily had our car totaled by another vehicle - I was lucky to have got it back into the garage in one piece going through that level of disaster exposure for 1/2 hour!
The place, was closed. Friday, new years eve - who woulda thunk? Not me. I bet there'll be >1000 cars in accidents tonight, in the space between Seattle and Olympia... Light turns red - boom boom boom! That's what I saw the aftermath of.
Be careful driving, if you have to.
The place, was closed. Friday, new years eve - who woulda thunk? Not me. I bet there'll be >1000 cars in accidents tonight, in the space between Seattle and Olympia... Light turns red - boom boom boom! That's what I saw the aftermath of.
Be careful driving, if you have to.
Our blizzard starts in about 12 hours. They keep upping the snowfall forecast. We're at 6-8 inches now.
It's around 45 degrees F now. That's gonna change.
It's around 45 degrees F now. That's gonna change.
Finally getting a few inches of snow in Denver. Would have been nice if we got it 24 hours earlier. A few hundred homes closer to the mountains burned due to dry ground and heavy winds. Fairly sure a house I used to rent around 1992 is gone.
Usually goes to the -36-38C overnight and 26-30 during the day and the wind can be the killer! May warm up some in 12-13 days!
Happy New Years All!
Happy New Years All!
What?
~ -37 degrees C to ~ 28 degrees C during the day?
Well below freezing at night: -37 to +28 is a huge temperature differential.
duke, I think he meant all temps still below zero C. -12C= ~10F (or 262K for the nerds among us😉) Still a bit chilly for my taste
Been stable here for a while, -4 to -15 mostly, hoping for a little bit more snow so I can dig out those narrow plank thingys and strap 'em to my feet.
Still that cold and all -C of course and almost 3 ft. of snow so far, though it settles to 2 ft.
Hey voltage conducts better in the cold!
Kaffi you can have mine I'm sick of shoveling, though I mainly use a big old metal push scoop so easy on the back.
Sunny today and the weather shows more sun than snow for the next week anyway. Making up for the very little rain all summer with fires everywhere I guess.
Liked the heat then as it did get into the low 30's often, except the smoke was no fun and actually cooled things off.
Last really cold winter was 2012-13 and I hope the the cold doesn't last like then! Winnipeg 400 air miles or 480 by road to the south (near the US border) didn't have enough snow that very cold winter and many underground pipes froze so thousands had to have water trucked to their homes and businesses till even into July as it took months to thaw! Here all the pipes have heated water and a 2 pipes to every home/business with water always circulating!
Hey voltage conducts better in the cold!
Kaffi you can have mine I'm sick of shoveling, though I mainly use a big old metal push scoop so easy on the back.
Sunny today and the weather shows more sun than snow for the next week anyway. Making up for the very little rain all summer with fires everywhere I guess.
Liked the heat then as it did get into the low 30's often, except the smoke was no fun and actually cooled things off.
Last really cold winter was 2012-13 and I hope the the cold doesn't last like then! Winnipeg 400 air miles or 480 by road to the south (near the US border) didn't have enough snow that very cold winter and many underground pipes froze so thousands had to have water trucked to their homes and businesses till even into July as it took months to thaw! Here all the pipes have heated water and a 2 pipes to every home/business with water always circulating!
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Rain, hale, snow - then rain again, then hale again - then clear and sunny; weather cant make up it's mind. Drove to go grocery shopping no problem - main roads are pretty much clear. Neighborhood is a sloppy mess...
Good one!
-30C/-22F now at 2:17PM with a 14KMH/9 MPH wind so -40C/F with the wind chill And half sunny/cloudy!
-30C/-22F now at 2:17PM with a 14KMH/9 MPH wind so -40C/F with the wind chill And half sunny/cloudy!
I am thankfull for that attachment. I suspect there is still a few laters of soil in my yard that need the water.
temperature, not precipitation; northern BC and most of Alberta ranging from -30 to -38C, before wind chill.
snow accumulation modelled for the next few days (cm) on attached.
Zooming in on Snoqualmie Pass - 86cm of new snow in the next three days.
snow accumulation modelled for the next few days (cm) on attached.
Zooming in on Snoqualmie Pass - 86cm of new snow in the next three days.
