Weather...

So it's been quite some time since I checked in with the good old blog. Lets just say I've been busy and have not had a chance to give the blog some love. I plan on changing that for the New Year however and aim to post at least once a week!

So what else is there to talk about lately other than the crazy a$$ weather we've had in WA. First it started out with the mid-December snow storms that pounded all of Washington, dumping massive amounts of snow all over the State. We had over 16" out front of our place at one point making it the most snow I've seen in the city in my lifetime! Crazy how the city just shuts down when more than 4" of snow falls! It was nothing compared to some of the cities East of the Cascades. Places like Walla Walla and Spokane got hammered with dumpings measured in feet vs. inches.!!!!

It was great for the mountains though, as there was plenty of POW to be had for all! Alpental back country was some of the best early season pow I've shredded in quite some time. Shredding was pretty much money for about 3 straight weeks until it all came to a screeching halt with the recent 50 degree garden hose that ripped through WA. Yea, a storm that brought torrential downpours and temps that felt more like Spring than Winter.

The warm storms pretty much shut down all of the passes, as the heavy rains brought avalanches crashing down onto the major highways. Snoqualmie lost almost 50% of its base over 2 and a half days as the rains ripped thorough. This picture shows Hyak after pretty much the entire face of the hill came rumbling down. It took out one of the houses built on the right of the first chair, ripping the home completely off its foundation!

Here is a pic of Snoqualmie falls taken today, showing the massive amounts of water that is melting off the hills and coming down to flood all of Western Washington. All of the rivers are projected to reach record levels and many people have had to abandon their homes to head for higher ground. Last night there was pretty much no way out of Western Washington unless you flew out or went far north with all three major passes closed down due to avalanches and I-5 south been flooded and closed south of Chehalis! In other words, there is a lot of H2O collecting across the State!

All in all, it's been a crazy start to the Winter in WA!

Hopefully the snow level comes back down and we start getting some dumps up on the hill again. I also wouldn't mind getting a week or so of dry weather to try and stabilize the roads and hills around here and keep them from sliding and settling.

Rain, rain, GO AWAY!