Crazy Winter Weather

The Pacific Northwest recently experienced nearly two weeks of below-freezing temperatures and wind storms, combined with the most snow we've seen since 1996. We finally had a white Christmas, though.

The Sammamish area, east of Seattle, got hit with some of the worst conditions.
First, we felt the chilling 14-degree mornings. Schools closed due to a "threat" of snow (no actual snow on the ground) the Wednesday before winter break began and stayed closed after the snow finally came Thursday, Dec. 18.

The snow days made for some nice sledding and leisure time. Most people had a perfectly legitimate excuse to work from home or simply not go in at all.

It's now 43 degrees and wet. All the slippery snow is slush, but it's nice to have the roads back and drivable again.

Here's the view of Beaver Lake Friday, Dec. 19, after the initial snow.



See the Sammamish Review and Issaquah Press Web sites for more snow photos and video.

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— Christopher