Snow! Snow! Snow!

People in Seattle tend to get excited about snow because it rarely ever snows here. Or, at least it didn't used to. It would go 2-3 years without ANY snow, and in the past 2 years we've had record snowfall over and over.

We had a very white Christmas, which I'm told by the TV Newsbots is a once-in-twenty-years event. My photo (top left) shows the midday snow squalls on Christmas Day. Not much stuck to the streets, but the sidewalks and yard got a healthy dose of powder. It didn't last long.

The BIG snow (so far) was on December 1st. (See photo number 2) I got stuck driving in this storm which stuck to streets and made hills a nightmare for a few hours. It took me about an hour to get home from a part of town that is usually about 20 minutes away.

It's snowing again right now for the third day in a row. Just in time for rush hour! Luckily just about everyone in Seattle is on vacation (or just not at work).