Pacific Northwest: Batten down the hatches

[FuzzyRabbit]

Huge hurricane strength storms coming this weekend:
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/10/warming-major-storms-threaten-pacific.html

[Brother Buzz]

1. Not quite hurricane strength

but full blown out gale forces, for sure

[suffragette]

4. Our traditional OCT leaf knocker storm

But two right in a row and with most trees still full.

Looks like some flooding, downed trees and the power outages that come with that are likely. Just hope it's not as bad as Columbus Day one was.

[Brother Buzz]

5. This will be north of a leaf knocker

Looks like Mother Nature is going into the tree pruning business; I would expect a lot of dropped limbs, and an occasional downed tree.

[suffragette]

8. Now it looks like three in a row instead of two

Yeah, there's going to be tree pruning and ground soaking.

Anyone looking for a nice day at the park should go today!

[tonyt53]

2. Just talked to my good friend that lives in Aberdeen, WA, which is right on Gray's Harbor.

He has been making sure everything is tied down. He said that the new metal roof he had put on his home earlier this year has a 120mph wind rating, and it looked like he might see how well it does hold.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Neat Wind tool I found via APOD

via Astronomy Picture of the Day:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-122.38,39.38,800

You can move to any viewpoint and can zoom in/out with mouse wheel. You'll have to refresh every few hours.

[gratuitous]

6. You don't scare me

Still bicycling to work. If you don't ride in Oregon when it rains, you don't ride very much.

[maxsolomon]

7. Wish I had reservations at Kalaloch or La Push

Not in the campgrounds, however...

20' waves predicted!