A powerful and dangerous storm... Seattle and greater PNW!!!

[Rainscents]

http://www.komotv.com/news/4915091.html

This storm is HUGE... my power will be going out any minutes!!!

A HIGH WIND WARNING is in effect for all of western Washington from 2 p.m. Thursday through 10 a.m. Friday. Generally, we're looking at sustained winds of 35-40 mph, with gusts as high as 65 mph.

There are a few places that are looking at even greater wind potential. Along the coast, wind are expected to gust to 65 mph through the evening, then change to the west and gust as high as 80-90 mph overnight and into Friday morning.



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[jgraz]

1. Shit -- take care!

I hope you guys are OK up there.

[Aristus]

20. Well, I'm cool, so far. I'm in Puyallup. The winds are howling and it's

really pissing; but I'm warm and dry in my home library, eating a Caesar salad and drinking a nice Cabernet/Merlot blend.

I'll stay on as long as I can. :-)

[Stargazer99]

28. I'm in the SW part of Puyallup near Meridian

and as of now the winds are not too bad, where are you located in Puyallup?

[Aristus]

29. Just off of Pioneer and 21st.

Hey, neighbor! :hi:

[Stargazer99]

36. I'm at Stewart and 6th Street

[lastknowngood]

2. duck and cover

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Stay safe! n/t

[Nite Owl]

4. Take care

you will all be in our thoughts.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Yup, it's getting mighty ugly out there.

I might have to use my steam powered computer if I want to stay on DU much longer.

[AlienGirl]

6. Does this count as a hurricane?

[Rainscents]

8. Yes, Weather guy are saying Hurricane Cat 1 wind force!!!

[lovuian]

26. Welcome to Global Warming The Pacific Coast is getting

warmer thus you will see Hurricanes in Washington and Oregon and Alaska

and California

that you never saw before

due to temperatures rising

[Target_For_Exterm]

11. I used to live in the Mojave Desert where we got the Santa Anna winds.

Lots of days we'd get gusts up to 100 mph. It would feel like your car was about to flip over when you drive in it. It would sandblast the paint off the side of buildings and the sky would turn brown from blowing sand. This was typical weather.

Not a hurricane or tornado, although it often felt like one. ;)

[babylonsister]

14. Does the west coast have the equivalent of a nor'easter? That's

what it sounds like.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. Hurricane: No.

Hurricane force winds: Yes.

Not a cyclone either, like the Columbus Day storm, but it's going to be damn close.

[Target_For_Exterm]

7. Looks like we're going to get it in Utah on Friday with a big

snow storm. Just looked at our weather forecast and it says the storm may stall over the state. I like the snow, but it depends on how much we get! :yoiks: We're supposed to get winds, too, but only 25 mph.

We still have snow on the ground from the last snow storm we got. I guess I'll need to haul in a bunch of wood tomorrow for the woodstove...!

[mike_c]

9. it's starting to rachet up in Norcal just south of the Oregon border....

Light rain at the moment, moderate winds, a little less gusty than late this afternoon. It should get really windy here after midnight and the rain should pick up steadily from now until morning. I'll be shocked if I have power all night. I'll also be surprised if my fence is still standing tomorrow-- I lost parts of it last winter and the repairs are not as strong as the original.

[kineneb]

32. damn

I gotta drive I-5 to Redding tomorrow. Hope the storm isn't too bad. Wish me luck.

[Divernan]

10. They say Whidbey Island will get hit the worst.

http://kuow.org/pvf/pvf_pugetsound.asp

Go to Episode 4 to hear very descriptive interview of the difficulties of getting to Whidbey Island.
The other episodes are pretty colorful too, in case you missed the original broadcast re Puget Sound.

(EPISODE 4 - OCTOBER 19th, 2006) Of all the ferry runs that cross Puget Sound, one gets canceled for rough seas more than all the rest combined. More than two hundred times last year, the Keystone ferry, between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend, couldn't leave the dock because of dangerous currents in Admiralty Inlet. For our series on the churning waters of Puget Sound, producer John Ryan reports from the bow of the M-V Klickitat.

[Rainscents]

15. I live in Mukilteo,

right cross water from Whidbey Island. Wind whip right through two channel and can be very scary when wind whip through here.

[KT2000]

12. Expectiong 80 - 90 MPH

wind gusts in my neighborhood! Strait of Juan deFuca.
All is very calm right now though.

:scared:

[babylonsister]

13. You folks have had a hellacious fall! Stay safe! nt

[Gregorian]

17. Good luck! I've never seen it this windy here. So. Oregon.

My power has been flickering off intermittently.

I first wondered if this would be a bigger storm, yesterday, when it was unusually warm here.

Let's hope our roofs remain intact.

[yewberry]

18. Argh--I just came home in it.

The bus ride was hilarious.

We plowed through a puddle so deep under the W. Seattle bridge that the water came up to the windshield and a wave of brown water came through the bus. Then, there were small cars stalled (silly, silly drivers!) in both lanes and the bus had to slalom through the stalls. We all gave the brave driver some hearty cheers for her courage and driving skill.

I'm in jammies now and my butt is almost dry--my clothes were pretty much soaked through.

Next up: a glass of wine and some candle-gathering.

[Rainscents]

19. Glad you made home!

It's really nasty out there. My light and cable been acting up.

Stay warm.

[yewberry]

24. Thanks! I just got a call from my husband

and it took him an hour and a half to get from Bellevue to Mercer Island!

Warm, I'm not too worried about...I just want to have power long enough to be able to make dinner, but who knows when that'll be? I figure it'll be at least another hour for the Mercer Island to W. Seattle leg of my huband's commute.

Good luck to you! (And get out the flashlights.)

[rucky]

21. But are the Seahawks winning?

Just checked in on my brother, and all he did was tell he how pissed he was that the satellite TV went out, so he couldn't watch the game.

[Bill McBlueState]

22. they're up 7-0

but the storm is having some unusual effects on the game. Nobody's going to be able to pass or kick well.

[malaise]

23. Stay safe

I thought this was going to be a mild winter.

[alfredo]

25. That's one hell of a storm. I saw it on a GeosStat

satellite. It's as big as some hurricanes.

[IDemo]

27. The weather guy said they measured 104 mph wind at one point

We'll be getting hit here right in time for the morning drive tomorrow.

[Evergreen Emerald]

30. I am also in the PNW

We lost power earlier. It is back on now, but our lights have been flickering. We have candles all ready to go. Should be fun!

[Spazito]

31. Storm warning: thousands urged to leave homes

BC Hydro is urging tens of thousands of customers, many of whom have been without power since Monday's windstorm, to consider leaving their homes until the lights come back on.

Hydro's recommendation to hard-hit customers on Vancouver Island, some Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast came as another storm is forecast to blast through Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland late tonight and Friday morning.

snip

Environment Canada is forecasting winds of 50 km/h to 90 km/h in the Lower Mainland tonight and into Friday morning.

On Vancouver Island, gusts are expected to reach 100 km/h.

more

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=23469e43-d49e-4277-8bc0-a3de351671c6&k=47741

[spindrifter]

33. It took me more than an hour and a half to get home,

in large part because of people driving like maniacs downtown. Gotta love these folks who decide to do a u-ie on the main bus route through the city. Also gotta love the ones that block the intersections. A number of areas have water across the roads, causing cars to stall out. There are some trees down. And we haven't even gotten to the serious part of the storm yet.
Hope all the rest of my DU neighbors are safe and dry tonight and tomorrow.

Gee, thanks, BushCo, for not believing we have global warming.

[hatrack]

34. Geez, haven't you guys had enough rain already?

What, 55 straight days or something insane like that?

Be careful out there!!!

[bmbmd]

35. Must have been some storm.

The Seahawks sure got blown away.