Glen in BCz7
09-29-2005, 10:32 AM
Seems most of Landspro live in the eastern part of the continent. Just wanted to share what we experience on the other side this time of year.
Yesterday afternoon the first real winter storm arrived here, with showers turning to steady rain. We'll get an inch or more before it blows by later today.
I refer to it as a winter storm because in some ways we have two seasons here on the west coast, the dry that has stretched from April/May til now, with just a few inches of rain total, and the wet that starts with the first powerful storm to push down from the Gulf of Alaska. Now we'll have 30-80 inches of precip. almost all rain, rarely some wet snow, with amounts depending on the lay of the land (in front of or behind mountains).
As miserable as weeks of rain can be, there is something familiar and comfortable in seeing the cycle of life and weather continuing here as it has all my life, and for who knows how many lifetimes before and after mine!
Enjoying the rainy day
Glen
Yesterday afternoon the first real winter storm arrived here, with showers turning to steady rain. We'll get an inch or more before it blows by later today.
I refer to it as a winter storm because in some ways we have two seasons here on the west coast, the dry that has stretched from April/May til now, with just a few inches of rain total, and the wet that starts with the first powerful storm to push down from the Gulf of Alaska. Now we'll have 30-80 inches of precip. almost all rain, rarely some wet snow, with amounts depending on the lay of the land (in front of or behind mountains).
As miserable as weeks of rain can be, there is something familiar and comfortable in seeing the cycle of life and weather continuing here as it has all my life, and for who knows how many lifetimes before and after mine!
Enjoying the rainy day
Glen