Gorgeous sunset from Mt Tabor park. Lots of big, downed trees on the north and east side of the park from our ARCTIC WINDS three weeks ago. But honestly the damage wasn’t quite as bad as I feared. I guess the historic shelter took a pretty good hit but that part of the park was cordoned off.
I was intrigued so I looked up the average high and low temperatures across WA for August of 1899. Olga's average low of 45F is pretty impressive as it's about 4 degrees colder than anything we've seen in the last 50 years. The fact it's so much colder than every other location on the west side does make me wonder if there was an error with the thermometer at that time or maybe it was just incredible cold winds blowing off the straight.
The Seattle average high for the month was almost 10 d
Humans biologically need sunshine/UV light to survive. In the summer this isn’t a problem because there is ample sunshine. However in the winter this is a problem for some areas. The solution that Mother Nature they gave us is snow. There is a reason why 99% of people like snow and there is a biological explanation for this. In the winter there is less UV light due to clouds and less daylight. So in order to maximize the UV light we get from the sun we need snow since it can reflect around 80% of the UV rays. That’s the reason why they say to wear sun screen when going skiing or snowboarding. You can get more sun when you have snow than at the beach. So if you are ever feeling down during the winter go up to the and get some .
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