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28 minutes ago, North_County said:

Could be worse. When I Google my name, I get the former president of the greater London Dungeons and Dragons society, and some minister in eastern Canada who got in hot water for saying some pretty homophobic stuff.

(I can guarantee that neither are me, by the way).

Well if you google my name I was a popular Dallas Cowboy back in the day! 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Biggest warm anomaly wasn’t in Springfield, OR? 😱 

Looking at this map, we actually did pretty well here in Oregon, all things considered. 

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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10 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

Avoided heavy precip so far, but that is changing rapidly now.

It’s picked up here too almost to 1” for the day. 

Tacoma WA elevation 300’

Monthly rainfall-3.56”

Warm season rainfall-11.14”

Max temp-88

+80 highs-2

+85 highs-2

+90 highs-0

 

 

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56 at SLE. NWS going for 54 tomorrow, seems a little low...

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

Sounds like she wanted to escape your warm finger.

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13 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

I really hated that story for a while. Your initial phrasing made it seem like she was still missing. Glad she's okay an you'll be reunited soon! She's a pretty girl.

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Home Weather Station Stats for 2023

High - Satans Bunghole

Lowest High - Not sure

Low - I don't have the data

Sub 40 highs - Not quite

Sub-freezing highs - Try again

Lows below 25 - You're joking

Lows below 20 - No

2023 Snowfall - LOL

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9 minutes ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

That is amazing news! Being in the shelter field for nearly a decade now I can tell you that no matter how remote you think you live always report a lost dog with all of the area shelters, so many times they end up there, someone picks up a dog thinking it is lost when in reality it’s just at the end of their driveway, etc and takes them to the closest shelter where they are put onto stray hold. Once the hold is up they either put them up for adoption, place them into a foster home if they do not shelter well, or get transferred to an organization that either has more space or is a transfer in only shelter like the one I work at. If you lived in certain other parts of the country once stray hold was up the outcome would not be so good. 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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1 hour ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

Proud of u bro💯💯💯💯

 

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Thank you! It was definitely a struggle.  I was pretty much "forced" to go to college out of high school, its just what you did in my family.  I failed out of my first college attempt the first year, then it was a bunch of start/stops after that as I tried to rebuild my GPA.  When I applied to WGU, I had to order 6-7 transcripts to capture all my credits.  They were going a thing where they waived the application fee which was greatly appreciated because I had to spend about $50 getting all my transcripts sent!

In hindsight, I think I probably would have been better off going into the trades.  I like working with my hands.  Everyone in my family (except one aunt who was in the family by marriage) had a degree and had white collar professions, so I didn't grow up seeing the trades as a viable career path.  The one aunt was a printer, and I actually did that for a few years and loved it.  I apprenticed at a shop in Atlanta, and she had her own shop in Columbus, I would go down and help her when she had big jobs, which was kinda fun.  It was already a dying industry as laser copiers got better and better.  The one downside, anything not printed not centered/oriented correctly on the page jumped out like a sore thumb.  It became a game for me and my aunt...."what's wrong with this print." 

And of course that is pretty much a dead trade now.

 

Any way, I would definitely not recommend the path I took to ANYONE, but I will say "better late than never."

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3 hours ago, SouthHillFrosty said:

I’m big into DeFi and Web 3.0 right now. I invest in “dao’s” and stuff like that. I am in the “wonderland time” project. Down like 30% on the week alone. My brokerage account for stocks is faring a lot better. Crypto can have some crazy swings especially in alt coins. 

We chose to invest in our house and now magically it is paid off!  It's a HUGE game changer financially.

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13 minutes ago, Chris said:

My son has delusions of Division 1 or pro baseball, but he's only 15.  I told him he has the same odds of a snowy January.

Now days you have to play private travelling ball tournaments 24x7 year round to have a chance. Seems like only rich families have a chance now, since most people can't afford the $4k a month needed for their teenagers to play baseball year round. 

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1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

Even your dog knows about the N/S gradient!

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Weather stats for MBY

Snowfall:

-Total snowfall since joining: 50.25"

-2018-19: 21"

-2019-20: 2.5"

-2020-21: 13"

-2021-22: 8.75"

-2022-23: 5.75"

-2023-24*: 0.25"

-Most recent snowfall: 0.25”; January 17th, 2024

-Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021

-Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019

Temperatures:

-Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021

-Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021

-Phreeze Count 2023-24: 31

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1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looking at this map, we actually did pretty well here in Oregon, all things considered. 

All about perspective I guess scoring several highs in the 30s, 10” of snow and a low in the low 20s down there isn’t that bad for what was such a Puget sound/Fraser-centric event 

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Looks like WSDOT is making progress on Stevens Pass, and power has been restored…However it looks like they are still trying to work through the thick ice on the road. 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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8 minutes ago, gusky said:

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This has been fairly steady in the extended model world over the last week or so…so let’s hope the signal continues! That would truly make this winter a special one! 

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Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

That's terrific news. She must have had so much fun playing in the snow and got lost finding her way back when all the roads were snow covered. God bless the good Samaritan who picked her up.

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I still have snow on the ground even after five days since the last accumulation.

Garfield County/Pomeroy, WA:

2023-2024 Snowfall totals: 14.3 inches

HIghest snow total (per event): 5.8 inches total 1/11/24 - 1/12/24.

Most recent accumulation (non trace): 0.20 inches on 2/26/24

Days with  trace or more snowfall: 12/01/23 (0.60), 1/8/24 (1.0), 1/10/24 (3.5), 1/11/23 (3.5 inches with Thundersnow; separate event from prior day), 1/12/24 (2.30). 1/14/24 (T), 1/17/24 (1.20 inches), 1/18/24 (1.5 inches), 1/19/24 (0.20), 2/09/24 (0.30), 2/26/24 (0.20-mainly graupel)

First Freeze: 10/27/2023

Last Sub freezing Day: 1/20/24 (12th) (8 days in a row from 1/12/24-1/20/24)

Coldest low: -12F (!!!!!!!!) (1/12/24)

Last White Christmas: 2022 at my location (on ground)

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19 minutes ago, LowerGarfield said:

I still have snow on the ground even after five days since the last accumulation.

Same here.   And its been above freezing almost the entire time since last Wednesday.  

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We should just expect this in January...

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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2 hours ago, MossMan said:

That is amazing news! Being in the shelter field for nearly a decade now I can tell you that no matter how remote you think you live always report a lost dog with all of the area shelters, so many times they end up there, someone picks up a dog thinking it is lost when in reality it’s just at the end of their driveway, etc and takes them to the closest shelter where they are put onto stray hold. Once the hold is up they either put them up for adoption, place them into a foster home if they do not shelter well, or get transferred to an organization that either has more space or is a transfer in only shelter like the one I work at. If you lived in certain other parts of the country once stray hold was up the outcome would not be so good. 

Good advice. She’s not chipped, but did have her license and our contact info on her collar, but it sounds like that got lost along the way...

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Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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4 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

I was 47 when I finally completed my Bachelor's Degree.  I don't know how old you are, but hopefully that's proof that you are never too old.  I was working 45-50 hour weeks and my youngest was still in high school while I was going t school. 

It made a huge difference in my life.  There are many career paths that do not require a degree, mine is not on one of them.  I advanced pretty high up where I was at because of my hard work, but I could not go anywhere else because I could not "check that box."   I finished my degree in 2019 (BS in Business Management), and fall 2020 I found out I was going to get laid off.  Yeah, I was a little concerned, but nothing like the stress I felt during previous layoffs when I didn't have that degree.

I got my degree from WGU, and I loved it.  It's perfect for someone who is working full time, has family obligations, etc.  My wife has been going (she had to take a break) to WGU, and my 25 year old daughter should be graduating this summer.  Hell, I'm even thinking about going back to get my MBA and see if I can land a part time teaching gig there to get a little extra income to boost my retirement. 

 

If you have any questions please feel free to shoot me a message.

It took me 7 years to finish my associates, mostly because I was working and because I was putting off college English for as long as I could. Luckily with Amazon you don't need a degree to move up, but it does help. Also, why would I pass up free money?

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1 hour ago, Chris said:

Plus showcase tournaments, twitter accounts with highlights, professional video analysis, independent rapsodo readings, etc.  It's tough for a small town or less affluent player to get noticed.  I imagine other sports are similar.

I never did any of that, but maybe being 6'5" and left handed really made the difference for me. 

If you're good enough, you'll get noticed. How big is your son/what does he play?

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Home Weather Station Stats for 2023

High - Satans Bunghole

Lowest High - Not sure

Low - I don't have the data

Sub 40 highs - Not quite

Sub-freezing highs - Try again

Lows below 25 - You're joking

Lows below 20 - No

2023 Snowfall - LOL

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40 minutes ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

That's terrific news. She must have had so much fun playing in the snow and got lost finding her way back when all the roads were snow covered. God bless the good Samaritan who picked her up.

That sounds like what my old family dog would do. We couldn't trust him off leash at any point in his life, but we would let him run around in the snow in the backyard with us.

Without fail, he would eventually take off into the green space behind our house and I would have to go chase him down. Eventually he would stop to pee or poop so I would always catch him.

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Home Weather Station Stats for 2023

High - Satans Bunghole

Lowest High - Not sure

Low - I don't have the data

Sub 40 highs - Not quite

Sub-freezing highs - Try again

Lows below 25 - You're joking

Lows below 20 - No

2023 Snowfall - LOL

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1 minute ago, Brian_in_Leavenworth said:

For some reason I recognized your name when you first joined, maybe you mentioned baseball early on and I made the connection.

Probably. I know @Prairiedogand I have talked about our baseball paths at various points on here.

Home Weather Station Stats for 2023

High - Satans Bunghole

Lowest High - Not sure

Low - I don't have the data

Sub 40 highs - Not quite

Sub-freezing highs - Try again

Lows below 25 - You're joking

Lows below 20 - No

2023 Snowfall - LOL

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52/47 so far today…we will see if the temp jumps up any more before midnight. Either way it’s the warmest day since December 2nd. Rains been lighter but looks like the radars starting to fill in to the SW. 

Tacoma WA elevation 300’

Monthly rainfall-3.56”

Warm season rainfall-11.14”

Max temp-88

+80 highs-2

+85 highs-2

+90 highs-0

 

 

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1 minute ago, 1000'NorthBend said:

1.44” of rain today.

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Our little lake always holds onto ice longer than I expect, especially given all the water that flows into it. 

We also seem to hold onto snow longer than I expect up here even after it warms up and the rain returns.  

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4 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

On a personal note, one of my dogs (My avatar pic is of her.), has been missing for about a week and a half. Her disappearance has baffled me, she's 10 years old, she never runs off, and I was unable to track her at all in the snow. I was worried she had wandered off and fallen in a creek, through the ice on a pond, been killed by the cougar that has been stalking the hill, etc... The worst part was the not knowing. Anyways, my wife suggested today that I search animal shelters, and lost dog postings. 

Seems obvious, but the area we live in is so remote, it seemed out of the question she would be at a shelter, we posted on the local facebook page, and no one had seen her, so I had thought the worst had happened. But today we located her at a shelter in Vancouver, not quite sure how she got there, but it is definitely her... They said she did not like kennel life, and has been fostered up in Skamania County and has been LOVING the snow. Such unexpectedly great news, we'll be picking her up this evening. My guess is she made it to the highway, and someone passing through picked her up and maybe the lived up in Clark county so they dropped her off at the shelter up there. Very strange. 

Consider having her microchipped in case this happens again.

Edit: just realized that's already been recommended, so I second (or third) the recommendation.

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