Saw a local met posting a pic of the Palmer snowfield on Mt. Hood today. It's almost gone. This summer was nearly record breakingly warm down here, after an all time record July. Our glaciers will be gone before my grandchildren have been born.
Thunderstorm season has absolutely sucked this year.. definitely the worst of my lifetime. I had 1 storm that was rolling in to be decent, then it completely collapsed. We usually get 20-30 storms per year. I've had about 4.