What do we have to do to get a ridge with a strong base and mid section?

I drove around the south side of lake Sammamish it looked disastrous. Traffic light was on the side of the road, power lines hanging over half of a road. Uprooted trees and large branches everywhere.

We could see potential at the end of this run, plenty of blocking and cold air on tap.

PSE still has about 200k without power. Most schools that closed yesterday and today are also calling to be closed tomorrow.

We went close to a week without power in December 1996, but pretty sure that was the result of the outflow winds and not the snow. Heating up a can of soup on top of the wood stove remains a core memory to this day.