Winter 2006: Utah Lake
Temperature: 9 degrees
Snow fall: 13 inches and counting
Businesses and churches closed do to snow conditions: 0%
Winter 2008: Kent, Washington
Temperature: 30 degrees
Snow Fall: Barely a skiffle
Churches and Businesses canceled: 100%
OK, OK. So I kind of made up all of those numbers, but you get the idea. Last Sunday Jaron and I received a phone call that church was canceled due to the snow. Snow, we thought, wow there must have really been quite the snow storm last night while we were sleeping. Much to our surprise we looked out the window to view picture posted above.
For all of the memories I had growing up in Utah just praying that the snow would just once be enough to cancle school, I had to laugh. And I laughed pretty hard, for a long time looking at the little skiffle of snow outside our back window.
We had heard from friends that whenever it snows in Seattle it is really funny, because people will fully abandon their cars in the middle of a road and then other drivers get to have fun driving through the car-abandoned obstacle coarse.
We have yet to see this.
However, as shocked as we were at the cancellation of church on Sunday and as obsurd as it seemed, later that evening we went up the hill to do some home-teaching visits only to discover that the roads up yonder were like sheets of ice. People were sliding all over the place.
At one point we were behind a little car that was trying to get up the littlest hill and had simply lost momentum. Jaron got out to help push and simply ended up sliding backwards. It was like trying to push a car on an ice skating rink. After attempting a few times and simply sliding backwards, he apologized to the lady, turned back towards me and smoothly slid back down the hill to our car.
So, to the credit of all Seattleites, snow here freezes unlike anything I've ever seen. It's not quite like the sticky utah snow that piles and piles and at least provides some traction for your car wheels.
So, what did we do instead of go to church you might wonder?
We enjoyed this:
Temperature: 30 degrees
Snow Fall: Barely a skiffle
Churches and Businesses canceled: 100%
OK, OK. So I kind of made up all of those numbers, but you get the idea. Last Sunday Jaron and I received a phone call that church was canceled due to the snow. Snow, we thought, wow there must have really been quite the snow storm last night while we were sleeping. Much to our surprise we looked out the window to view picture posted above.
For all of the memories I had growing up in Utah just praying that the snow would just once be enough to cancle school, I had to laugh. And I laughed pretty hard, for a long time looking at the little skiffle of snow outside our back window.
We had heard from friends that whenever it snows in Seattle it is really funny, because people will fully abandon their cars in the middle of a road and then other drivers get to have fun driving through the car-abandoned obstacle coarse.
We have yet to see this.
However, as shocked as we were at the cancellation of church on Sunday and as obsurd as it seemed, later that evening we went up the hill to do some home-teaching visits only to discover that the roads up yonder were like sheets of ice. People were sliding all over the place.
At one point we were behind a little car that was trying to get up the littlest hill and had simply lost momentum. Jaron got out to help push and simply ended up sliding backwards. It was like trying to push a car on an ice skating rink. After attempting a few times and simply sliding backwards, he apologized to the lady, turned back towards me and smoothly slid back down the hill to our car.
So, to the credit of all Seattleites, snow here freezes unlike anything I've ever seen. It's not quite like the sticky utah snow that piles and piles and at least provides some traction for your car wheels.
So, what did we do instead of go to church you might wonder?
We enjoyed this:
And some more of these:
As much as I love the rejuvination and the peace that comes from going to church every sunday, it was kind of nice to have a day at home with the fam, relaxing and spending a little time together.
Today it snowed again and my doctor's appointment that I really didn't want to go to was conveniently canceled due to the weather conditions.
So thank you snow. Snow away Seattle, snow away!
4 comments:
that is amazing! Judy said it is coming down in Vegas too. How fun to have a day at home with your hubby there too! That fire looks so warm and cozy.
It's crazy how things close with not much snow. We have got about 6-7" here in Olympia. The shools have been closed the past three days including today. Sounds like you guys had a great relaxing sunday! Have a Merry Christmas!
Yeah, and there's nothing that will cancel school here. Not even when it's -40! Not kidding! There has got to be some middle ground, I tell ya. Looks like you had a relaxing afternoon. :)
Yea Snow! Snow is pretty awsome for us desert folk. It was coming down so hard in Vegas on Wednesday.
Those cookies look scrumptious!
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