What the-???? What's With this Weather?

My husband opened the garage door to leave for work this morning, then came rushing back into the house to yell, "It's snowing!" before continuing his dash to work.

It's snowing. Right now, as I'm writing, it's snowing. It's mostly north of Seattle, but still! I can see almost an inch of very wet snow on the road outside my home, and more snow is coming down. Cars are slushing through the snow, and the garbage truck is lumbering up the road. I feel sorry for the garbage men today, they are gonna get soaked through no matter what they do.

I have the news on, and they are saying the focal point for the storm seems to be Everett, Monroe, and Marysville. Good grief, haven't they had enough in Marysville????

Yesterday we got a nasty rain storm that, combined with the leaves clogging the drains throughout the urban areas, lead to lots and lots of flooding in urban areas. Several local rivers were also flooding, but the big news was that the commute was severely delayed in many places because of standing water on the roadway. See, Seattle is known for rain, but that's because we generally get a little rain all year long. Major storms dropping two inches of rain all at once are actually pretty rare around here. The roads are all able to handle a little water, but with debris clogging drains around the area, some roads had up to a foot of standing water on them, including the major arterials into and out of Seattle. The commute turned from its usual horrible mess into a genuine nightmare. Commutes that were normally 45 minutes turned into 4 and a half hours.

We figured that was probably it. You get a major storm, then it moves on. Crews were working all day to clean drains and remove water from the roadways. They were ready for more rain today, if it happened.

I've lived in the Seattle area my entire life. I have never seen a storm like this. Usually snow in this area has to start out with relatively dry conditions to stick to the roads. But yesterday was very wet, and it didn't freeze overnight, and yet the snow is sticking to the roads here in the North.

Snow. I just can't believe it. It was a complete surprise. Snow in the mountains is normal enough, but down here? And you know how the crews were cleaning out the drains? Yeah, nice and clean, but now the drains are clogged with SNOW. Man, I hope hubby-Eric got to school ok. All the districts around Marysville are delaying school, but I haven't heard a peep from Marysville itself.

Amazing. Snow.