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this is the time to do it!
be careful out there kids...it's gonna be a shittastic day!
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langston
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:12 am
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my my my. That was quite the adventure getting out of Delridge/High Point. Puddles over my pedals, the onramp to the W.Sea Bridge flooded out and closed by the fire department.
The guy 40yds ahead of me had the right idea, he wore shorts.
snyd3282
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:41 am
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Yeah, I'm a slacker and haven't decided yet if I am going to ride wearing rain grear and rubber boots or shorts and sandles with dry clothes in a waterproof bag. It is pretty crappy out there.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:45 am
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Pretty crappy but relatively warm.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:49 am
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Rogelio wrote:
Pretty crappy but relatively warm.
Yeah, but I still pussed out and took the bus into the office. Putting wet clothes back on at night sucks. I'll brave it on the way home instead.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:13 am
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Oh, I'm not casting any stones here; well aware of the rain I got into my steel and glass cage this morning.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:17 am
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my coworkers are reporting that their average commute time this morning was about double the normal.
Mine took an extra five minutes, because the light at SW Morgan turned red just as I rolled up.
I love telling people that my commute was the best part of my day.
surlykat
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:37 am
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I got down the hill by my apartment, and there was a staircase that was acting as a waterfall. 50 feet further, and the water was about 2 feet high in the street - I went around and rode on the sidewalk for a good part of the way.
Holy jesus it's wet. 2.58 inches by 8:30, shattering the 1-day record for rainfall in Seattle. And it's only just begun.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:49 am
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Mr. 75 Dollars wrote:
my coworkers are reporting that their average commute time this morning was about double the normal.
Mine took an extra five minutes, because the light at SW Morgan turned red just as I rolled up.
I love telling people that my commute was the best part of my day.
I wouldn't say mine was the best part of my day (hopefully that will be going to the People's Pub tonight which will involve amber liquids and battered solids), but even going as slow as I was, it did only take an extra five minutes or so.
Fuck fenders, what I need is a bathtub and a big pole.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:54 am
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I wussed out and took the bus. silly me, I should have gone for the full squid look and just changed my clothes at work. Tomorrow!
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pete jr
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:04 am
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i will be wussing out and taking the bus shortly
ain't no shame!
joeball
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am
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surlykat wrote:
Holy jesus it's wet. 2.58 inches by 8:30, shattering the 1-day record for rainfall in Seattle. And it's only just begun.
Not broken yet, the 24-hour record is 5.02" from Oct 20, 2003, it could be broken though.
River levels are not too high yet.
My office nerds out on these days.
If you are going to be riding do you best to be seen, watch out for what you can't see in the big puddles.
henry
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:11 am
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I took the bus and still got wet. My fear wasn't getting wet though, it was that the already idiotic Eastlake drivers would be even more confused and frazzled than normal this morning and mow me down.
Even 8am express busses from rich white neighborhoods to downtown get smelly hobos. I'm moving to Austria.
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joeball wrote:
If you are going to be riding do you best to be seen, watch out for what you can't see in the big puddles.
ro
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:14 am
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Well, well well... Since my Kogswell has monster fenders that reach almost to the ground and I have full Craft rain gear it was a pretty dry ride into work and yes warm (that's the good news). The Bad (aaaagh), my basement needs full fenders, I have been up since 4:30am bailing, the pumps can't keep up! I hope it is not a underground swiming pool when I get home, if it is well, POOL PARTY!!
Seven
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:14 am
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I bought some thigh high socks from American Apparel on Saturday and boy am I glad now. The ride to work was pretty treacherous, but these tall socks are keeping my wet jeans off my legs and making sure I stay nice and toasty. I'm just glad it's not snowing anymore.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:17 am
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i had a rough one, eating a bagel while strolling down my hall.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:21 am
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I was fine riding today except for my feet... finally cracked through on the west seattle bridge swimming pool that got Langston. But it was OK and dry other tha that...
then I took off my rain gear and walked to class from my bike locker and it was all over...
I gotta quit this walking thing.
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I just woke up and am enjoying the sights and sounds from my kitchen in my bathrobe. For now.
Soon I'll be making the long trek from the Eastside to the Westside... fenderless. I'm just going to assume I'm gonna get soaked and enjoy it like when we were kids in this neighborhood. When it rained like this we'd take off our shoes, grab our bikes and go riding in it!
henry
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:38 am
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Aden- Your helmet is getting very wet on my front porch and my roomate keeps threatening to throw it away.
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Fuck that shit! I took the bus!
Waited 15 min, then the fucker rolls up and says, drop-offs only. His peice of shit bus wasn't even that full! The next one didn't come for 20 min! Ass holes!
snyd3282
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:49 am
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T-shirt, shorts, sandals and my work clothes in my waterproof panniers.
I got some great smiles from pedestrians. The rain was nice and warm and I had a hot shower waiting for me in the locker room at work.
Note to self: A white t-shirt is not a good idea for me on a rainy day. It isn't very flattering.
FieryIrie
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:53 am
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henry wrote:
Aden- Your helmet is getting very wet on my front porch and my roomate keeps threatening to throw it away.
I'll come get it asap. No later than tomorrow.
Seven
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:54 am
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seriously guys, I fuckin love these socks.
bobhall
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:14 am
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I'm so mad I couldn't find my rubber pants this morning.
surlykat
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:14 am
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joeball wrote:
surlykat wrote:
Holy jesus it's wet. 2.58 inches by 8:30, shattering the 1-day record for rainfall in Seattle. And it's only just begun.
Not broken yet, the 24-hour record is 5.02" from Oct 20, 2003, it could be broken though.
Musta been the record for this day in history that they were talking about on the news. Still, an assload of wet.
FieryIrie
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:58 am
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surlykat wrote:
Still, an assload of wet.
Ew.
zanimal
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:58 am
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I want one of these
MikeOD
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:18 pm
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"Assload of wet" is exactly what Westlake looked like as I rode past - there was a mudslide, and the road was covered in a foot of mud. No buildings came down, but the pipes running through the hillside were exposed, and the road was closed to traffic.
surlykat
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:23 pm
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MikeOD wrote:
"Assload of wet" is exactly what Westlake looked like as I rode past - there was a mudslide, and the road was covered in a foot of mud. No buildings came down, but the pipes running through the hillside were exposed, and the road was closed to traffic.
I saw a fountain of mud shooting out the side of the hill along Westlake on the local news (KIRO 7) this morning... half the road was coated in soggy mud. Looked like fun. I'm really glad I don't live in the condos above that...
Razi
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:24 pm
Joined: 16 Dec 2005Posts: 866Location: Seattle
Rain shell, rain pants, booties.
The only parts of my body which were wet this morning were my hands and my face.
Drivers today are acting even more erratic and scary than usual though. Be careful, chirren.
I haven't been on the bike yet, but did spend all morning buying gutter pieces and extending our downspouts. The french drains are clogged and no longer accepting water. The basement was flooding (the day after I started remodeling the bike workshop). Fun morning.
I did see Haulin' Colin riding his bike down Roosevelt as we were coming back from Maple Leaf Hardware with 30' of gutter stuff.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:09 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
uh, holy fucking water wings, Batman!
i've evacuated ALL of 7 my at&t buildings today...and am still @ work...almost stranded! It's an amazing site in Bothell with water running thru the streets.
now for act 2, the WIND!
Hold on to your panties...the fun has just started!
langston
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:12 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
TrikerTrev wrote:
now for act 2, the WIND!
Hold on to your panties...the fun has just started!
got an ETA on that big blowhard?
TrikerTrev
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:19 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
Mr. 75 Dollars wrote:
TrikerTrev wrote:
now for act 2, the WIND!
Hold on to your panties...the fun has just started!
got an ETA on that big blowhard?
should start up in a few hours
what did someone say about a bathtub and a sheet? that'll do, that'll do...
dashap
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:51 pm
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They're closing down my school in Bothell at 3:30; I'm heading out to ride home now; it will be interesting to see whether I get home quicker than my colleagues who are driving to Seattle. This morning, I beat the bus from downtown Bothell to Cascadia (about a mile) by about half an hour; 4 minutes for me, thirty minutes for stranded cagers.
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:52 pm
Joined: 15 Aug 2006Posts: 2666Location: No Fun Town, USA
And then there was one (way to get to Golden Gardens):
The P-I wrote:
Neighborhoods hard hit by late morning included Ballard, where large section of roadway washed out and slid, closing Golden Gardens NW at View Avenue NW, likely until spring, officials said. There was also a sinkhole on Golden Gardens Drive at Northwest 85th Street, said SDOT spokeswoman Marybeth Turner.
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TrikerTrev
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:02 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
dashap wrote:
They're closing down my school in Bothell at 3:30; I'm heading out to ride home now; it will be interesting to see whether I get home quicker than my colleagues who are driving to Seattle. This morning, I beat the bus from downtown Bothell to Cascadia (about a mile) by about half an hour; 4 minutes for me, thirty minutes for stranded cagers.
watch out for the Lake Forest Parks section of the BGT... they should call it River Forest Park
martin
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:05 pm
Joined: 30 Jan 2006Posts: 712
TrikerTrev wrote:
dashap wrote:
They're closing down my school in Bothell at 3:30; I'm heading out to ride home now; it will be interesting to see whether I get home quicker than my colleagues who are driving to Seattle. This morning, I beat the bus from downtown Bothell to Cascadia (about a mile) by about half an hour; 4 minutes for me, thirty minutes for stranded cagers.
watch out for the Lake Forest Parks section of the BGT... they should call it River Forest Park
Yeah - that creek was over the road this morning. That's on my way home, but after that I've only got a couple miles before I'm home.
Razi
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:44 pm
Joined: 16 Dec 2005Posts: 866Location: Seattle
Hey peeps.
Looks like I am not the only weather junkie on this forum.
Here is the rundown of the sources I use.
http://www.weather.gov/National Weather Service homepage is really good. Put in your city and state and get the forecast issued by NWS forecasters. Be sure to always read the "forecast discussion". The button for this feature is in a table at the lower right of the forecast page for any forecast. This is where the meteorologists get to talk about how they arrived at their forecasts, what models they used, and what factors or problems make them less inclined to agree with the models (or the models less inclined to agree with each other). The language of the discussion can be colorful, but it is also helpful to know how much faith the forecasters have in their own predictions.
http://i90.atmos.washington.edu/ferry/Ferryjs/mainframe1.htm Washington State Ferry Weather! Pretty recent wind readings from ferries in Washington Waters. This one tends to make me grumpy because it lets me know precisely how much fun I could be having if I were out sailing.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/listcov.htmNOAA Weather Radio. This page is the homepage for NOAA weather radio. It includes broadcast frequencies of NOAA weather radio stations (grouped by state) as well as a link to streaming audio of NOAA weather radio. NOAA weather radio is some of the most current weather information you can get. I listen for updates every few hours when sshit gets interesting (I also tend to listen to it first thing in the morning when I am out sailing). The loop is pretty long (sometimes topping five or even ten minutes) but is really useful.
At some point the NOAA weather radio broadcast gives a "current observations" shtick that includes current barometric pressure from regional observation stations. When these are read it is fun to write down the barometric readings from the different places to map out a pressure gradient yourself. I just listened to this broadcast and determined that the "low" is now well north of us, but that there is still a moderate gradient to the south. This means that significant winds will continue to come from the south for a few more hours, but that things are stabilizing as higher pressure air (drier, less windy conditions) moves into the region.
Sailflow.com uses the same data as NWS, but is focused on providing wind forecasts in a really precise way. I have just started playing with their features, but have been pretty impressed thus far.
It should be noted that the data for many forecasts all comes from the Global Forecast System.
If you want to get really REALLY geeky with stuff, you can actually play with the models yourself. This feature is amazing, but is a pretty chunky interface to use (not surprising though, considering how enormously powerful the GFS tool is).
Lastly, I keep an eye out on this radar image of Western Washington. This is about as up to the minute as it gets.
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