November 15, 2006
Batten Down the Hatches!
Where we are, the promised wind storm is underway, and radar shows us that we're about to get rained on with extreme prejudice.
Let's let Steve Pool tell the rest of the story:
While it looks like the wind is going to be the top story with the storm, it's also bringing heavy rains once again. This system has once again tapped into some warmer, tropical air, meaning not only will we have to deal with a lot of rain -- as much as 1-3 inches in the lowlands and 2-5 inches in the mountains within 12-18 hours -- but high snow levels up around 6,000 feet. That will allow the rain to just runoff into the rivers instead of sticking to the hillsides as snow.
UPDATE: If we hit 50MPH on 520 for over 15 consecutive minutes, they’ll close it. The power is fluctuating on the Eastside and they're going home.


