UW atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass became a local internet celebrity seemingly overnight during last year's Snowmageddon, when he was forecasting weather in circles around all the other so-called weathermen. In addition to his blog, he's got a book, The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, that came out last fall. His next lecture, "The Secrets of Northwest Weather Prediction," is tomorrow night at Town Hall (7:30 p.m.). Tickets are $5. more ›

• West Seattle Blog has the latest on garbage pick-up, or lack thereof--a topic that, after two weeks with no garbage man, is near and dear to our hearts. City utilities say they hope to be caught up with pick-ups by this coming Saturday.
• Central District News, despite living "two level blocks from the post office," still hasn't had mail delivered since the first snow fall. Hopefully today the mail comes for everyone, CDN especially.
• Capitol Hill Seattle grades Cap Hill bus service during Snowmageddon 2008. We gotta agree with CHS that it was an epic fail.

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"i can haz corn cobb pipe?" by Crystal Chroma
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Unless you've fled the city for the holidays, you are well aware that Snowmageddon 2008 is the only story in Seattle right now. Here's what the neighborhood blogs are saying about the great 'blizzard' of 2008.
• We are not going to link to all ten weekend snow-related posts on West Seattle Blog, but we will tell you that at their latest tape measure, West Seattle snowfall clocked in just under a foot of snow.
• Hillku has been very inspired by the snow; they have five snow-related haikus.
• Ballard's latest measurement has over 7.5 inches falling. Must feel just like the fjords of Norway. Also, MyBallard warns you and yours: do not try to sled holding on to a car. It's a really bad idea.

When Seattlest was 19, we decided it might be fun to leave our small southern town to head north for college. We chose a random school in Buffalo, New York, because it seemed like it would be a total change of pace—the second largest city in one of the largest states in the union, lots of Rust Belt charm, different weather patterns. Our sister sent us a story called "A Southerner Moves North," which talked about how the first couple weeks of snow were delightful and charming, magical, fun. By the end of the winter, the "southerner" is cursing the gods for their uncaring wrath and the evil that is the Snowplow Man. more ›

• Good luck to everyone out there trying to take the bus....sounds like you'll need it, and here is the Big Blog's photographic proof for why you should stay off the roads if at all possible.
• Hillku had a cute poem yesterday about Metro's website's ominous phrases, including "unpublished re-route." See? Accidents, god-knows-how-late buses...Better just stay home.
• Someone snowboarded down Holgate from Beacon Hill to SoDo, reports the Rainier Valley Post. Now there's a mode of transportation that might serve you better than Metro this weekend!

MvB and Audrey have shared their own shots—but we've got almost 1000 contributors to the Seattlest Flickr pool who've been busy documenting life in the powdered sugar snow doughnut today.
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There is one topic and one topic only dominating neighborhood blogs in Seattle this weekend, and that is...2 inches of snow! That's right, NYC and the Midwest, laugh all you want, but 2 inches of snow is big news and big excitement around these parts. So, we are pleased to present you snow-related updates from all your favorite local blogs.
• West Seattle Blog blogged the living hell out of the snow, ice, and winter weather this weekend. WSB had not one, not two, but seven updates on the weather yesterday alone.
• Capitol Hill Seattle was slightly less obsessive about their snow coverage, but nonetheless incredibly useful. CHS offers advice for how to get off the Hill this morning for work and news on emergency shelters opened to deal with the cold snap.
• Central District News warned us all about the slick neighborhood slopes before the snow hit, complete with a handy map--and then they posted video proof of cars not heeding their advice.