annathepiper | Oh okay NOW we get snow (Reply)

solarbird and I got up this morning to hear on the radio, to our mutual bemusement, that Seattle schools had been closed. This was confusing on the grounds that there had been no new snow in the general Seattle metropolitan area overnight, including in Kenmore.

But, as the Times has observed today, Seattle gets pretty pitiful at even the threat of snow.

I made it out to the appointments just fine, with nary a flake to be seen when I got to Kirkland for this morning's saline fill (which went fine, and Dr. McMillan says the next one will be the last one) and oncologist followup (which also went fine, and Dr. Kohn wants me to come back in March for a followup mammogram and breast MRI). It was also considerably warmer than it had been on Monday when Dara and I went down to the shops. Still a bit nippy and windy, though.

So I headed over to Northgate to run a few errands, and noted a few random bits of precipitation on the windshield on the way. Noticeably windier by the time I left there. And lots of clouds blowing around on the way home along Lake City Way.

I got home before anything interesting happened, thankfully. Around 4pm we had some sleety-haily mix start up, enough to drop a lot of slush on the steps, the side yard patio, and the driveway leading down into the street. That should freeze up right good overnight. And by right good I mean wow I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow.

As of 4:30 or so it shifted to genuine snow. So now we're finally seeing some action. It remains to be seen as to how long this'll keep up tonight.