{"id":1258,"date":"2017-02-15T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehuffman.org\/formaddy\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2017-02-15T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:02:27","slug":"snowmageddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joehuffman.org\/formaddy\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Snowmageddon"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago on Sunday afternoon (the 5th) it started snowing in the Seattle area. The higher elevations (300 \u2013 500 feet) in particular usually get a dusting of snow one or more times each winter. But it only rarely accumulates more than an inch or two and only lasts a few hours or maybe a couple of days.<\/p>\n

It turns out I had just started testing the webcam I plan to install at the Boomershoot<\/a> shooting line and I captured some of the snow accumulation and melting. Click on the images to see a higher resolution version with the timestamp visible in the upper right hand corner:<\/p>\n

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Monday morning the higher elevation Bellevue residents (where I live) had more than a dusting. Barb measured 9.5\u201d of the white stuff:<\/p>\n

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The skylight in my library was covered in snow and the lighting was really different:<\/p>\n

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I checked my work email to see what the status was. Among other things:<\/p>\n

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Unless employees have an appropriate automobile, recommendation is not to come in.<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

If you will need to work from home please let your managers know the situation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The road in front of my house had not been plowed. I\u2019m pretty sure I could have gotten in to work, but why risk it? I worked from home.<\/p>\n

About 10:00 AM:<\/p>\n

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landlord is on site clearing roads, 2 trees fell which they are cleaning up prior to getting back to clearing the snow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This was the scene outside the house about 10:00 AM:<\/p>\n

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Work email at about 1:45 PM:<\/p>\n

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Power has returned. However, due to the overall instability of power in the Bellevue area we are asking all employees to leave now.<\/p>\n

Security personnel, with support of Emergency Response Team members, are going to conduct floor sweeps to make sure people are leaving. Employees will be asked to leave by 3:00 pm on order for everyone to get home during daylight<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At lunch time, even though it was still snowing, I shoveled the sidewalk in front of the house:<\/p>\n

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Some of the trees and shrubs in the backyard were showing significant stress from all the snow so Barb and I knocked some snow off.<\/p>\n

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My hat collected a significant amount of snow:<\/p>\n

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It mostly melted off by Wednesday (the 8th) but I saw a small pile in the deep shade of tree on a neighbor on the way to work this morning.<\/p>\n

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A week ago on Sunday afternoon (the 5th) it started snowing in the Seattle area. The higher elevations (300 \u2013 500 feet) in particular usually get a dusting of snow one or more times each winter. But it only rarely accumulates more than an inch or two and only lasts a few hours or maybe … <\/p>\n

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