So… is this rolling snow event Seattle’s Worst Ever? Another diarist asked the the Elders of Kitsap Peninsula, and they cannot recall anything like it.
But you know, unlike old female elephants, old humans are not particularly known for precise memory. And perhaps there are also local variations, since Kitsap is across the Puget Sound from Seattle. But I recall the December 2008 event as roughly equal to this one.
In 2008 it started with snow on Saturday night, Dec. 13th. We went to watch the Husky Volleyball gals battle at home for an NCAA Final Four berth, and suffer a heartbreaking 3-2 loss. Coming out of Hec Ed Pavilion, the ground was covered with fresh snow. Afterwards a few days’ break, but not warm enough for the snow to melt - then all hell broke loose starting on the 18th. City completely shut down precisely during the crunch days before Christmas, eventually costing Mayor Nickels his re-election prospects. We had snow on the ground for a couple of weeks.
It’s been a similar pattern this time around: snow on Sunday-Monday of last week, a few dry but very cold days, and then a larger second round, with a wet-snow grand finale on Sunday-Monday and even more disruption, including us losing power for nearly all of Monday night. Seattle Public Schools won’t start this school week before Thursday, on the heels of starting last week only late on Wednesday .
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