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    Western Washington Snow

    Vashon Island, near Seattle; We have about 4" here. Ponies eating lots of hay, so they are all happy.

    How is everyone else doing?
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    Not a damn thing here!! (East of Portland, OR, mouth of Col. River Gorge). Some flurries this AM, but the east wind is starting to really blow (expecting 60mph today) so any snow we do get just blows away. It is getting colder, already dropped 5 degrees since 6AM. I really wanted snow!

    Expecting single digits/teens for a low tonight, combined with the wind, it is going to be NASTY. As a teacher, I'm not looking forward to tomorrow dealing with kids in shorts hard to believe parents don't notice kids leaving looking like that. Horses are snugged up in rugs, stalls cleaned and heated buckets plugged in.

    Horse at boarding barn 35 minutes away is in the super-capable hands of Sergio and Ephron. They are going to pop his second blanket on (he's the only body clipped horse in the barn!) and feed extra hay, I'm sure. Heck, they even put each horse into the giant round pen for a few minutes if the paddocks prove unusable.
    Proud member of the "Don't rush to kill wildlife" clique!

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    • #3
      We got about 4" here in Mt. Vernon. I haven't been to the barn yet, but I know Remy is going to have a blast when I turn him out. He loves snow. LOL

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      • #4
        We had probably about an inch over here in Lynnwood, though under it all is nothing but ice! The dog loves it though, yesterday he was being so weird all day, I couldn't figure out what it was he wanted....I think he was predicting the snow!

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        • #5
          Four inches, perhaps a bit more here - Kent Washington. It is very pretty and I have missed having snow at Christmas since I moved here but it is flaming COLD too. That I don't miss and it can go stop now.

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          • #6
            Not related to the snow, but did anyone here about the barn fire here in WA, Parkland maybe?? Anyone have any details? I know quite a few horses died...

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            • #7
              3"-4" here in Bridle Trails, and 26 degrees. It was warmer when I went to work at 5 a.m., so the snow has melted and then refrozen. Fun.

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              • #8
                We got about 3-4 inches. Everything is covered in crusty snow and ice. Very slippery! Makes me wish I lived in a place where it really does snow on a regular basis, since those places have cool things like sand and salt! We just have to wait.

                Worst part is we have no hay. We get our hay a mile down the road... 750 lb. large rectangular bales. We are scheduled for another pick-up on Monday but if the roads don't improve there's no way I'm taking a big truck and/or trailer out. One of the other boarders (thank goodness also a friend) has the same hay we do but in small bales already in the barn. So we figure we'll have to use hers, then feed her horses with ours for however long we need to.

                Second worst thing is I need my coffee! Wah! I hope the roads melt by mid-afternoon so I can make a Starbucks and grocery store run...
                Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you? You are at your very best when things are worst.
                Starman

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by PsychoTB View Post
                  Not related to the snow, but did anyone here about the barn fire here in WA, Parkland maybe?? Anyone have any details? I know quite a few horses died...
                  Thread on this already. Horribly sad...
                  Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you? You are at your very best when things are worst.
                  Starman

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                  • #10
                    We've got a couple of inches here. I'm so bummed about the timing......I was planning to head to a Jumpernite yesterday afternoon, but the first flakes started falling at 1pm, right when I was planning on leaving. I totally chickened out! And seeing what I would have been driving home through at 10pm I'm glad that I did.

                    Anyhow, it sure is pretty for the first day or so!
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                    • #11
                      Well, here in Eastern Washington, we have about 6 inches of snow and about 5 degrees right now... I was going to go outside today to take pictures, yeah, I think I will hold off on that.... LOL!
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                      • #12
                        In Issaquah we only have an inch, just enough to look pretty but not get in the way at all.

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                        • #13
                          In my little corner of Kitsap we've got about 2 inches. The wind has really picked up this morning and there's a thin layer of ice under the snow. Almost fell on my ass going up the driveway to get the paper.
                          It's a uterus, not a clown car. - Sayyedati

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                          • #14
                            We have about 2" here on north Whidbey Island. I'm trying to decide whether to turn out or not....

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                            • #15
                              Well, the snow finally arrived in the PDX/Western Gorge area. Been blizzarding since about 9AM, whiteout conditions at times. Can't tell how much snow actually fell, as it is drifting so badly. My boys are out, standing miserably under their overhang (well, I say miserably, but if I left them in, they'd be miserably longing to go out and stand miserably...)

                              Temp is 21 and falling, wind is 30mph, gusting to 45mph. Still snowing in big bands. The truly sucky part, folks, is that this is expected to last--the arctic cold--through next Saturday!!

                              For truly comprehensive weather forecasts, use the National Weather Service website for your area (ours is Portland, up north, you'd google Seattle).
                              Proud member of the "Don't rush to kill wildlife" clique!

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                              • #16
                                They canceled all the races this week at Portland Meadows.
                                It's a uterus, not a clown car. - Sayyedati

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                                • #17
                                  I am new to Seattle from Minnesota, so imagine my surprise when my class today was canceled because of snow.

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                                  • #18
                                    TB--welcome to the land of "it-only-snows-once-a-winter-so-we-enjoy-the-hell-out-of-it-land". Also, our snow tends to come in with rain or end with freezing rain, so driving on it is treacherous. Let's not mention the hills, hills, hills. Add folks who only drive on snow once or twice a year and you have accident city. Or those folks who think if they have an SUV or 4wheel drive then they can drive as fast as they want and it will save them.

                                    This time, it is the brutal cold and wind chills that are a real factor. I put the horses in early, gave extra hay and will check on them a couple more times tonight. Our trainer's barn has super help (a shout out to Sergio--working on his day off due to the cold--you're the BEST) so I feel confident my Clipper is just fine. Of course, his hay dunk bucket will freeze, and then he'll be po'd but ah, well.
                                    Proud member of the "Don't rush to kill wildlife" clique!

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                                    • #19
                                      Originally posted by TB or not TB? View Post
                                      I am new to Seattle from Minnesota, so imagine my surprise when my class today was canceled because of snow.
                                      We don't have enough plows in the lowlands to move the snow, so we wind up with ice covering all the roads by the end of the first day. We also don't use salt on the roads (yay! My last truck lasted 11 years with no rust and the same exhaust system, unlike the one before it in Michigan, it lasted 3 years.)

                                      They do put down de-icer and sand, although they can't do the entire area, there are no funds for that because it so rarely snows enough to bother.

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                                      • #20
                                        Haha I figured it was something like that, it just shocked me. Amchara warned me that this might happen and I was like "Nah, it's only like 2 inches, it'll be fine." Who's laughing now?

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