White Christmas!

[Bryophyte]

We're having a white xmas here (near Portland Oregon)! It's been snowing for maybe an hour or so and there's already at least 2 inches.

 

[JohnCU]

woooo hooo, we're hoping for a wet christmas here in the south and its coming tonight.

if it can't be white, might as well be wet (with the drought)

pics?

 

[Bryophyte]

I just looked up the forecast...by tomorrow night they estimate we'll have around 17 inches accumulated!!

 

[Albatross]

racist!

 

[Vic]

Yep. Snowing here my house. I can't believe it. I figured the news forecasters were just full of it as usual.

Merry (white) Christmas!

 

[RossMAN]

No snow here in the ghetto (SE Portland) or at least a light dusting on our cars.

Whoooooooooooooooooope.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
No snow here in the ghetto (SE Portland) or at least a light dusting on our cars.

Whoooooooooooooooooope.

Crack?

 

[Eli]

We had a dusting here in Clackamas, not even enough to cover the grass..

Its turned to rain now.

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: albatross
racist!

haha! beat me to it!

 

[shortylickens]

Figures. I left Eugene to travel home.
By the time I get back it will all be gone.

 

[Bryophyte]

We have a full foot on the ground and it's still snowing hard.

 

[crt1530]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
We have a full foot on the ground and it's still snowing hard.

You live in the coast range foothills, right? It snowed most of yesterday where I live, but there is nothing left today.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: crt1530

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
We have a full foot on the ground and it's still snowing hard.

You live in the coast range foothills, right? It snowed most of yesterday where I live, but there is nothing left today.

Yeah, up on top of Pumpkin Ridge. Our power was out all afternoon because a tree took the power lines down (we had to drive over them on the way home, they were all over the road. :Q)

 

[RossMAN]

Is there a website (other than Google Maps) which shows your elevation?

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Is there a website (other than Google Maps) which shows your elevation?

I don't know, but our GPS says we're at 1300 someodd feet, IIRC.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Is there a website (other than Google Maps) which shows your elevation?

I don't know, but our GPS says we're at 1300 someodd feet, IIRC.

Good idea, I'll see if that's available on our Garmin c320.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Just got back from PDX/Couv this evening - was snowing when I left. However we didn't get much snow in the Couv as others did on Christmas Day.

 

[Eli]

You guys must have like 5 feet of snow by now. It's amazing how much difference a couple hundred feet in elevation can make.

I've seen cars coming out of the gorge with 2+ft of snow on their cars. :Q

 

[Bryophyte]

We've got a good foot and a half and it's still snowing hard. The trees are heavily laden with snow and the wind has been blowing, so branches are snapping and trees are falling down into the road. Power's still on today, surprisingly. My kids are having a BLAST on their sleds. And my spouse has been having a blast clearing snow with the tractor.

 

[Eli]

It seems to have tapered off for the most part around town. I'm sure the higher elevations are still getting it, but its turned to mostly rain down low.

It was weird, I took the backroads out to Gresham earlier, and every time I would climb a hill.. the ground would gradually get whiter, then on the descent it would turn back to mixed rain..

Can only imagine what its like at 1300'. :Q Lucky.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I think the white Christmas thing is overrated. It was 65 F and clear skies here in SoCal and I loved it. I don't see how two feet of snow makes spending time with family and opening presents any more enjoyable. Just seems like more of a pain to deal with, to be honest.

 

[CorCentral]

White Christmas

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
I think the white Christmas thing is overrated. It was 65 F and clear skies here in SoCal and I loved it. I don't see how two feet of snow makes spending time with family and opening presents any more enjoyable. Just seems like more of a pain to deal with, to be honest.

Well, it does depend on where you are.

Here in Portland, we have like a 2% chance of a white Christmas, statistically speaking, so... yeah, its rare.

Barrow, Alaska? They haven't seen the ground since before the last ice age. lol

 

[m1ldslide1]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
I think the white Christmas thing is overrated. It was 65 F and clear skies here in SoCal and I loved it. I don't see how two feet of snow makes spending time with family and opening presents any more enjoyable. Just seems like more of a pain to deal with, to be honest.

Well, it does depend on where you are.

Here in Portland, we have like a 2% chance of a white Christmas, statistically speaking, so... yeah, its rare.

Barrow, Alaska? They haven't seen the ground since before the last ice age. lol

Yeah the last white christmas I remember around here was like 19 years ago, and that was in north clark county (elevation 800 ft). I was excited when it start coming down on Tuesday, even though I had to drive in it.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
I think the white Christmas thing is overrated. It was 65 F and clear skies here in SoCal and I loved it. I don't see how two feet of snow makes spending time with family and opening presents any more enjoyable. Just seems like more of a pain to deal with, to be honest.

Well, it does depend on where you are.

Here in Portland, we have like a 2% chance of a white Christmas, statistically speaking, so... yeah, its rare.

Barrow, Alaska? They haven't seen the ground since before the last ice age. lol

This is our 6th winter living up here, and we've only had one xmas with absolutely no snow.