Don’t be concerned about us: we live on a basalt ridge that survived the Missoula Floods 13,000 years ago. But when a warming trend and rain simultaneously hits the west coast (Seattle) and holds all the way across, we not only have abundant rain, but a lot of winter snow starts melting all at once, and the snow level on this system is set to rise fast. The usual areas of Spokane are likely to take on water, an area called something like Happy Valley, Riverside Drive, and the area along the St Jo—as the Spokane and Little Spokane and St Jo rivers all head westward, joined by snowmelt from the mountains. The waterfalls, like Palouse Falls and Multnomah, will get pretty.
On the other hand, in Seattle, motorists will be assisting confused salmon to cross the roads, that sort of thing (there are photos) and low lying areas will, again, flood. Snoqualmie Falls should be something else, as major snowmelt comes down from the Cascades.
This is when the Pacific NW tends to believe spring is coming, and will be a good time to start thinking about the fishes. This morning, a last gasp of winter, we had hoarfrost on things, which has now gone. But I think we are, after a chaotic winter, going to make the ‘melted by St Paddy’s Day’ normalcy for the shift toward spring.
though spring had started last Sunday .. but since then we have had a return to winter – 0C, roaring winds and snow/hail today, most uncomfortable … a sheepfarmers blog said spring is 3 weeks late here in the UK, after a very wet and very cold winter …
Our weather is typically spring here: It can’t decide if it’s going to be hot or cold, wet or dry. Weather reports from the Weather Channel have said three times it’s going to dip into the 30’s or 40’s, but it hasn’t happened. We had rain yesterday, sun today. Wait five minutes, it’ll change again.
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Off-Topic: The book that never gets published.
For over a year now, I’ve been waiting for a book that covers SVG graphics with HTML5 and CSS3. At first, it had a solid publication release date. Then it shifted ahead two or three months. Then, for over a year, it has shifted forward by a month every month. I gave up once and cancelled the pre-order, but still wanted the resource, because almost everything else is several years old. So I ordered again around October or November. Today, after getting the message that it’s been postponed yet another month, to the end of May — I cancelled the pre-order. If it ever gets stable, or (gasp) is actually published, I may order it. It’s from O’Reilly Press, one of their “aninal guide” lithographed covers, written by Kurt Cagle. I don’t know what’s going on that keeps delaying it, but…all in all, I think it’s been closer to a year and a half since it was first listed for pre-order. Sigh. The technology or the author or the publishing house, probably all three, are badly delayed for some reason(s). So I’ll keep using resources from almost ten years ago.
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The book on EPUB3 I ordered is, hmm, a mix, so far. More “discussion about” than “tutorial how.” This has its merits, but I still want something more succinct and tutorial.
Font development, though, is going really well.
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On-Topic: Protector is still happily on pre-order in both hardbound and ebook (Kindle).
I read this quote and thought of atevi numerologists, counters.
Paul Renner was the designer of Futura in the 1920’s.
I would somewhat disagree with him. A good artist knows, and has a feel for, both the precision of rules (or measurements) and when it’s needed to bend or break them for best effect.
Yeah, but this last weekend was freakin’ gorgeous! 🙂
Heard about a military plane crash around “Spo-caine” [shudder]. 🙁
It was a very bad one. http://www.krem.com/news/Plane-crash-in-Lincol-County-196970661.html
And the weather’s been absolutely clear and blue over us, with frost this morning; but the wet stuff is coming.
For those not on the West Coast, the correct pronounciation is “Spoke-anne”. 😉
Those of us in “Ory-gun” can sometimes be touchy about pronounciations. (Especially the people in Langlois! (Hint: It ain’t French, don’t try to make it French! 😉 ))
😀 Idaho, too (indeed, where not?).
We have a town called “Nez Perce” after the local Native American tribe. The name was, as you’d guess from the spelling, bestowed upon them by the early French trappers for the NA’s distinctive pierced noses. “Nay Persay” is close to the right pronunciation, but the town is pronounced “nez purse.” Say it French-wise and you get lots of funny looks from them backcountry folk.
Lang-glowy? Lang-glow-eez? — Oh dear, not like LahN-Glwah at all.
Hah, Texans (Anglos) pronounce Mexican Texas place names mostly the American way. So you get things like LAN-oh for Llano (yah-noh) Play-noh instead of Plah-noh, and lots more. Though Bexar County is still close, Bay-Har instead of Beh-Hhar.
I have relatives near Sah-Lye-Nuh Kansas. That looks like the Spanish name Salinas to me, which would be Sah-LEE-nahss.
Yes, but it’s fun to see how many puns you can work out of “plain o’ Texas” 😉
I’m from California. It’s Sah-LEE-nis.
‘La MEE-sa’. (Everyone in California knows it’s really ‘La MAY-sa’. But Texas doesn’t.)
I once heard an airline pilot tell the passengers we were passing ‘Sa-LEE-na, Kansas’, and winced. But I got raised with place-names like Neodesha. (And a great-aunt with the four-syllable name ‘Herpalice’.)
Typical blustery March here with gusty winds and blowing dirt. Not kind to my asthma, nor allergies.
Brown-air season, already?
I hope to get to Seattle in April – please tell me it will not be submerged?
Not likely. Only certain areas flood, and the people who live there seem to know how to cope. 😉 Not happy, but they cope. Any chance you’ll pass through Spokane?
I still have snow on the ground. Below freezing at night. No dandelions in sight, alas! At Mama’s house, the narcissus are over, and the gladiolus are in bloom. I want to go home! >whimper<
We’re just right at or below 2000 feet. But the freeze line (except yesterday morning) is getting higher up the hills.
We had several days of sun and 50’s. Yesterday it barely went above freezing. This morning there is ice on the pond and the fish are bewildered. The daffodils are still thinking about blooming! Mother Nature will get you every time!