Mom said something about the news talking about ANOTHER storm. Couldn't find anything on the news sites, so I went to the source. (Honestly, why DO I waste my time on the news sites-- they tend to leave out things, and with a marginal knowledge of basic atmospheric science, I understand a LOT of the NOAA stuff anyways)
And this is what I found:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/wa.html#WAZ505.SEWSPSSEW.14:00:00 Special Weather Statement
East Puget Sound Lowlands (Washington)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
600 AM PST FRI DEC 22 2006
WAZ505-516-517-231400-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
600 AM PST FRI DEC 22 2006
...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COAST AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS ON SUNDAY...
VERY STRONG...OR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...EASTERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST WEST
OF OR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE OLYMPIC AND CASCADE RANGES.
THE GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND DIMINISH DURING
THE NIGHT SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON THE COAST.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
Not. Again. People are going to go INSANE. I will hide in my house and try to avoid all the crazy people cause if it happens again, it's going to become a ZOO. And we're going to get stuff again-- wood, etc.
Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the power to not go out again.
Plzkthx,
Me