Comments | scarlettina: Here comes the rain again

scarlettina

Here comes the rain again

Oct 14, 2016 07:53

It's storm season in Seattle. Most people think of Seattle as Rain City, but when people think of rain, they think of how it rains wherever they live; I did, when I first moved here. As it happens, I moved here during the rainy season, and my first rainstorm here was epic, a very New York sort of storm, so strong that you couldn't see out a car ( Read more... )

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herself_nyc October 14 2016, 15:06:13 UTC

You too.

scarlettina October 14 2016, 16:02:28 UTC

I promise I'll be safe and smart. I ran a couple of errands early this morning when the rain was at its lightest and the wind seemed to have died down a bit (bills that couldn't wait). Of course, the moment I got home it all started again. It seems to be coming in waves.

Zeke, at least, is curious about the weather. He insisted (with much meowing and scratching at the glass) that I crack the balcony door just enough so he can see and smell all the curious sights and sounds. Now he's crouched upon the threshold, looking around with great suspicion at the movement of every leaf and branch and dripping eave. The world is a fascinating place!

herself_nyc October 14 2016, 17:08:19 UTC

It must be wonderful for a cat, all that atmospheric drama.

I hope it doesn't get too dramatic for YOU and Seattle.

joycemocha October 14 2016, 16:22:22 UTC

As a kid on the farm I used to sneak out to play in these winds with my horse and pony. That said, the pasture was an open space with few trees. It can be fun riding an energetic pony at a gallop in the wind. Rain, though...one time we heard a hard rainstorm coming in off of a creek draw in the hills to the southwest. We rode hard and beat the storm to the barn.

Then there was playing in the flooded ditches wearing tall rain boots and rain gear.

I still like a good windstorm but I prefer mine in Enterprise where the power company has upgraded poles and such to stand better in storms and the house is tucked into the hillside like a purple hobbit hole. And there aren't that many trees.

suricattus October 14 2016, 18:30:51 UTC

There was thunder this morning. The cats and I all stopped what we were doing to listen to the echoes die away.

Rain is steady out here, wind gusts occasional but impressive, and the sky is an odd clear grey that's actually quite soothing. All that may change in an instant, of course. Did you hear there was a tornado warning down south earlier this morning?

Cancelling plans tonight would be a wise thing, methinks. Once it gets dark, the risks increase.

I have candles, matches, and fully-charged batteries for the flashlight, which is already in place by my desk, all the electronics are at full charge, and I have chicken salad, PB&J, and protein bars to eat, as well as a gallon of water set aside. Which means, of course, that we're not going to lose power. Magic preparedness, I has it. :-)

garyomaha October 15 2016, 13:49:12 UTC

Be safe. Be sure the cats are fully charged (or something).

Those "big, cathartic thunder-and-lightning storms" are among my favorite things here in the midwest, and the several times we have tried (and failed) to move to your neck of the woods, the storms are among the things I figured I'd most miss.