Experienced IT Master, volunteer, husband, dog parent and aviation fanboy.
We had a truly great thanksgiving afternoon surrounded by parents,
family, friends and food. My Mom and Dad came down to Seattle this
year…yes the Wiedmeier’s came south of the ship canal! It was
fabulous. Good food at Broadway Grill and no dishes to wash.
But now it’s after dark and we decided to hit the streets and hang out
at an open bar…it’s very friendly but a bit dark and sultry… And
completely awesome.
Happy Thanksgiving!
After high school and growing-up into college I had a lot of fine opportunities to meet a lot of fine folks.  One of them was Barb Tolbert.  She became my mentor in that she taught me a lot about my profession of the time (public relations and marketing) and, like all great mentors, bestowed upon me her wisdom of many general life lessons that I still use to this day.  She encouraged me, and sat me right-down on my butt when needed.  She is one of my cherished friends, even as time and life have escaped us.  I admire her, and I know she is great.
It did not surprise me when I learned a few months ago that she was running for mayor – how cool! Â And she did it! Â Barb Tolbert is the Mayor-elect of Arlington, WA. Â I am so proud of her and the community she continues to build, encourage and foster.
Barb – you are one of my personal heros.  I just know that you will continue to do great things and that your constituents are very lucky to have somebody as impassioned as you are to lead them.
Congratulations! Â You’re a rock star!
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/10/noreasters-versus-northwest-windstorms.html
Look…severe weather in any form, in any location, is not fun after one day. But I’m tired of everyone foo-fooing me when I say that the Northwest gets severe weather as well.
The latest nor’ Easter, while impressively early this year I admit, reminds me of this …
The Northwest also has our weather demons…likely even worse than those vaunted nor’easters! ( but when do you ever hear about it?)
Cliff Mass, the pre-eminent weather guy of the region says….
“In general, the very strongest Northwest cyclones are stronger than the top Nor’easters, with our 1962 Columbus Day storm probably being the most powerful non-tropical coastal storm to hit the U.S. in a century. (Beware–those wily east coasters like to call their storms “Perfect” or “Storm of the Century” and get books and movies made about them. Don’t believe their propaganda–ours are bigger and more powerful).”
It’s only because we have been neglected, in the media and in federal budgets, that this is becoming apparent (something us natives have known for a long time!)
He continues…
“If a big midlatitude cyclone hits the Northwest this year we will have a magnificent view of the details using the new coastal radar. And if our models are wrong about intensity or position, the new radar will enable us to get out timely warnings in time to save property and lives. We have finally caught up to the east coast, where they have had radars looking offshore for decades.”
So what he is saying is just NOW, in 2011 (!!), are we able in the Northwest to scientifically prove that our weather is “worthy” of being bad and worthy of attention on a national scale. We finally got a weather radar for the coastal regions this year (where our weather comes from!)
Again, bad weather everywhere is no fun. Don’t get me wrong. But I wonder how many people have lost their lives in the Northwest because the rest of the country has thought that there are no problems up here other than rainy and cloudy days…
Halloween fun with black lights!
We are booked to ICELAND! Yay! Yes it’s winter. But Iceland is not as
cold as you think….milder than Eastern Washington in the winter! And we
*adore* cool weather, so this is such an awesome thing for us. And it was a
killer deal. Here’s where we are staying — check-out the the photos link…it looks awesome!
sites.google.com/site/icelandapartmentvacation/
Yay for us!
Christopher naps with the boys….notice who gets half the bed! 🙂
Was too cute to resist….
Adorable! Came with the "heated olives" happy hour menu at 22 doors.
On way back home from Victoria…just an awesome sunset and glassy
water for miles…
