Seattle Loves it's Libraries.

In recent years, 28 Seattle libraries have been either totally remodeled or torn down and rebuilt from the ground up. The old libraries, which were dark and gloomy have been replaced by bright, spacious libraries.
Saturday, December 8th marked the finish of the 28 library project with the grand opening of the new Broadview branch.

The Flood of 2007

On December 3rd, 2007, the day after the snow storm, Seattle was hit with a rain storm that is unusual even for Seattle. Over worked drainage systems could not keep up with the deluge.
Once permiable land has mostly been dug up and paved over so run off was extreme. Weyerhauser and their habit of clear cutting all area froests left hillsides barren and prone to landslides as the exposed earth soaked up water without the protection and root systems
of the detroyed trees.

It rarely snows in Seattle.

Since we are very nearly at sea level, and situated on Puget Sound between The Cascade and The Olympic mountain ranges, snow is not all that common. When it does snow here, everything pretty much stops. It is not like the Midwest or other snowy regions. Two inches can bring Seattle to a standstill.



PS. No posts in November. I was wrapped up in school. One more week for this quarter, and I seem to be doing pretty good.