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The stack ranking BS is (allegedly) a thing of the past, and the rain in Seattle is overblown. There are plenty of US cities that get more rain than Seattle. I
by MartinCron 14y ago
The stack ranking BS is (allegedly) a thing of the past, and the rain in Seattle is overblown. There are plenty of US cities that get more rain than Seattle.
I won't challenge your opinion about Steve Ballmer, though.
- WiseWeasel 14y agoYou made me curious, so here's a list of US cities with more average rainy/snowy days per year than Seattle[1]: 223: Juneau, Alaska 209: Mt. Washington, N.H. 169: Buffalo, N.Y. 163: Olympia, Wash. 161: Caribou, Maine 155 (tied, interestingly): Cleveland, Ohio 155: Seattle-Tacoma, Wash. At 37 inches of rain per year, it's not a particularly high volume of rain; it's just spread out over a lot of days. San Francisco is down at 63 rainy days and 20 inches per year, for comparison. [1] http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762183.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762183.html
- vonmoltke 14y ago155 (tied, interestingly): Cleveland, Ohio Lake effect snow Anyway, compare this to where I'm from (South Florida)[1]: Average rainy days - 135 Average rainfall - 62" - 64" [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_fl#Climate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_fl#Climate
- WiseWeasel 14y agoWell, Microsoft would have to pay me a LOT to move to South Florida as well. : P
- MartinCron 14y agoI don't consider that a fair assessment, as a snowy day is a very different thing from a rainy day. Seattle gets maybe a handful of snowy days a year, and never gets punishingly hot/humid like some cities do.