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Fix that whole rain thing and I'll be there tomorrow.
by hoka 14y ago
Fix that whole rain thing and I'll be there tomorrow.
- elteto 14y agoBetter start packing up then! See this: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/12/does-it-really-rain-all-time-in-seattle.html http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/12/does-it-really-rain-al...
- cpeterso 14y agoIt doesn't rain all the time in Seattle, but it rains almost every day most of the year. When I lived in Seattle, I remember some months when the sky was gray 24/7. Crushing, relentless gray. It felt like living inside a concrete dome. :\
- rdl 14y agoOTOH, grey skies make photography easier and better.
- meej 14y agoNo it doesn't. Seattle has some of the best summers anywhere; it's one of the city's best-kept secrets. July and August are gorgeous. The relentless gray of which you speak is true of months like December and January.
- majorlazer 14y agoExactly, the summer only lasts for July and August. November to February it rains non-stop, and every other month is hit or miss. You can't really plan any trips because those clouds come out of nowhere. And that was the worst part. I would wake up and the sun is shining. I decide to go ride some trails on my bike, half way to the location it starts to rain. Plans ruined.
- loeg 14y agoOutside of winter (November -> March) the rain is really light and doesn't interfere with wandering around outside. But I'm a Seattlite =).
- meej 14y agoYes, this. An old roommate of mine who was a Seattle-area native called it "spitting drizzle". It's like an agressive fog.
- meej 14y agoThose two months are the best summer you'll find anywhere. When I moved to SF, I missed them dearly. SF summers are terrible, and I found three of them more depressing than seven rainy winters in Seattle ever were. I'll also take nonstop rain from Nov-Feb any day over the snowy winters in the Midwestern states where I grew up. Finally, the key to not letting your plans get ruined by rain is to always plan for the possibility of rain. =)
- cpeterso 14y agoYes, Seattle summers are beautiful. 10 months of rain makes for a very green summer. :)
- specialist 14y agocpeterso is likely a member of Lesser Seattle. Started by curmudgeon Emmett Watson as a way to discourage Californians from moving to Seattle. When I travel, I always emphasize the rain, the cloud cover, the risk of death by volcano, the very real likelihood very overdue The Big One earthquake, how traffic sucks, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Watson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Watson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Seattle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Seattle
- marshray 14y agoWhatever you do, don't tell them about the statue of Lenin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin,_Seattle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin,_Seattle
- philwelch 14y agoNo, we used to have a concrete dome, and it didn't actually feel the same. It was much nicer inside the actual dome.
- cpeterso 14y agoGood point! And I remember when they blew it up. :)
- codex 14y agoThe problem with Seattle isn't as much the rain, as it is the cloud cover and lack of sunlight in Seattle. In the wintertime, those two combine for a fairly negative effect. That said, sometimes it does rain a lot in Seattle. Some years ago there was a stretch of 35 consecutive days of rain.
- l0c0b0x 14y agoCome on!.. it only took me 17 years to get used to the rain (Came from South America).
- ahelwer 14y agoYep. I have an internship there this summer, and I'll be moving from Calgary, which gets the most hours of sunlight of any city in Canada. Hope the change won't be too jarring/depressing... it was overcast every day when I was there for interviews.
- aaronbrethorst 14y agoSummers are why you live in Seattle. 80°F, sunny, and beautiful every day (after July 5th)! We get about 16 hours of sunlight on the summer solstice. There are actually cases of people getting SAD from the over abundance of sunlight in the summer (http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/10/depression-from-too-much-sun.html?m=1 http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/10/depression-from-too-mu...)
- mahyarm 14y agoMoving from seattle to the bay area you basically get that for about 8/9 months on end.
- heynk 14y agoThe summer is the time for sun in Seattle. This entire summer was clear skies every single day. http://www.seattleweatherblog.com/rain/record-dryness-winding-down/ http://www.seattleweatherblog.com/rain/record-dryness-windin...
- kyllo 14y agoThis summer was awesome, but it was not typical. Summer 2010 was terrible. 60 degrees and cloudy/rainy throughout.
- Danieru 14y agoSo far that makes 3 confirmed interns, it would appear microsoft has recruited half the comp sci department. I used to live a few hundred kilometers away from Seattle in the same temperature area, I can say for sure I'm looking forward to this summer!
- MartinCron 14y agoWhy fix what isn't broken? Some people enjoy the rain.
- netghost 14y agoIt's great, I totally don't have to water the garden most of the year. Thanks nature!
- WalterBright 14y agoIt doesn't actually rain here. We just tell people that to keep out Californians.