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I wouldn't underestimate the effects a lack of sunlight will have on you. This coming from a part of the country that receives a little bit less sunlight that S

I wouldn't underestimate the effects a lack of sunlight will have on you. This coming from a part of the country that receives a little bit less sunlight that Seattle (Pittsburgh area). Seasonal depression can really make life suck. I'm also probably a little bit upset because it's been raining for something like 12 days straight.

davidw 13y ago
I'm a native Oregonian - born and raised in the Willamette valley. The weather made me want to get the hell out, though. It's not that it rains that much, it's just that it's gray and bleak so often. During the winter, it's usually around 5C or maybe up to 10C (that's about 40-50F). The cold and drizzly weather is absolutely miserable if you like the outdoors, because you can't really do much. Too warm for snow and "winter" activities, but too cold to do much without a lot of expensive gear that, at best keeps you "not cold" in a clammy, squishy, sodden sort of way. Here's a bit of street view that feels very "Western Oregon" to me: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eugene,+Oregon&hl=en&ll=43.917155,-123.449206&spn=0.026122,0.066047&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.684464,135.263672&hnear=Eugene,+Lane,+Oregon&t=p&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.917106,-123.449759&panoid=tSr3EKPTwRZhlz9KAnFZtA&cbp=12,85.38,,0,5.5 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eugene,+Oregon&hl=en&ll=43.91... Nothing so extreme as to be exciting, just that solid, slate gray sky.
- johnward 13y ago
  That's pretty much Pittsburgh summer weather too. Sunshine is a rarity even in the summer. It's always grey and cloudy. Although it gets cold enough for snow but I don't enjoy snow like I did when I was a kid.
- cbosch 13y ago
  ha! that's wolf creek road in eugene. an awesome road for cycling. I live in san francisco but I visit my friends in eugene in july. luckily, in july, the weather in eugene is typically superb. I think it'd be pretty tough for me to handle all the grey during the rest of the year. the bay area has a lot of paradise weather - I grew up in marin - and when I went to the east coast for school I had trouble with the grey and interminable springs. it just sucked in comparison.
  - davidw 13y ago
    > ha! that's wolf creek road in eugene. an awesome road for cycling. Yep, I've ridden and raced up that climb a number of times. It's beautiful in the summer. There are some really great rides out there in the coast range, a lot of them really remote.
greenlakejake 13y ago
Living in Oregon two winters ago I went to a new docter who did some blood work and thought I had an infection so tested me for hepatitus, mono, etc. He through in a vitamin Dtest and that was it. He put me on megadose vit D and things got better. Sunlamps or vitamin D adapt to low sunlight.

davidw 13y ago

I'm a native Oregonian - born and raised in the Willamette valley. The weather made me want to get the hell out, though. It's not that it rains that much, it's just that it's gray and bleak so often. During the winter, it's usually around 5C or maybe up to 10C (that's about 40-50F). The cold and drizzly weather is absolutely miserable if you like the outdoors, because you can't really do much. Too warm for snow and "winter" activities, but too cold to do much without a lot of expensive gear that, at best keeps you "not cold" in a clammy, squishy, sodden sort of way. Here's a bit of street view that feels very "Western Oregon" to me: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eugene,+Oregon&hl=en&ll=43.917155,-123.449206&spn=0.026122,0.066047&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.684464,135.263672&hnear=Eugene,+Lane,+Oregon&t=p&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.917106,-123.449759&panoid=tSr3EKPTwRZhlz9KAnFZtA&cbp=12,85.38,,0,5.5 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Eugene,+Oregon&hl=en&ll=43.91... Nothing so extreme as to be exciting, just that solid, slate gray sky.

johnward 13y ago
That's pretty much Pittsburgh summer weather too. Sunshine is a rarity even in the summer. It's always grey and cloudy. Although it gets cold enough for snow but I don't enjoy snow like I did when I was a kid.
cbosch 13y ago
ha! that's wolf creek road in eugene. an awesome road for cycling. I live in san francisco but I visit my friends in eugene in july. luckily, in july, the weather in eugene is typically superb. I think it'd be pretty tough for me to handle all the grey during the rest of the year. the bay area has a lot of paradise weather - I grew up in marin - and when I went to the east coast for school I had trouble with the grey and interminable springs. it just sucked in comparison.
- davidw 13y ago
  > ha! that's wolf creek road in eugene. an awesome road for cycling. Yep, I've ridden and raced up that climb a number of times. It's beautiful in the summer. There are some really great rides out there in the coast range, a lot of them really remote.

greenlakejake 13y ago

Living in Oregon two winters ago I went to a new docter who did some blood work and thought I had an infection so tested me for hepatitus, mono, etc. He through in a vitamin Dtest and that was it. He put me on megadose vit D and things got better. Sunlamps or vitamin D adapt to low sunlight.