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Seattle Times:

Prepare for what could become the coldest spell in nearly two decades, according to the National Weather Service. Today should be mostly sunny with highs around 30 and lows down to the teens. On Tuesday expect sun, highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s with a chance of snow. Snow should fall Wednesday, with highs in the lower 30s.

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...

38 replies on “There’s More Where That Came From”

  9. It’s 9AM. are you the only one who made it in today Chris?

    Can’t people blog from home?

    Where the fuck is the content that brings me here.

  11. It’s called SEATTLE’S Only Newspaper.

    Not “the internetses blog”

    So if you have different weather than it sucks for you because you’re not in Seattle. OOPS, too bad so sad.

  12. I started off from my apartment on Kent East Hill to forage for food at the supermarket. I initially left wearing my best winter shoes…doc martin brown mocasins…however, I took the opportunity of passing by Joe’s (nee G.I.Joe’s, now suitably renamed to emphasize butter, not guns), to visit the tent sale in their parking lot. I acquired some Nevados “Glacier” boots for $30. With my knapsack and thick coat, and switching shoes on the fly, I received the look of “bum” from the required teen servicing the cash register…I did not mind as those boots are toasty warm and have a grip on ice worthy of the Rockies.

  13. See, because it so rarely snows here (usually 2-3 days per year at most), a lot of people see it as more of a treat than a horrible nuisance. Now, if we got snow and bitter cold like the midwest, I’m sure we would have a different attitude about it.

  14. To all of you midwesterners: Seattle has essentially NO snow removal equipment and limited de-icing, as well as vastly more hills than the average large US city. Getting around in the ice and snow in Seattle can be difficult at the least and pretty dangerous at the worst. Look at January 5th 2004 when it snowed over 4 inches. They basically closed down most of the city because getting around was so difficult. So Seattle getting any snow is like a blizzard hitting places that get snow regularly.

  15. Why do people in other parts of the country write in and turn this into a weather competition? We’re talking about SEATTLE! No one here cares about other parts of the country and why you are too stupid to live there. Stop telling us we are whiny complainers. We already know that.

  16. Weather Competition:

    Well, screw you all!! It is -240 degrees with 9000 mile per hour winds. Asteroids are also pounding the outside of the house along with a nasty ass acid based hurricane 30 miles away and closing! Top THAT!!!!!

  20. The buses on the Eastside were pretty much a lost cause, people stuck at stops waiting for an hour or more before they realized the bus to Seattle just wasn’t coming at all. Thanks, Metro!

    On Friday, buses across the bridge were backed up for two hours or so because it was windy on the lake.

    God help us if this area ever has an actual emergency situation.

  21. I love how seriously Seattlites (is that a word?) – or is it just Sloggers? – take themselves. God forbid anyone write a comment on the Slog if you’re not from Seattle or part of the Slog-commentor clique. Carry on, Sloggers, carry on.

  22. I hope it warms up there by the time I get home to visit. It’s -10 to about 8 above these days in Wyoming and I was looking forward to the rain and relatively balmy 30s. Hmph.

  23. I didn’t see my comment as part of a competition. I was merely noting that your coast was having odd weather as was my coast.

    Here’s hoping you all survive!

  25. @21, as should be obvious by now, pretty much all the regular Slog commenters are unbelievable assholes, which is why I keep advocating for Slog to disable commenting on their posts.

  27. Normally our weather consists of varying grays, rain, and temperatures in the mid-40s with brief sunbreaks. This is a six-month period of every year. To wake up to pretty snow, blue skies, and bright-ass sunshine is a pleasant surprise and we plan to revel in it. The downside is that it’s 20+ degrees colder than normal. If I wanted 100 degrees in the summer and snot-freezingly cold in the winter, I’d move to the midwest. This weather is also a big deal because FYI, Seattle has some BIG FUCKING HILLS, and we don’t get snow often enough to learn how to deal with it.

  28. I hope we get 5 inches of snow in the city – I know it won’t happen, but a girl can dream. And I grew up on the East Coast, where major snorstorms are a part of all winters (at least they used to be). I never get tired of it.

  31. Dear Midwesterners: we have humidity. Fuck you. I just listened to a native Indianan coworker say that our weather here feels colder to her than the -20 she’s felt at home. It’s a scientific fact that the presence of water vapor makes cold temperatures feel worse and more dangerous.

  32. @27, yes, and our conditions make for worse driving. Most places just get compact snow–we get snow that melts into slush and then freezes into uneven globules of black ice. Eastern seaboard transplants agree that Seattle’s version of winter driving is the scariest shit in the country.

  33. Yay for snow! I’m so jealous! There are only a few snowflakes at my house! Somehow Portland got hit and Seattle got hit, even Woodland, WA, but not Vancouver, WA. 🙁 I WANT SNOW!!! It sure is cold enough though. I’m glad I don’t live in areas that dip below zero! I can’t even imagine! I think I should go outside with wet hair and see if my hair will freeze! hahaha

  34. It’s worse in Seattle because because because we have steep hills and ummm, we … because it’s humid here! It feels colder and slicker than anywhere else, winters are dangerous in Seattle, we need to shut our city down because we would all die horribly in the worst winter driving conditions imaginable. Even Eskimos say Seattle is scary!

  37. @ 4, as a Chicagoian living in Seattle, you are exactly right, the problem is also compounded by the fact that people drive like shit when it’s dry, clear and sunny. It’s kindda like watching a duck land on ice, a hot mess. How hard would it be for this state to purchase a lil salt for such an emergency? It is only gonna get worse as this week goes on. I weep for the future.

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