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Friday, February 8, 2019
Winter in Seattle
Winter storm dumps rare snow on Seattle as Midwest warms up
UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 4, 2019, 5:21 p.m.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Associated Press
SEATTLE – Winter weather pounded a
swath of the U.S. West on Monday, closing schools, delaying flights and
turning streets into sledding hills in coastal cities like Seattle that
rarely get much snow. Parts of California and Montana braced for the threat of mudslides
and avalanches this week, while the Midwest warmed up from a dangerous
blast of cold last week that is linked to at least 30 deaths in several
states. The Pacific Northwest’s first major winter snowstorm hit western
Washington hardest, closing numerous schools in Seattle and nearby
cities, canceling ferry service, and causing car crashes but no major
injuries.
Some areas north and east of Seattle got 8 to 10 inches of snow.
Temperatures were expected to be 15 degrees below normal this week, with
lows in the teens, the National Weather Service said. More than 200 flights at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were canceled and over 450 delayed. Chris Allahyar of Edgewood, Washington, told Seattle news station
KOMO-TV that he was trying to make a flight but his car got stuck on an
icy road. “Everything was fine until I got off the freeway and everything
turned to ice. Couldn’t even make it off the road. I’m just stuck right
now,” Allahyar said. “I really underestimated the temperature.” Communities on the northern Oregon coast got several inches of
unusual snow, and it was falling steadily in Portland, Oregon. A cold
spell in Portland was expected to last for about 10 days, with overnight
temperatures dipping well below freezing and more snow later in the
week. The storm system lingering over the Northwest has sent waves of snow
into the Northern Rocky Mountains, where it mixed with a blast of frigid
arctic air and gusting winds to create hazardous driving conditions and
dangerous wind chills 40 degrees below zero and lower. The cold closed or delayed schools. Much of western and northern
Montana will likely see subzero temperatures until at least Wednesday,
weather service meteorologist Cody Moldan said.
“We’re kind of stuck in a cold pattern,” Moldan said. The weather was warmer near Yellowstone National Park, but the fresh
snow that fell on the weak snowpack in the mountains near the park led
to avalanche warnings. Snow and rain throughout California has threatened flash flooding
where massive wildfires roared through communities last year and
dangerous driving conditions in the latest of a series of storms over
the past few days. Officials lifted flash flood warnings Monday but warned that another
storm Tuesday could bring danger of mudslides and flooding in the Malibu
area, where a wildfire destroyed homes and burned hillsides bare, and
southeast of Los Angeles, where an August blaze scorched a huge area in
the Cleveland National Forest. The weather service issued a winter storm warning for the Los Angeles
and Ventura County mountains through Wednesday, with more than a foot (
of snow expected at higher elevations. A storm that swept across California and Nevada dumped as much as 8 feet of snow over the weekend, with much more expected. In parts of California’s Sierra Nevada, officials issued blizzard and
avalanche warnings through Monday night, warning that cold conditions
in the northern mountain range could become life-threatening as a series
of intense storms and powerful winds brought whiteout conditions that
closed some mountain roads. Electric-powered commuter trains in the Chicago area were getting
back to normal with temperatures in the 40s. The arctic cold played
havoc with overhead powerlines and forced the shutdown of two major
train lines. But cold weather again moved into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where
an ice storm created hazardous travel conditions and led schools and
businesses to close. Icy conditions were expected Tuesday night and
Wednesday in the Lower Peninsula, including the Detroit area. Heavy snow and gusty winds also made travel difficult in North Dakota.
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Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
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Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members are Monica Sone, author of Nisei Daughter and described as Kimi in Betty MacDonald's The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald's nephew, artist and writer Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald fans and beloved authors and artists Gwen Grant, Letizia Mancino, Perry Woodfin, Traci Tyne Hilton, Tatjana Geßler, music producer Bernd Kunze, musician Thomas Bödigheimer, translater Mary Holmes and Mr. Tigerli.
