very, very wet
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annathepiper and I went out to Woodinville yesterday, mostly because we know they had the right kind of liner bags for Polly's new litterbox, and it started raining - and I mean raining raining - while we were out, and my umbrella broke, so that all made for an unexpectedly cold and messy lot of walking around and waiting for the bus on the way back, which is where we noticed that part of the parking lot next to the bus stop had already flooded.That rain hasn't stopped yet. In fact, it has gotten much harder. The south side of the yard is now flooding - and we live at the top of a rather steep chunk of hill, so I don't even want to guess what the bottom of the hill must be like. We also noticed that the Sammamish River was still well above normal level even before the rains started yesterday.
Also, it's quite dark, which makes me very happy that I got those true-daylight bulbs for the living room overhead light, which makes it about twice as bright as it would be otherwise right now. (68W of CF, about the same as 250W of incandescent, I suppose.) Having watched it for the last couple of weeks, I'm pleased to say that the light from the bulbs blends extremely well with actual daylight, so it just looks like it's brighter than it actually is, which is what I wanted.
Oh, look, it's let up a bit. It's raining, but back to normal. Unfortunately, we still have a tiny pond next to the house. Hrmmmmmmm.
Saturday's token: 0.1 miles
Sunday's miles: 2.0, in the wind and rain
Miles out of Hobbiton: 585.2
Miles out of Rivendell: 125.3
Miles to Lothlórien: 341
ETA: I'm not nervous because of the water, much; I'm nervous because of politics. You'll see it in tonight's CWU. Also, corrected river name after spaz.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:03 pm (UTC)p.s.
Date: 2006-01-30 08:06 pm (UTC)http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv?site_no=12155500
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:20 pm (UTC)Re: p.s.
Date: 2006-01-30 08:33 pm (UTC)I wonder if Jim's running for it yet.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:31 pm (UTC)McLendon's does carry a wide-spectrum incandescent which, as incandescent bulbs go, is good in this area. They're made by... Chromilux, I think? They use a lot more power and generate a lot more heat, but fit in smaller and fully-enclosed fixtures, so they have appropriate uses.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:17 pm (UTC)It's higher than it was a couple of weeks ago (in other words, higher than it's been all year). That's particularly amazing because it receded a lot last week, and on Friday was several feet below where it had been. So this is all from the last two days of rain. I guess with the soil as saturated as it is, it doesn't take as long to fill up.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:33 pm (UTC)D'oh. Yes. Corrected.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:23 pm (UTC)*sigh*
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:28 pm (UTC)On the plus side, there are a fair number of people these days who will vote against a Tim Eyman initiative just because it has his name on it, regardless of the initiative's merits (or lack thereof). Name recognition goes both ways.
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:35 pm (UTC)1. Find out which way Jim is voting.
2. Vote the other way.
3. ??
4. Profit!
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Date: 2006-01-30 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-30 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-31 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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