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Winter has finally come to the PNW this week. We had lots of snow, then freezing rain which became ice on top of the snow, and more snow on top of that. We have lots of icicles hanging from the house gutters; ice on the trees. There are news reports of downed trees along highways, on cars, on one person (so far). Power outages everywhere because of the downed trees. The Narrows bridge is closed because of falling chunks of ice. We currently have rain which is melting the snow causing flooding and landslides. Now I hear we have a wind advisory starting at midnight tonight through tomorrow morning. This past weekend was MLK Jr holiday, so we had a 3-day weekend. Because of snow fall, I started work a little late on Tuesday, and because of the weather mentioned above, the kids and I have been off from school and work for a 5-day weekend.

I read that the Washington State Patrol handled 2317 incidences in a 24-hour period on Jan 18-19. That number includes collisions, traffic control, stranded motorists, debris, etc. Found that out from the Twitter feed for State Trooper Guy Gill.

Even so, it was pretty, and with a lot of luck, our power did not go out.

Snow over MLK Jr Holiday weekend.Freezing rain on top of snow (held upside-down for ease)