Rain showers in Tacoma right now. Rain is moving northward.
It’s gonna be a wet night.
Lost power up in Alderwood. This is going to be a fun night.
Oh man! Good luck with that. I had a flicker this afternoon but so far been steady.
We lost a large cherry tree in the yard today. Snow got heavy enough that it split right down the middle. I was out in the yard knocking snow off the branches of the 20 other trees in our yard.
It’s still snowing…
Sad for you, happy for the woodworker you know who will get the wood.
Yeah when you get someone to finish that tree off for you, assuming you don’t do it yourself, don’t let them take that wood. Sorry to hear about your tree though.
Our city depts trialed some bullshit NaCl spray that is supposedly more ecologically friendly but been eating up the sides of our cars, even more than salt.
Turns out that this fall, their excuse was uh “someone forgot to send us the memo. Or something”
CaCl2
Welp. Power came back for about an hour, and then I saw the fuse on a transformer blow up in the distance. It’s a pretty crazy glow. And just like that, the power is out again. Time to bundle up and snuggle under a thick blanket.
Damn, we got another 4 inches or so, and it’s still snowing!
Here in PA we’ve been having sleet and freezing rain for 6+ hours now. Untreated surfaces have around .5" to1" of ice.
How long was your power out? Pretty uneventful here. Hasn’t really snowed all morning. Still not leaving the house today.
First outage was about an hour. Then it went out again at about 9:30 PM, and didn’t come back until 1:45 AM. Then it went out again at about 5:30. Came back at about 6:30.
So it snowed in Hawaii, possibly a record, and they had wind gusts of up to 191 MPH:
Meanwhile there have been a bunch of small earthquakes in the ring of fire around the world. Is it the End Times?
191MPH! Wow, that’s easily enough to knock you down.
That’s an understatement – terminal velocity if you jump out of an airplane is only about 120MPH if you are falling belly-down, and 190 is enough to lift you even in a head-down dive angle!
At that top of Mount Kea, 13k up mountain.
There’s a 13 kilometer high mountain in Hawaii? That’s higher than Everest!
Ima gonna call shenanigans.
welll just here.
Mauna Kea
Maunakea[1]
Mauna Kea in December 2007, with its seasonal snow cap visible
Highest point
Elevation 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) [2]
Prominence 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) [2]
Isolation 3,947 km (2,453 mi) [3]
Listing * Highest ocean islands 2nd
- World most prominent 15th
- World most isolated peaks 8th
- Oceania highest peaks 2nd
- US highest major peaks 57th
- US most prominent peaks 2nd
- US most isolated peaks 2nd
- US state high point 6th
- Hawaii highest major peaks 1st
Coordinates
19°49′14″N 155°28′05″WCoordinates: 19°49′14″N 155°28′05″W [2]
Geography
Mauna Kea
Position of Mauna Kea in Hawaii
Location Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Parent range Hawaiian Islands
Geology
Age of rock Oldest dated rock: 237,000 ± 31,000 BP[4]
Approximate: ~1 million[4]
Mountain type Shield volcano
Hotspot volcano
Volcanic arc/belt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Last eruption 2460 BCE ± 100 years
Climbing
First ascent Recorded: Goodrich (1823)[5]
Easiest route Mauna Kea Trail
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated November 1972
Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]) is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in the state of Hawaii.