[AJD] OT: Dean's monopoly on rain

[Dean VP]

Greg:

Something like 27 days in a row. Only need 5 or 6 more consecutive days and
will break the all time record. Governor starting to declare "state of
emergency" in some areas primarily due to mud slides. If I build an ark do I
need to put two of each model JD on it too?

Below is a news report as of January 13th:

People in water-logged Washington now have official confirmation of
something they've been suspecting: It's been raining a lot. 

The city had its 26th straight day of rain Friday and was just a week short
of the 1953 record of 33 consecutive rainy days. Daily rainfall records have
already fallen in Seattle and Olympia. 

More seriously, officials worried about the potential for more landslides
and floods, warning that the saturated landscape can't hold much more water.


"What we need is a reprieve," Tony Fantello, maintenance and operations
manager for Pierce County Water Programs in Tacoma, told The News Tribune.
"Everything is just overtaxed. Even 24 to 36 hours of dry conditions really
help take the heat off." 

No dice. Mostly light rain fell early Friday, and the weather service
predicted more over the next 10 days. 

Meteorologist Danny Mercer said he thinks the rain will continue at least
until Jan. 20, when Seattle would tie the 1953 mark. 

"We have a front coming in almost every single day, with very few breaks in
between these systems," Mercer said. 

A respite could come Sunday or late next week, but it's more likely that the
rain will only lessen, possibly with a few hours of scattered sunshine, he
said. 

On Wednesday the weather service reported 0.94 inches of rain at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking the old record for Jan. 10 of
0.71 set in 1979. A record of 1.56 inches was set at Olympia Airport,
breaking the previous mark of 1.12 set in 1976. 

Flooding along numerous rivers, none of it severe, was generally easing as
water receded early Friday, and the only flood warnings were for the
Chehalis below Centralia and the short, flood-prone Skokomish west of
Bremerton. 

Some highways remained closed by mudslides, while Amtrak and commuter train
service that had been suspended north of Seattle due to mudslides could
resume Friday afternoon, officials said. 


Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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Subject: Re: [AJD] OT: Dean's monopoly on rain

Another 60 degree day in the foothills of the Rockies
But dry so could use some of Dean's rain. I hear it's approaching a new
record for consecutive days Dean? Is that right?
Greg


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