On occasion, the weather gods WILL work in our favor!

...well, depending whose team you're on.



unbelievable own goal assisted by the wind
By TheSportsChannel

http://youtu.be/O4tVtfDTqJs

There's a reason why Seattle doesn't like snow!

While I have never had the misfortune of driving through a snowstorm in the Pacific Northwest, I have seen the many horrors brought on by the seemingly-innocent white stuff. Art Thiel does a fantastic job of illustrating these for you. Read on, and shut up!



http://sportspressnw.com/2012/01/critics-of-seattle-in-snow-shut-the-hell-up/

Powerful photos from 2011

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011



Wow... I find it hard to believe that all of these things happened this year. So much chaos and violence. Kudos to the photographers for capturing these striking moments in history... too bad the list couldn't be longer, and more events, such as those in Libya, couldn't have been shown as well.

Summer in the Pacific Northwest

Unfortunately this picture was posted on Imgur with no photographer listed, so I also can't credit it to anyone, but it's so damn true. Most of the country is frying like a slice of French toast, while Washington and Oregon are pulling on their sweaters. Oi.

Snowman dies at the hands of bus driver

I had not heard of this before, but apparently last winter some idiots built a snowman in the middle of the road, and filmed as one car carefully maneuvered around it, and then a bus driver plowed his bus straight through it. I'll admit, it is impressive to see a bus do that.

Anyway, the driver was fired (or quit?), and now there's a campaign on Facebook to save him for... being epic? I don't know.

Regardless of how epic a stunt it was, the snowman could have caused a serious accident, as far as I'm concerned, and the driver got rid of the hazard. Good for him. But yeah, the whole thing is kind of dumb.

Enjoy?



http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Bus-Driver/135431429847909




http://youtu.be/VQ2aAmMRjxc

State stereotypes!!

I love these. Stereotypes can be horrible, and people should by no means be judged using them as we're each individuals, but to an extent they're true. I'm a big fan of anything showing off the fifty unique chunks of the US, so I think this video is great. I haven't looked into the book that the guy's promoting at the end, though... hmm, probably should do that.




http://youtu.be/h68UJaHvG_c

Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi

(As the e-mail stated it...)


How's this for international cooperation!

Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi River.

As you may have seen on the news it's been very cold in Iowa.

So cold, in fact, that the US Army Corp of Engineers has borrowed a visiting Norwegian Icebreaker to clear the Mississippi River for freighter traffic. The Icebreaker is starting near Davenport and working its way northward.


Here is a picture as the hard work of ice breaking begins. Impressive!





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What is Mommy selling?

The story isn't entirely clear, but basically, a girl in first or second grade gave her teacher this drawing.





Apparently, after the girl took it home with her, her mother sent her back with a note for the teacher:

Dear Ms. Davis,

I want to be perfectly clear on my child's homework illustration.
It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint surrounded by male customers with money.
I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm.

This drawing is of me selling a snow shovel.




...I love kids' artwork. XD

The Pacific Northwest knows how to deal with bad weather

I know this from experience.

If you love rain as much as I do

Sometimes I need silence, sometimes music, but sometimes... both are too distracting. Thankfully, there is a solution!

www.rainymood.com plays continuous rainfall and thunder cracks. A few days ago I was listening to it when it was sunny and in the upper 60s outside. Plus, if you and your room/housemates can't agree on what genre of music to listen to, perhaps you can settle on this.

Enjoy!