Perhaps we could do with something a little less moist

My wife and I often joke that the popular belief that it rains all the time in Seattle is a lie concocted to stem the flow of immigrants from California. But the last few days have begun to erode that view.

TDavid links to a KOMO report that the current storm may be the worst in this area since 1995, with heavy flooding expected.

“Did I mention that I’m tired of the rain?” I said to my wife in passing.

“You want to move?”

“No.”

This morning I even skipped the morning run with Halley. It was just raining too hard, and I took the opportunity for an extra hour of sleep. Then, when I went out to the garage to let Halley outside, she didn’t even get up. She was lying by the heater I had put there for her, and she raised one eye towards me as if to say, “you’re not really going to make me go out in that mess, are you?”

My wife noticed the 100-foot-plus cedars and hemlocks around our house swaying in the wind, and worried that the soggy ground might not hold onto their roots. That could result in one very difficult game of pick up sticks.

Well, always look on the bright side. Word of this should keep the sun worshippers away for a few more years at least.