Monday, December 22, 2008

Why Us? (Portland Storm of the Century)

Two out of the last three winters we've been in a place that had the worst snow storm they've experienced in 40-50 years.  We lived just north of Denver during the winter of 06-07.  That year, they had a snow storm come through that dropped the most snow in 50 years.  Denver International Airport was completely shut down for 4 days and we saw drifts of snow upwards of 8 feet tall.  There was about 4 feet of snow in the flats.

Right now, we live in the Portland area and we just had the biggest snow storm this area has seen since 1968 over the weekend.  We have about a foot and a half of snow on the ground at our house in Dundee.  People in Oregon don't really know what to do with the snow.  As soon as the first snowflake hit the windshield, people started driving in to each other and in to ditches.

Here are some photos I just took outside our house.  Take a look at the carnage...

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Our House

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My Sisters PT Cruiser

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Our Trash Cans

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