I wonder if more people NOW understand W. North Carolina?
The misfortune of finding yourself living where the winds from the Pacific are very weak at the latitude of LA and San Diego, which doesn't bring much moisture onto the land. But hey, they’re quite strong at the latitude of Seattle and Portland, and here, they bring a ton of moistu…
I wonder if more people NOW understand W. North Carolina?
The misfortune of finding yourself living where the winds from the Pacific are very weak at the latitude of LA and San Diego, which doesn't bring much moisture onto the land. But hey, they’re quite strong at the latitude of Seattle and Portland, and here, they bring a ton of moisture. Those two parallel bands of rain in W Washington and Oregon and a reasonably dry area between them. Two coastal mountain ranges, each catching rain. Our little valley between the two mountain ranges is protected, warmer, and drier. It becomes more clear why most settlements in our area are in that central valley and not on the coast. Three cheers for the Puget Sound Lowlands: protected from the aggressiveness of the Pacific Ocean, its rains, and winds by the Olympic Mountains and our deep water port, which allows it to trade the hinterland goods with the world.
Good geographic fortune. But no one is naive here, they just fail to take action. When the Strait of Juan de Fuca fault shoots off a full thrust 9.0 mega quake, we’re all screwed. We all know that no one will come to save us.
The worst part is the dry Santa Ana winds coming in from the desert to Southern Cali. I lived there in the 80's and usually, there were about 2-3 weeks of rain... at the end of Jan-Feb which constituted Winter. For a NE'sterner, that seemed like a great deal at the time.
I wonder if more people NOW understand W. North Carolina?
The misfortune of finding yourself living where the winds from the Pacific are very weak at the latitude of LA and San Diego, which doesn't bring much moisture onto the land. But hey, they’re quite strong at the latitude of Seattle and Portland, and here, they bring a ton of moisture. Those two parallel bands of rain in W Washington and Oregon and a reasonably dry area between them. Two coastal mountain ranges, each catching rain. Our little valley between the two mountain ranges is protected, warmer, and drier. It becomes more clear why most settlements in our area are in that central valley and not on the coast. Three cheers for the Puget Sound Lowlands: protected from the aggressiveness of the Pacific Ocean, its rains, and winds by the Olympic Mountains and our deep water port, which allows it to trade the hinterland goods with the world.
Good geographic fortune. But no one is naive here, they just fail to take action. When the Strait of Juan de Fuca fault shoots off a full thrust 9.0 mega quake, we’re all screwed. We all know that no one will come to save us.
The worst part is the dry Santa Ana winds coming in from the desert to Southern Cali. I lived there in the 80's and usually, there were about 2-3 weeks of rain... at the end of Jan-Feb which constituted Winter. For a NE'sterner, that seemed like a great deal at the time.