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Photo Friday Challenge – Building (Wind-power)
Posted on June 17, 2011 by jackieinpdx
Wordless Wednesday
Posted on March 30, 2011 by jackieinpdx
A spectacularly beautiful fall day!
Posted on November 4, 2010 by jackieinpdx
Previously I have written blog posts about how crappy the weather can be in Portland. I may have even ranted about it. When it rains non-stop for a week or two it can get really old. Gray skies, damp and windy days are very common most of the late fall to late spring.
This is about the weather here in Portland but it’s not a complaint. Today it was 68 degrees, blue sky; sunshine and I drove with my sunroof open. The leaves in Oregon change later than a lot of other areas of the country. Some trees have completely changed colors while others are just beginning to. It was just a beautiful fall day!
Overall I really should not complain about the Portland weather.
- We have very little snow. Usually it only snows every couple of years or so. However, when it does snow it tends to be layered, snow, ice, snow, ice.
- We don’t have hurricanes or tornados.
- Summer forest fires are frequent but they are in the rural areas of the state especially southern, central and eastern Oregon.
- We have an occasional minor earthquake but haven’t had one that caused any damage since 1993.
- In parts of the state, even in the city sometimes there are creeks and rivers that flood due to a really long spell of rain or a fast snow melt.
So here’s what I saw today. The beautiful blue sky and the wonderful colors of the changing leaves.
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What’s the rainiest city in the United States?
Posted on June 5, 2010 by jackieinpdx
The clock’s ticking. The spotlight’s getting hotter. What’s your guess?
Chances are you just lost one billion dollars. Seattle? Wrong. Portland? Not even close. The rainiest city in the United States is Mobile.
Seattle’s ranking? Number 41. Portland? 42.
In a study on the top 10 rainiest cities in the United States released by San Francisco-based WeatherBill, Inc., Mobile averages more than five feet of rainfall annually. Portland gets about three feet. Cities in the Southeast dominate the list until the Northwest makes its début at number 24 with Olympia. The capital city of The Evergreen State maintains its rainy day reputation by being the city with the most rainy days annually (63 days) but the Northwest’s rainy day pride doesn’t last long: Mobile comes in second on the most rainy days list with 59 days.
But I have to say after 25 days of rain in April and the last 20 days with measurable rainfall I think Portland and Seattle may have moved up on the list a few points. This morning the sun is out and the sky is blue. Time to celebrate!
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The first of many firsts
Posted on May 8, 2010 by jackieinpdx
Tomorrow will be the first Mother’s Day without my mother. It has been hard the last couple of weeks hearing all the Mother’s Day commercials on the radio and TV. Thanksgiving and Christmas will be especially tough the first time around because my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer just before Thanksgiving and died three days after Christmas. Christmas was my mother’s favorite time of year.
I created the electronic invite to the memorial service for my Mother which is taking place next month on her birthday. It took me at least three tries to get it done because I had to stop when I started to cry.
This morning several members of my family participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. “The walk is to honor breast cancer survivors, remember people we have lost, and raise funds and awareness to help end this disease. Making Strides is not a race; it is a celebration of survivorship, an occasion to express hope, and a shared goal to end a disease that threatens the lives of so many people we love.” Although my mother did not have breast cancer my sister Debi pulled together some family members to help out the cause. I donated enough $ yesterday to get them to their team goal.
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