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Blogs
April 4, 2012
Hard Rock Cafe's Rain-Timed Happy Hour Weathers a Very Wet March
An especially wet March hasn't dissuaded the Hard Rock Cafe from slashing its drink prices every time it rains, a restaurant spokesperson says. The Hard Rock this January debuted its weather-linked happy hour, promising to discount draft beers, Washington wines and premium well drinks by 50 percent ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Snowmania 2012 By The Numbers; 55,353 Gallons of Salt Brine
It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a whole lot of manpower, equipment and de-icer to deal with the kind of snow and ice storm that brought Seattle to its knees last week. The prevailing conventional wisdom has long viewed the city as rather whimpish when coping with a major onslaug ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Cliff Mass Tells Seattle Times to Hold Its Horses on 'Megastorm' Headlines
Cliff Mass is scaling back. The weatherman extraordinaire says he's highly doubtful the snowstorm heading our way tomorrow will be as monstrous as some have projected. In fact, he figures no more than 2 to 5 inches (5 inches near Olympia, 2 inches near Everett) will blanket Puget Sound. "It's going ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2012
This Snow Deal Could Be Real; Major Storm Moving In
All scoffing aside, the Daily Weekly is now ready to face up to the realization that a major snow storm could smack us like a hard, cold fist on Wednesday and might even break records at Sea-Tac Airport. Sunday's feather dusting, which yielded to this morning's icy roads could seem like a day at the ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2011
Hold Your Breath: Stagnant Air Brings "Dangerous Levels" of Pollution to Seattle Area
Image SourceThe National Weather service has issued an air stagnation advisory for the greater Seattle area, meaning that "limited movement of the air mass over the advisory area will allow pollution to increase to dangerous levels." So yeah, try to avoid breathing when you step outside today ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2011
Greg Nickels Should Find Solace in the Fate of New York City Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith
Greg Nickels, take heart: You're not the only public official to be buried alive by a snowstorm. It may be the dog days of summer, but the memory of last winter's blizzard in New York City still lives on, as does City Hall's lame response. The just-announced result: deputy mayor Stephen Golds ... More >>
Film
July 6, 2011
The Big Uneasy: Hurricane Katrina Re-Examined, From the Levee Side of the Storm
Greg Nickels, take heart: You're not the only public official to be buried alive by a snowstorm. It may be the dog days of summer, but the memory of last winter's blizzard in New York City still lives on, as does City Hall's lame response. The just-announced result: deputy mayor Stephen Golds ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Own a Piece of Northwest Culinary History: a Foam Tornado From the 5-Spot's Notoriously Tasteless Regional Menu
E.K. ThompsonThe hilarity has found its way to Western Avenue.We gave Chow Foods plenty of shit for not pulling the plug on the 5 Spot's terribly timed Tornado Alley menu amid the deadliest spate of twisters in modern American history. Mercifully, that period of stubborn tastelessness ended t ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
5-Spot Retires Tornado Theme, As Scheduled. Next Up, Portland.
Tornado season is apparently over at the 5-Spot, which persisted in offering jokey twister-themed décor and menu items throughout the recent deadly spate of tornadoes. The Chow Foods-owned restaurant picked the theme before the 2011 U.S. tornado outbreak killed more than 500 people. As fata ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
5 Spot's Tornado Alley Menu: Now 25% Less Tasteless (UPDATED)
UPDATE, 5/25: Yesterday's twisters in Tornado (as opposed to Dixie) Alley killed at least 14 people and injured many more. As the damage grows ever more dire, we can only assume Chow Foods is busy locating elementary schools in these newly impacted areas to donate 25% of its tasteless (but t ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Tornado Alley, the 5 Spot's Most Unfortunately Timed Regional Menu Ever
Erin K. ThompsonThe taste of devastation.The 5 Spot, along with its Chow Foods kin, regularly boasts a globetrotting regional menu that changes every three months or so. The current region featured: Tornado Alley, which, in the wake of the deadliest spate of heartland tornadoes the country ha ... More >>
Arts
March 9, 2011
The Fussy Eye: Raining Indoors
The aesthetics of weather.
Calendar
March 2, 2011
Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate
The aesthetics of weather.
Blogs
December 27, 2010
How Much Snow Dropped on East Coast Last Night? Time-Lapse Video Has the Answer
Two to six inches of snow falls in Seattle, and it's labeled "Snowpocalypse" and buses slide down roads. Back East, they get real snowstorms. As some more the more creative evidence of this, check out local New Jersey resident Michael Black's time lapse footage of his backyard getting barfed ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Snow Day!
Yes, folks, today is a snow day. Businesses are closed all over the city. The streets are quiet. People are freed (at least temporarily) from the grind of their jobs. But we here at Voracious HQ are still working hard for you. Granted, most of us are doing so while sitting on our couches, wra ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2010
India Outsourcing Its Storms to Seattle
Why couldn't she be what gets sent to us?Seattle may get half of all of its expected June rainfaill by the end of the week thanks to a storm with origins in India. According to KOMO weatherman Scott Sistek, the squall set to soak our city tonight began as Cyclone Laila in the almost-coastal t ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Seattle to be Blown Off the Face of the Earth Sometime Before Dinner
I have no idea what this map means. But KIRO meteorologist Sam Argier says that this afternoon's windpocalypse will be Seattle's strongest spring storm in 13 years. And today is Good Friday. So without completely overestimating the Biblical implications, I'm pretty sure this means someone i ... More >>
News
November 18, 2009
Cover Story: Critical Mass
A Carl Sagan protégé who bikes to work on the Burke is changing the way weather is forecasted in America.
Film
October 28, 2009
Act of God: Death From the Skies!
A Carl Sagan protégé who bikes to work on the Burke is changing the way weather is forecasted in America.
Blogs
October 8, 2009
Scary NOAA Charts & Graphs!
El Nino? La Nina? Make up your damn mind already! (Sorry, our blog software doesn't do diacritical marks.) September and now October have proven to be remarkably mild and dry; and there's hardly been a trace of precip that would fall as snow in the mountains. Local weather guru Cliff Mass say ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2009
FYI, for the Next Time Lightning Strikes: The Cliff Mass-Recommended Lightning Crouch
Yesterday we saw some pretty heavy rain (at least by Seattle summer standards) and maybe even a lightning bolt or two. Enter Seattle's favorite weather guru, Cliff Mass. He says when you're outside and lightning strikes, you should go into the lightning crouch: You don't want to lie on the g ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2009
July's Weather Was Like Michael Phelps
But can July do the butterfly?Every time you looked, it was breaking a record. With an average temperature of 69.5 degrees, it's officially the warmest July in Seattle history (at least as measured at SeaTac--it ties a 1941 record from the Federal Building, where temps would presumably be war ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2009
Damn, This Heat is Historic!
You're probably aware that the next week is supposed to be hot, but did you know that each of the next eight days is predicted to set a record for high temperatures? At least, that's what weather.com says. And the National Weather Service says it'll be humid, too. (While we're on the subject, what's ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2009
Welcome Back, El Nino
NASA satellite image of El Nino in 2006. It looks kinda like a hypercolor Death StarFriend of lowland-dwellers and enemy of skiers and water supplies, El Nino appears to be on its way back. So says local weather expert Cliff Mass on his local weather blog. El Nino conditions occur when the surface t ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
Heat Advisory!
Some like it hot, and Kenny Powers is one of them We don't get these too often. The National Weather Service, rocking the caps lock like only the National Weather Service can, issued a heat advisory for the Puget Sound area today:
Blogs
May 12, 2009
"Regular" Joe Mallahan Isn't Familiar With Stadium Tax, Is Concerned With Basic Services
In the second of a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, The P-I's Chris Grygiel interviews former T-Mobile exec Joe Mallahan, who recently donated $200,000 to his own campaign. Much like Mike McGinn focused on the tunnel and transportation issues, Mallahan continually said that he's a "Regu ... More >>
Calendar
March 11, 2009
Cliff Mass
In the second of a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, The P-I's Chris Grygiel interviews former T-Mobile exec Joe Mallahan, who recently donated $200,000 to his own campaign. Much like Mike McGinn focused on the tunnel and transportation issues, Mallahan continually said that he's a "Regu ... More >>
Calendar
February 25, 2009
Cliff Mass
In the second of a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, The P-I's Chris Grygiel interviews former T-Mobile exec Joe Mallahan, who recently donated $200,000 to his own campaign. Much like Mike McGinn focused on the tunnel and transportation issues, Mallahan continually said that he's a "Regu ... More >>
Calendar
January 21, 2009
Cliff Mass
In the second of a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, The P-I's Chris Grygiel interviews former T-Mobile exec Joe Mallahan, who recently donated $200,000 to his own campaign. Much like Mike McGinn focused on the tunnel and transportation issues, Mallahan continually said that he's a "Regu ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2008
Will Voters Just Say Snow to Mayor Nickels?
The region is slowly recuperating from the horrors of Snowstorm 2008. The roads are mostly clear, garbage service is returning and public transportation is rumored to be nearly back on schedule. More importantly, politics as usual will begin again. Or will it? Like a pool of water around ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
Server Reboot WedOHMYGODITMIGHTSNOW Edition
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Calendar
December 3, 2008
Cliff Mass
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Calendar
November 12, 2008
Cliff Mass: The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Calendar
September 10, 2008
Julie Blackmon: Domestic Vacations
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Blogs
December 26, 2007
Training Day
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2007
May Day! Save Some Heartache, Buy Starters
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2006
Slip, Sliding
From our System Administrator Paul Jensen:SPECIAL REPORT * SPECIAL REPORT * We take you now to Jean Enersen in the WINTER STORM WATCH 2008 FIRST ALERT CODE RED NEWSROOM TRACKING CENTER. Good afternoon. Breaking news happening right now as we speak. We're getting word that w ... More >>
Film
May 31, 2006
Typhoon
Like bad John Woo, plus dirty nukes.
News
September 7, 2005
Bush Blows Katrina
Following the media trail of Dubya's disaster: Doesn't anyone at the White House read National Geographic?
News
May 25, 2005
The Drought of 2005
Mountain snowpack is scant, so Seattle utilities have carefully measured and managed every drop of water.
Food
November 17, 2004
El Niño
Mountain snowpack is scant, so Seattle utilities have carefully measured and managed every drop of water.
Diversions
May 26, 2004
Unhappy Trails
The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.
Food
June 11, 2003
Berries, Heirloom Lettuce, and Peas
The Northwest's backcountry offers a grim preview of what's to come thanks to global warming.
News
November 21, 2001
This winter's forecast
Experts say, "Don't ask us."
Food
January 17, 2001
Wild weather
A Portland-based Thai chain storms into a familiar space.
Arts
October 6, 1999
An Unforgettable Storm
Weaving a nonfiction thriller from the strands of history.
News
August 4, 1999
Six degrees of... devastation?
Forget the Y2K bug. Here's a real 21st-century crisis facing the Northwest: the coming drought years.
Arts
February 10, 1999
Snow Queen
A new book and a reissued classic from the world's leading connoisseur of snow.
News
December 16, 1998
100 Inches of Snow!
And other myths about La Niña and this year's snowfall.
News
June 10, 1998
Dredging up excuses
King County talks about saving salmon—but joins in a Renton dredging project that threatens Cedar River runs.
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