Snowblast 2005

Snowblast 2005 has come and gone and boy were there stories to tell as well over 1/4 inch of the flurry white stuff accumulated in various high altitudes of the city.

KOMO high

KOMO newschannel 4, maintaining their high journalistic standards first realized and noted during
Whole Lotta Shakin' 2000 and continuing through Snow Alert 2001, The Big One 2002, Under Water 2003, and Will She Blow? 2004, reported that a guy in Olympia was out in the mess when he (and everybody else in the Puget Sound Area) was expressly told "to stay at home."

Bravery in the face of DEATH

That this guy braved the arctic conditions when he could've maybe slipped on the ice that was possible later in the day or stepped in a puddle is testament to the "Frontier Mentality" of the Northwest people that is very admirable.

However, as the weathercaster stated he still should have "stayed at home."

Frightening

Other frightening things happened during Snowblast 2005 that were very frightening including some people's cars slipping in the snow.

An old woman in Sequim (possibly the same woman who in Whole Lotta Shakin' 2000 reported that her teacups were rattling in the cupboard, but, no, none of them actually broke) gave a detailed account of a half "donut" that her car went into when she turned the corner.

Kids Frolicked for awhile

Kids played frolicking around until the snow melted later in the day and Snowblast 2005 was history.

That it only lasted about 3 hours DOES NOT mean it wasn't a Snowblast, because it was and it was intense for the 3 hours or so.

To see some of the snow stick a little on the grass was quite something and many people from around the Puget Sound area left work early, so you KNOW it was a Snowblast and quite a Snowblast too.

Got People Talking

People will be talking about Snowblast 2005 for a long long time. ("Remember how during Snowblast 2005 how our plants sorta drooped a little because of all the snow at 2pm but then were fine at 4pm? That was amazing!")