Here are a couple of sayings that reflect the notoriously awful weather we
have in parts of British Columbia:



In the city of Revelstoke, renowned for its heavy snowfall (most of the
houses have metal roofs to shed snow easily), it is said that the residents
have 3 months of revel, then 9 months of stoke.



And in Vancouver (with an average 61 inches of rain per year), it is said
that when you can't see the North Shore Mountains, it's raining; when you
can see them, it's going to rain!



I'm hoping to go out to look for some spring migrants today-- but I'll have
to wait till it stops raining!



Wayne C. Weber

Delta, BC

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bill
Anderson
Sent: March-28-12 1:08 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] PSA: Four Seasons of the PNW



Amid all this talk about the arrival of Spring, I would be remiss if I did
not remind everyone of the four seasons of the PNW.



Autumn: Labor Day through Thanksgiving

Holiday Season: Thanksgiving through New Year's Day

Rainy Season: New Year's Day through Junuary 30th

Summer: Four randomly scattered days between Junuary 30th and Labor Day



Whenever my friends start waxing poetic about Spring, I remind them that we
have yet to get through Mayvember and Junuary before we can begin to think
about warm weather.



Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA