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Hi Chris - Sorry, I was looking at Chairdesklamp's location. I do read English, however, and once in a while actually make sense out of it all (lol). Never been as far East as you - I lived in Chicago for a number of years as a social worker, though. My Dad's family is from Kansas so I've been there many times - and truly liked it. The furthest East I've been is Erie, PA, but that was for a conference.
Yes, it can be rather pleasant out this far West. Because we have a marine climate, we are spared hard winters (even though we're this far north). Low elevation and our proximity to the Sound - which is salt water - keeps us rather temperate. We do get snow upon occasion, but it doesn't last more than a week, and is rarely heavy. True it rains a lot here, again, due to the proximity to the gulf of Alaska and the winds that bring their clouds down to us (there's not much to get in the way of the clouds so they sweep on down). Keeps us in the 30's - 40's from mid October to about now. Some 20's but that's overnight. We get about 60 inches of rain a year, but the Western side of the Olympic peninsula receives around 90 - why anyone would choose to live where the summer temps are hovering around 67 is beyond me - and that's only around the last week of July and 3 weeks in August, then it's gone.
There is a high rate of suicide here, Oregon is higher because of the flat grey overcast that lasts for weeks. No leaves on the trees, grey sky, fog, drizzle - no wonder the British settled here! Anyway, Oregon is usually colder than we are in the winter, but also warmer in the summer. The Columbia gorge that carries the Columbia river that separates Oregon & Washington gets incredible winds - but that's where windsurfing was developed.
Hope you can get out this far West some time - I'll show you around.
Yes, it can be rather pleasant out this far West. Because we have a marine climate, we are spared hard winters (even though we're this far north). Low elevation and our proximity to the Sound - which is salt water - keeps us rather temperate. We do get snow upon occasion, but it doesn't last more than a week, and is rarely heavy. True it rains a lot here, again, due to the proximity to the gulf of Alaska and the winds that bring their clouds down to us (there's not much to get in the way of the clouds so they sweep on down). Keeps us in the 30's - 40's from mid October to about now. Some 20's but that's overnight. We get about 60 inches of rain a year, but the Western side of the Olympic peninsula receives around 90 - why anyone would choose to live where the summer temps are hovering around 67 is beyond me - and that's only around the last week of July and 3 weeks in August, then it's gone.
There is a high rate of suicide here, Oregon is higher because of the flat grey overcast that lasts for weeks. No leaves on the trees, grey sky, fog, drizzle - no wonder the British settled here! Anyway, Oregon is usually colder than we are in the winter, but also warmer in the summer. The Columbia gorge that carries the Columbia river that separates Oregon & Washington gets incredible winds - but that's where windsurfing was developed.
Hope you can get out this far West some time - I'll show you around.
