I've heard a lot of whining lately about our unusually wet and cool June weather. Even our five year old called me this past week with an important question: "Daddy, here's something funny. Why is it summer and it's still raining?" My response was an easy one: "It's because you live in Oregon!" A … [Read more...]
Venus Sky Show: See It Today, Or You Never Will
I've made a pretty bold statement in the title of this blog post when it comes to the transit of Venus across the sun. But let's put it this way: barring some sort of Han Solo "deep freeze" action like we saw in Star Wars, this is the last chance in your life to see Venus as it appears to slide … [Read more...]
KOIN Local 6 Amazing Race Tryouts Were Amazing
The chance to travel the world? Yep. The chance to be on CBS-TV across the country including KOIN Local 6? Yep. The opportunity to do something few ever will? Yep. And on this rainy Sunday morning--that Amazing Race journey started in Beaverton! Here's the behind the scenes scoop on what … [Read more...]
90 Degree Heat Ahead – I Heard It On The Playground
It's amazing how fast the word spreads when Portland's about to hit 90 degrees. On Thursday I picked up our boys from school and we stopped at the school's playground so they could play outside for a few minutes. My oldest son said, "It's kind of cold in the shade." He was right because it was … [Read more...]
Portland’s Spring 2012 – Already Blowing Away Last Year’s Weather
Whether you like sunny & warm days or not--Portland's spring of 2012 is already blowing away last year's weather when it comes to heat! My colleague Matt Brode actually dug up this little nugget you see in the graphic here. I guess I'd blocked out how bad last spring was. In a … [Read more...]
Portland April 2012 – Some Crazy Facts
My favorite crazy fact of April 2012: no measurable rain on any Saturday, all month long! Now that's a trend I like to see. We also hit 82 degrees two days in a row in Portland--setting new records those days. The graphic below has the low down on April rainfall. It was a wet month! … [Read more...]
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