Suicides in Oregon probably up

[Charles Freeborn]

Yes, weather here sucks. Don't move here....

[Cajundaddy]

You guys can keep that nasty weather. We got WAY more of it than normal (20") this Jan-Feb and I was really done when it finally let up 2 weeks ago. Do send some of that water down south in August tho.

[pwd72s]

Just finished local TV news from Portland. West Burnside buried by yet another landslide. Saturated soil makes for slides. Pretty heavily trafficked commuter arterial.

[djmcmath]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

That's what sucks in many. A visit in the summer to make them think they'd love living here. So they buy, only to regret it later. Especially along the coast, which suffers from even more rain & stormy weather than here in the valley. Always real estate for sale on the Oregon coast, some of it pretty nice homes.

I've met a LOT of people who've done that. They come for an interview in August, and discover by October that the 4-color glossy brochure they experienced that weekend in "the summer" isn't what they're really getting.

I knew what I was getting into when I moved out here, and it still gets me down sometimes.

The odd counterpoint is that, when the sun is out, you feel like you *HAVE* to be out in it. Like it's an obligation. I remember last summer, it was like 9pm on a weeknight, and I was headed to bed (I'm an early riser), and I stopped and said, "No, I can't go to sleep yet, I'd be wasting sun-time." It's a bizarre thing.

[Ayles]

Not a cloud in the sky right now! Chilly but its nice to have it be bright.