Isn't it depressing living in Washington? Out of Towners what about you? (Seattle: neighborhoods, statistics)

[Pahn]

I'm a native Texan that grew up in Pennsylvania. Moved to WA randomly several years ago, and have a native Washingtonian son. Moved back to PA for work about 10 months ago, and let me tell you, I'm eagerly awaiting the day I can move back to the west coast.

Bellingham beckons.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pahn

I'm a native Texan that grew up in Pennsylvania. Moved to WA randomly several years ago, and have a native Washingtonian son. Moved back to PA for work about 10 months ago, and let me tell you, I'm eagerly awaiting the day I can move back to the west coast.

Bellingham beckons.

Bellingham has been getting a big influx of NE and SW climate refugees and retirees, too. I wonder if they have similar summer water shortage problems as the eastern part of the Olympic Peninsula (Sequim, Port Townsend, etc.) You'd think the awful weather they're purported to have should be worth something--a steadier water supply, at the least.

Does anyone here know?

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Bellingham has been getting a big influx of NE and SW climate refugees and retirees, too. I wonder if they have similar summer water shortage problems as the eastern part of the Olympic Peninsula (Sequim, Port Townsend, etc.) You'd think the awful weather they're purported to have should be worth something--a steadier water supply, at the least.

Does anyone here know?

What awful weather are you referring too?

To my knowledge Sequim hasn't had a water shortage or water restrictions in recent years...I have no idea about PT but since they have to import water from the two Quilcene rivers which is about 30 miles from PT and neither river is hardly a river in the summer time, both are more like a stream.

[west seattle gal]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Bellingham has been getting a big influx of NE and SW climate refugees and retirees, too. I wonder if they have similar summer water shortage problems as the eastern part of the Olympic Peninsula (Sequim, Port Townsend, etc.) You'd think the awful weather they're purported to have should be worth something--a steadier water supply, at the least.

Does anyone here know?

There are sometimes water restrictions for use on lawns and such.

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by west seattle gal

There are sometimes water restrictions for use on lawns and such.

Like I said I don't know about PT but there were no water restrictions in Sequim during the so-called drought last year....I do believe there was some kind of volunteer water restrictions in the Dungeness Valley, but not in Sequim.
There were in PA however.

[MarciaMarshaMarcia]

Originally Posted by rantiquity

Like I said I don't know about PT but there were no water restrictions in Sequim during the so-called drought last year....I do believe there was some kind of volunteer water restrictions in the Dungeness Valley, but not in Sequim.
There were in PA however.

City of Port Angeles had mandatory water restrictions last summer...it was in the newspaper.

It was VERY dry in PA & Sequim last summer...burn bans long before usual.

[pikabike]

Originally Posted by MarciaMarshaMarcia

City of Port Angeles had mandatory water restrictions last summer...it was in the newspaper.

It was VERY dry in PA & Sequim last summer...burn bans long before usual.

Yup, it was extremely dry all over the northern Olympic Peninsula last winter, spring, AND summer. PT had water restrictions, and the feverish push to lure more tourism and residents ignores this as if it were a temporary oddity.

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by MarciaMarshaMarcia

City of Port Angeles had mandatory water restrictions last summer...it was in the newspaper.

Yes..... I believe I said that in my post.

It was VERY dry in PA & Sequim last summer...burn bans long before usual.

Actually it wasn't any drier in Sequim then usual during the summer months last year.

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Bellingham has been getting a big influx of NE and SW climate refugees and retirees, too. I wonder if they have similar summer water shortage problems as the eastern part of the Olympic Peninsula (Sequim, Port Townsend, etc.) You'd think the awful weather they're purported to have should be worth something--a steadier water supply, at the least.

Does anyone here know?

Actually the water shortage in PA can be blamed somewhat on tearing the dams down on the Elwaha river. Sequim didn't have a water restriction last year and PT get its water out of two rivers about 30 miles away which dwindle to a stream in the summer. The larger the PT population grows the more those rivers will be under stress. Kind of what happened in Los Angles and the not so mighty Colorado river in the LA area.

[TAZORAC]

Did any of you know that Washington had the highest suicide rates in America?