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September 29, 2005
Fall: What a Dangerous Season!
My favorite season in Seattle is definitely Fall. I know, everyone here loves the summer, but it's so boring. The colors of the evergreen trees and fall leaves against the gray, cloudy sky are amazing. This time of year, the boring, monotone grayness has yet to settle in over our little corner of the world.
This morning on my walk to work I was reminded of the other side of Fall however. The evil, dangerous side.
After getting nailed in the head twice by those little spiky balls on trees (you know, the kind you threw at your siblings when you were a kid and they hurt like hell), and getting poked directly in the eye (leading to actual tears) by the stem on a leaf, I had to put on my protective eye wear, otherwise known as sunglasses (see figure 1). Then, I felt like a dork. I was wearing really dark sunglasses when it was sprinkling, dark, and cloudy outside. It was totally necessary though. If I had goggles, I would have worn them.
Figure 1.
The plus side to the extreme wind? No need for a blow dryer (see figure 2).
Figure 2.
At one point I was afraid that I and the other pedestrians on the corner waiting for the light to change were going to be crushed by a Dumpster swinging over head (See figure 3). The picture makes it look much farther away.
Figure 3.
At least it wasn't really raining. That's when it gets really dangerous. Those dumb Seattlites bring out their umbrellas in the strong wind storms and they don't know how to hold them correctly. Which means you have to watch out for two things; one, escaped umbrellas, they may have flown out of hands, or really dumb people just leave them on the street when they break, and two, you may be standing there just minding your own business when all of a sudden some moron walks up and turns the wrong way causing their umbrella to unexpectedly turn inside out and you have been pronged. The worst pronging of all is the eye pronging, followed closely by the ruining of the sweater pronging.
Anyway, on a final note, a pretty tree:
Posted by meloknee at September 29, 2005 01:15 PM
Comments
I hate umbrellas in Seattle. It is a ridiculous concept. Especially since the rain is mostly just a measly drizzle.
I will say the wind was so strong that last night, it blew down a tree at the boss man's house and he can't get out until someone chainsaws that puppy off his private road. Whew!
Posted by: Bugg at September 30, 2005 08:20 AM
Good! Now maybe he can finally get some of that rest he needs.
Posted by: melanie at September 30, 2005 08:55 AM