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Old 10-24-2012, 08:48 PM   #19
Marin
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Originally Posted by windmist View Post
[B]T I wonder if we will ever see this weather pattern again in our lifetimes?

Ron
Apparently not. I have it on good authority from our cargo sales and marketing team that the rainless 80-day stretch was due to a large shipment of Global Warming that was heavily damaged during transit to a Cargolux 747 at Seatac. The shipment was on it's way to Europe but the semi transferring the crates to the Cargolux ramp took a corner too fast and the trailer overturned and most of the crates broke open. So almost all the Global Warming escaped.

Since the shipment was relatively small the Global Warming lost its influence on the local climate in about 80 days. Which is why we are now back to our normal rain and wind.

My friends in cargo sales and marketing tell me that new procedures have been put in place at Seatac as well as in Anchorage where a lot of air cargo transfers occur to prevent any future damage to Global Warming shipments, so I would not expect to see such a stretch of weather up here again.

We enjoyed it, too, for a few weeks up in the Gulf Islands.
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