The media made much of a potential snowfall this week -- so much so that Metro transit issued a "snow watch alert" this week. So, was anybody surprised when nary a flake of snow touched the Lovely Rainer Valley.O'Doul the Weather Collie would have told you not to launch into a snow-driven hysteria. If you only listened to him... and not the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or the hysterical television meteorologists.
Mount Baker resident Tony -- O'Doul's official spokesman -- reports that the collie's shedding of his winter coat is of an "average" amount and not indicative of the harsh winter that NOAA forecast. Tony estimates that the collie shed enough of his summer coat to fill a 20-ounce, micro-can garbage container.
By comparison, O'Doul shed enough hair in 2008 -- the winter of the Seattle's record snowstorm -- to fill a recycling container issued by the Seattle utilities department. While NOAA forecasted La Niña winter -- defined by NOAA as characterized by "unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equitorial Pacific" -- the collie's hair fall suggested something less than a Little House on the Prairie climate.
How does Tony reconcile the difference between O'Doul and NOAA's prognostications? "Maybe they consulted the Farmers Almanac," Tony said of the federal agency.
While the streets of the Lovely Rainier Valley may be dry, the mercury could dip below 30 degrees. You need a heated beverage to keep you warm... like an Irish Coffee.
Irish Coffee
- 6 oz. fresh brewed coffee
- tsp. brown sugar
- 1½ oz. Irish whiskey
- heavy cream
Whip heavy cream and refrigerate to chill.
Combine hot coffee, brown sugar and whiskey in a Irish Coffee glass.
Stir mixture until sugar dissolves.
Top the cocktail with a dollop of heavy cream.
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