Tuesday, December 29, 2009

It was sooooo cold!

I found this video on YouTube.com -- taken on December 13, 2009 from an unknown location, but it looks like it's not too far from Shorehill -- does anyone recognize the spot?

It you enlarge the video to full screen and watch carefully you can actually see the piling move as it struggles against the ice flow.

Good illustration of both the sustained cold temperature and the power of the combination of ice and tidal flow, which also damaged our pilings (see photos in the post below).

Sunday, December 27, 2009

How Cold Was It?

December's cold weather was so cold that Hood Canal was covered in a layer of ice. Some Shorehill residents said it looked like the layer of ice went from North Shore to South Shore.

The ice further damaged our dock, one resident's water pump (and many other facilities on the canal); note the leaning piling.



And the ice was still around on the weekend after Christmas.



The cold weather had it scenic moments, such as in these photos taken near Tahuya.