Welcome to the first Casual Friday open thread of 2024! This is where we take a break from Seattle Seahawks talk and veer off-topic with the rest of the Field Gulls community.
Let’s talk about the weather, which is currently ugly for most of the United States. This topic is inspired from my experience in Portland during this winter storm. Last Friday, I thought the long grocery lines were all panic over light snow and wind on Saturday. Turns out I was extremely wrong, and the bulk of this storm has been pretty bad. It’s been nothing but freezing rain, accumulating ice, fairly strong wind gusts, toppled trees, downed power lines, and transformer explosions for several days.