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agesilaus
Nov 18, 2018Explorer III
I love the Olympic peninsula. Yes there can be rain. If you aren't a big wuss, it's a beautiful place to go.
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I was well aware of the weather situation in that part of the world, I spent time in Bremerton thanks to the USN where it- sort of rained for 143 days straight. And that in nothing unusual in that part of the world. There was talk that Bill gates must have paid for a major sacrifice to the Rain Gods to get a clear and sunny afternoon for some Microsoft event. But that rain was often just heavy mist or occasional drizzle. But when we were out there last time it was raining real rain for days on end. The CG at Forks was awash. USFS says average rainfall in the Olympic Peninsula is 140 inches at lower altitudes and 200 inches in the mountains. That's 2.7 inches a week on average...heh. We get around 56 inches here in Florida and it's fairly soggy here some of the year but nothing like that.
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I was well aware of the weather situation in that part of the world, I spent time in Bremerton thanks to the USN where it- sort of rained for 143 days straight. And that in nothing unusual in that part of the world. There was talk that Bill gates must have paid for a major sacrifice to the Rain Gods to get a clear and sunny afternoon for some Microsoft event. But that rain was often just heavy mist or occasional drizzle. But when we were out there last time it was raining real rain for days on end. The CG at Forks was awash. USFS says average rainfall in the Olympic Peninsula is 140 inches at lower altitudes and 200 inches in the mountains. That's 2.7 inches a week on average...heh. We get around 56 inches here in Florida and it's fairly soggy here some of the year but nothing like that.
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