Questions and answers

[riser4]

Well that sandstone is not exactly red.



Not exactly not red either.

Can't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting a building made of red sandstone up in the 05401.

[glademaster]

Questions... I have many but let's start with one that I've been curious about for a while now:

What would the climate of Washington be like if the Cascade mountains weren't there? Would all that moisture just cruise on by and head to Montana? And to that end how many states would be effected? Would the Hoh rainforest still exist? Would eastern Washington still be arid?

Every night when I watch the weather on the local news and you see the break at the Cascade crest I wonder about this.

Given that the Hoh in in the Olympics, I'm going to say it would still exist even if the Cascades didn't.

[Danno]

Can't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting a building made of red sandstone up in the 05401.

Same in the 80301. Maybe that's why our malls are the same.

[riser4]

Same in the 80301. Maybe that's why our malls are the same.

Same designer if I am not mistaken?

[Danno]

Yes

[irul&ublo]

did something else change with google image search? I used to be able to copy and past the url from pics but now I keep getting a link instead, which makes it impossible to use as a pic on here as far as I can tell. It could be safari doing it I guess. is there any easy workaround? or has anyone else noticed this at least?

Email pic to yourself, copy the url

Or, save photo to your phone, and post it to forum from there

[oftpiste]

How much cheese is too much cheese? Just went to town on a container of cheddar curds. Urp.

There is no such thing as too much cheese.

[KQ]

Given that the Hoh in in the Olympics, I'm going to say it would still exist even if the Cascades didn't.

Yeah.... you're right that would be true. Nevertheless I'm still curious as to how both western and eastern Washington's climate/flora would change absent the Cascades.

There is no such thing as too much cheese.

plus de fromage!

[glademaster]

It is an interesting question. There's no doubt that a lot of moisture would still stream through the region off the Pacific, particularly in the fall/winter/spring, but orographic enhancement would be greatly diminished.

My postulation is that the area would still be relatively moist, but that precipitation would be distributed more evenly throughout the region. East of the current crest would be wetter than it is, areas west of the crest but not near the Cascades would probably have similar precip to what they do now, and places like North Bend, Darrington and Glacier would be drier than they are now, with precip totals more similar to the Puget Sound lowlands.

Would the Olympics, Coast Mountains of BC and the mountains on Vancouver Island still exist in your hypothetical? If so, I believe that you would still get Convergence Zone enhanced precip downstream of the Strait, so that may become an even more significant driver of localized variations in precip.

[hutash]

Yeah.... you're right that would be true. Nevertheless I'm still curious as to how both western and eastern Washington's climate/flora would change absent the Cascades.





plus de fromage!

Most likely west WA would still be at, just not as wet and a mixed coniferous/deciduous first would extent well into eastern WA and into ID/ MT until it hit the next mountain range, i.e Sun Valley would get more and wetter snow. Since there would be no rain shadow the Yakima desert wouldn't be.

[AK47bp]

It is an interesting question. There's no doubt that a lot of moisture would still stream through the region off the Pacific, particularly in the fall/winter/spring, but orographic enhancement would be greatly diminished.

My postulation is that the area would still be relatively moist, but that precipitation would be distributed more evenly throughout the region. East of the current crest would be wetter than it is, areas west of the crest but not near the Cascades would probably have similar precip to what they do now, and places like North Bend, Darrington and Glacier would be drier than they are now, with precip totals more similar to the Puget Sound lowlands.

Would the Olympics, Coast Mountains of BC and the mountains on Vancouver Island still exist in your hypothetical? If so, I believe that you would still get Convergence Zone enhanced precip downstream of the Strait, so that may become an even more significant driver of localized variations in precip.

Well glad that’s figured out.


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[Timberridge]

What if the Pacific current reversed itself and created a giant vortex just off the San Juan Islands?

...give that a thought for a minute.

[::: :::]

plus de fromage!

You might want “encore du fromage”

If my memory serves, “plus de fromage” means “no more cheese”
(Despite the lack of “ne”)

[oftpiste]

apporter le fromage

[Meadow Skipper]

Do people in the Southern Hemisphere say they’re going up south or down north?

[frorider]

No. Source: grew up in Oz

[Meadow Skipper]

Ah, that’s too bad.

[Core Shot]

No. Source: grew up in Oz

Do people in oz have yellow brick roads?

[KQ]

You might want “encore du fromage”

If my memory serves, “plus de fromage” means “no more cheese”
(Despite the lack of “ne”)

No I meant I ate too much

[dookeyXXX]

Why is it called "diamond painting" when neither diamonds nor paints are involved?

[::: :::]

No I meant I ate too much

Well then, my apologies for my French[man]-splainin...

[KQ]

Well then, my apologies for my French[man]-splainin...

I tried to type in my best Cheese Nazi voice but obviously that was lost in translation.

[AK47bp]

Can/will any self respecting vet euthanize a healthy animal for no other reason than the owners request?

My psycho mother in law has it written into her will that her dogs be euthanized when she dies.

Fucked up.


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[Bunion 2020]

To be buried with her in her Crypt?

[JongDoe]

Can/will any self respecting vet euthanize a healthy animal for no other reason than the owners request?

My psycho mother in law has it written into her will that her dogs be euthanized when she dies.

Fucked up.


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Viet Nam vet or Gulf War vet?
Sorry, just thought of the Ali G skit where he goofs on the veterinarian confusing them with war vets. Funny as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWDP_ew8HqQ