Seattle/Rochester: the climate edition.
— Amazon in Rochester (@AMZNinROC) October 18, 2017
1. Seattle basically has a wet season and a dry season. The dry season is about 10 weeks long, July-Aug w/possible bonus time in Sep.
2. Rochester has four honest seasons. Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter. If you don’t like the weather, wait six weeks or so – it will change.
3. Seattle has milder winters. If you miss snow, you can go visit it in the mountains.
4. If it does happen to snow, Seattle shuts down because it is too hilly for people to drive in the snow…
5. …and the snow’s usually gone by noon the next day. Snowmen are an art form that celebrates ephemerality.
6. Interestingly, both cities have skiing about 45 minutes away. Snoqualmie Pass in Seattle, Bristol Mountain in Rochester.
7. In Rochester, the snow falls on your driveway and your sidewalks and your deck and your yard.
8. You can build snowmen and snow forts and have snowball fights and build snow sculptures.
9. And sled. In Rochester, if there is hill nearby, you can sled there. Kids love sledding and it’s always banned at ski resorts.
10. And snow barely slows Rochester down at all. Monroe County keeps its roads clear.
11. When it snows at the airport, Seattle uses equipment from Rochester-based Pro-Tech Sno Pusher. http://www.snopusher.com
