The Olympia airport is slightly rainshadowed by the hills containing Capitol Forest. It receives an annual average of 51" of rain. Olympia proper receives a little bit more: a weather station at Preist Point Park averaged 54" before it was taken out of service. As you go west from Olympia, precipitation goes up pretty quick. Living on Cooper Point I consistently recorded 15-20% more precipitation than the Olympia airport. A lady in Alpine Hills has kept records for years; she averages 75" (benefitting quite a bit from higher elevation and orographic lifting over Capitol Forest). So Reg your 22.9" is quite probable. Weather data for many locations in the Pacific Northwest is available through the Western Regional Climate Center: Washington Climate Summaries. This is a very useful site. Location... average annual precip... wettest month ever... Sea-Tac... 38.09... 12.92 (Jan 1953, but this record has now been broken) Olympia Airport... 50.88... 19.84 (Jan 1953) Shelton... 66.19... 23.86 (Jan 1953) Potlatch... 89.54... 32.01 (Jan 2006) Forks... 118.83... 41.70 (Jan 1953) Quinalt Ranger Station... 137.21... 50.39 (Jan 1935) (the wettest place I could find) Sequim 2E... 15.84... 4.78 (Nov 1990) Sequim... 16.51... 8.79 (Dec 1933)

hmmm, some confusion to say the least. #1 confusion - who my pal was. boy was i off. and i have to admit you did the greatest job of keeping me off track. i have to thank you ever so much for all you have shared with me throughout the year. my gardens will forever remain gorgeous because of you and my heart will forever be filled with smiles at your kindness and geneorsity. #2 confusion - ruth/lil -- i didn't send that. i had ordered something for you back when it was your birthday that never was shipped but it wasn't from maine. i mailed your package out yesterday. i can't be that out of it that i don't remember ordering you a wreath LOL but then again! someone else deserves that credit and it sounds like a great gift. sure hope you enjoy the one i really sent! yaya, you will be missed. you really ran a tight ship and i so appreciated being a part of this group. i must admit, for a while there, i thought you were my pal. now i see how wrong i was. go figure. since i have been full of doom and gloom this year, a year i can't wait to end, i have some happy news. we got a new pup. he's a total freak, into everything, so mischeieveous, a pain in the butt, but so playful and sweet. i do think he's missing something upstairs, unless i just don't remember "puppy". already he's so spoiled. but it's just wonderful to have an animal in the house again. it was only a short period of time, but i certain missed having that special something! now the better news -- even though i am a youngster myself (LOL), i'm going to be a granny! i can't wait. things weren't done the "conventional" way, but what the heck...it's going to happen anyway! it was truly a good thanksgiving! it's been my pleasure belonging to this group. i'd love to stay in, but with the way things have been, i feel it would be unfair of me to commit for another full year. rose - i wish you as much success in running the group as yaya had. i'll even come around and sneak a peek and chat a bit. be well all, talk to you soon :) happy holidays earthly

Hi Brutuses! It is a metal roof. It's a product called SuperVic by VicWest. We chose galvalume unpainted for price reasons and because I saw a cedar home once that was natural siding, reddish trim and a silver roof and loved it. We also have the same product but painted on our durrent home which was built in 1995. I wouldn't say it's really common here in Nova Scotia but it's not unusual. Everyone knows what it is when they see it. It's often considered here by home builders but rejected b/c it costs more. I don't think the extra cost was an issue at all. We've never had to do a thing with our current roof in 12 years and I don't imagine the new owners will either. It looks like it did the day it was installed. Metal is very common on barns here and the product we used it the same as what is used on barns.

Cindy it wasn't that this troll/s had anything against the writer; quite the opposite in fact. As you will have probably found from your googling they started some sort of 'club' in her memory and were offering special deals/new info/bios etc at a considerable price. They also collected everyone's email addresses from the thread on the subject (much easier in those days) and bombarded them with stuff. It went from being funny to being infuriating. I think they/she (some of us think it was a one-man show, others that a couple of trolls were involved) are still out there on a mountain top in Central Europe.Their 'English' was slightly spy-like unt to be trusted not.