The last two months have been the worst weather I can ever remember in the Valley in such a short time span. Most would agree that it’s getting old, fast. Oh sure, we might have a flood here or a big windstorm there, but not all at the same time.

And what’s with the snow? After all, people always think we get more snow because we are practically living at Snoqualmie Pass, right? So now the Eastside gets dumped on and we don’t even have enough for a good snowball fight in Snoqualmie and North Bend. It’s just not fair.

First the floods came. Of course, the water wasn’t as bad as it could have been if there had been snow in the mountains and the tropical express had come through. Can you imagine what would happen if that same tropical express and rain hit today?

The 205 Project did help lower flood elevations from my perspective, but the state and county need to do more to allow property owners to protect their investments. Maybe a note to our representatives, Glenn Anderson and Jay Rodne, and our senator, Cheryl Pflug, are in order.

Then we had the wind. It didn’t seem that bad out here but thanks to the fact that everybody is scared to cut a tree down for fear of hurting the environment (not to mention the hassle of getting the required permit), we had lots of trees knocking over power lines. A good friend was in my office this week and said we should implement the same rule as in Idaho. If a tree on private property takes down a power line, then the property owner is responsible for the cost of repairs and downtime. It’s a great idea, don’t you think? I know if you dig and hit a gas or power line, you pay for repairs and downtime. What about that 100-foot fir next to the feeder for your housing development?

I am also guessing some residents in newer housing developments such as Snoqualmie Ridge are finding that it’s hard to find a glazer who will come out and guarantee that those windows won’t leak or crack when we have constant 50- to 60-mile-an-hour winds. That elevation with no trees kind of sucks when the wind hits your house square and it sounds like the bolts that hold the walls to the foundation are popping.

Finally the snow came. Did you notice how many people were lined up at gas stations the night before the storm, filling up jugs for their generators? I will be kind of curious to find out how many of those generators are running three days after a major earthquake. My guess is the two cords of alder in my back yard might be worth a bit more than gasoline.

Of course, I did think about picking up a cheap generator off Craigslist since there are quite a few there for sale now that the “storm” is over. It might be nice to be able to have an electric light or two if we do have the big one. But back to the snow

If we get snow, doggone it, let’s get a foot, or 2 feet. How come Bellevue had 5-10 inches of snow and we didn’t have any? How am I going to try out my new Les Schwab tires in four-wheel drive if we don’t get at least a foot?

And for those transplants from areas where there is always a lot of snow who complained we can’t drive in the snow around here, just remember this. We didn’t move into your Midwest town complaining that you don’t know how to merge into traffic.

I hope the major weather is better from here on out but just in case, the tanning bed is already ordered.