STORM STEW...

Well, I won’t need to do anymore work on my lesson and I won’t need to print agendas. I just got “the call” followed by an email (There will be no church services for the Key Center Ward tomorrow, December 21, due to the storm conditions.) That means the Stake Christmas Devotional will be canceled for the second week in a row and unless performed after Christmas won’t be presented at all.
The storm conditions referred to were described by KOMO-TV in the following write-up from their web-site:
"Snow has been falling steadily across most of Western Washington since Saturday afternoon, and was forecast to continue to fall through the night. Meanwhile, gusty winds were reported in the Cascade foothills, but it appears the wind gusts won't be as severe as originally forecast. The areas like North Bend, Sultan, Gold Bar, Black Diamond, Maple Valley and Enumclaw could still see sustained winds of 30-40 mph with gusts as high as 50-70 mph. A winter storm warning remained in effect for most of the Western Washington lowlands through Sunday morning for as much as 2-8" of snow -- with higher totals as high as 12" expected along the far western Kitsap Peninsula and Southwestern Washington. As of now, forecasting models suggest the brunt of the storm will head into northern Oregon and southwestern Washington. Areas south of Olympia could see as much as 6-12" of snow with this storm before changing to rain or freezing rain. Travel is strongly discouraged and should be put off until Monday."
So we are staying put.

Tim’s phone called me twice and all I could hear were voices not clear enough to distinguish words. The tone and timbre was of urgency – many different voices speaking hurriedly in a strident pitch. So I called back. After two attempts it connected. He was at a friend’s home helping with flooding. The cold temperatures have that effect on pipes. I don’t want to tempt trouble and I do hope the warmer weather returns soon. We know that it will warm up eventually.