Batten down the Hatches!

How do you spell Seattle? M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E!

Local weather:

SEATTLE -- Damaging winds from a storm roaring in from the ocean are likely this afternoon, the KIRO 7 Pinpoint Severe Weather Center warned.A high wind warning is in effect from 2 p.m. until 10 a.m. Friday in Western Washington for predicted winds of 40 mph with gusts to 65 mph.Forecasters expect 50- to 60-mile per hour winds on the coast with gusts to 80 or 90, strong enough to bring down trees.Ted Beuhner of the National Weather Service told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News the storm will be stronger than the one last February, when 250,000 homes lost power just before the Super Bowl.Some meteorologists are predicting it could be the most severe windstorm since the Inauguration Day Storm of 1993. Forecasters said winds will peak overnight and ease later Friday. The National Weather Service said the winds will likely bring down trees and electrical lines causing power outages. Winds also could cause some damage to buildings.Officials said residents to find their flashlights and prepare for power outages. People should secure garbage cans or other things in their yards that could blow away. Boat owners should make sure their vessels are secure -- and batten down the hatches.

Indeed! First Mother Nature tried to drown us in November (15 plus inches of rain), then she used the old snow freeze technique, and now shes going to try and blow us away!

I suspect the Seahawk game tonight at Qwest field will be very interesting! And I bet some Seahawk fans as they sit in the driving rain and wind will be secretly wishing to have the Kingdome back!