I don't know if this is related to long-term climate change, but it did seem ironic.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/ar...tening-tsunami
This storm was the first storm of the season and the 101mph winds and damages were not unprecedented, but the tidal indundation in Puget Sound might have been more unusual.
http://www.king5.com/your-news/180071241.html
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/ar...tening-tsunami
Worst of storm over, but rains to persist ? hastening tsunami debris
By Arwyn Rice
Peninsula Daily News
[snip]
A neighbor with a private weather station clocked the wind gust that toppled the tree at 60 mph, he said.
The occupant, Andy Simms, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, said the majority of the damage was over the kitchen.
?I was in the living room when it happened,? Simms said.
He escaped unhurt and took several pets out with him.
On Monday, Simms was moving his belongings to a drier location and working to minimize the damage in his house.
The owner of the property, Robert Clancy, is on the East Coast as part of the superstorm Sandy relief effort, DeRousie said....
By Arwyn Rice
Peninsula Daily News
[snip]
A neighbor with a private weather station clocked the wind gust that toppled the tree at 60 mph, he said.
The occupant, Andy Simms, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, said the majority of the damage was over the kitchen.
?I was in the living room when it happened,? Simms said.
He escaped unhurt and took several pets out with him.
On Monday, Simms was moving his belongings to a drier location and working to minimize the damage in his house.
The owner of the property, Robert Clancy, is on the East Coast as part of the superstorm Sandy relief effort, DeRousie said....
http://www.king5.com/your-news/180071241.html