When they say a "chance of rain", "showers", "rain", or even "partly cloudy" in the forecast they mean it is going to rain. Not just a brief little sprinkle, but usually most of the day.
You folks that live in other parts of the country are lucky. When they say rain it is maybe a day or two. Or, it is just light and clears up later in the day.
This isn't the case when it comes to many parts of Oregon. Just a slight mention of rain means all day. Sometimes for weeks, even months strait like the entire month of March 2011.
The weather forecasters tease us with this big nice sunny warm day that is supposed to come along. Sometimes that happens, other times it doesn't. Even if it does, next thing you know it is rainy for a week+ again.
If you can't handle a lot of rain, cloudy, gloomy doomy overcast weather for months upon end, don't even consider moving to Oregon. You will be very disappointed, and there is a good chance you will suffer a bout of depression. I'm not joking!
Because of this Oregon Sucks!
I have lived in Portland since 1998 and I moved to San Diego in 2000 because I realized the weather here sucks along with the energy of people because they have to live in this CRAP CLIMATE! I unfortunately had to move back to Portland for cost of living--now with the ecomonomy--Portland/San Diego are same in price!!!!! There are "2" seasons in Portland...winter with 40's and grey/rain....summer with 80's sun....the winter is 9 months out of the year and summer is 3months. There is no warm Spring or Fall. People are ignorant here...there are not many races here, etc. The Gay culture is full of self-hating gays and drag queens in a like "3" crappy ignorant clubs! If you EVER wanted to live on Hell on Earth--please move to Portland, OR. San Diego is our next permenant move for next year! Amen and Hallelujah! LoveUGodBless, T and J KABBALAH MATTHEWSHEPARD MADONNALICIOUS
Hah, yeah this is all true. In fact, this entire blog is true. I'm planning to move out of Oregon as soon as I am able to, this place is a dead end unless you are retired and at least upper-middle class.
I was born and raised in Portland. All the negative rants are true. The weather absolutely blows ass here. "Spring" consists of 7-10 days of drizzle and 55 degree temperatures, followed by a day or two of 70 degree days that are partly cloudy. The winter is the worst. Constant cold drizzle that never ends. The schools actually close when it threatens to snow without a single flake hitting the ground.
Speaking of flakes, any state employee that wishes to have "gender reassignment" surgery has the mayor's blessing. He wants state employee health insurance to cover the cost...
We will be the only city other than San Francisco that covers this.
The City is building apartment complexes to house the thousands of homeless people that migrate here free of cost, with no restrictions on length of stay. I give up, I'm moving as soon as possible. Rot in hell Portland!!!!!!
I moved here with my now ex-husband 4 years ago and the weather is killing me. I'm on Vitamin D emulsion and other supplements just to keep me going. This is NO WAY to live life.
I plan on moving as soon as I can.
I choose a better quality of life over no sales tax, cheap housing and 10 months of sh*tty weather.
Even bigger of a slap in the face is that when it finally does manage to get nice, most everyone I know seems to be affected in some way by seasonal allergies. By the time you're done sneezing your head off, it's back to cold weather! Hooray!
The weather man puts sun in the forcast and then 2 hours later takes it out. I like when they say the forcast looks to be improving by NEXT week. Next week comes and they say NEXT week things should be better. I moved here from a lake michigan town where you could walk to the beach and the sand was TAN NOT BLACK. You could leave your doors unlocked and your neighbor actually owned a lawn mower and used it, in addition to weed n feed. He also knew what a shower looked like and used it. Three months a year it is cold in the midwest but in between you get plenty of sun, 30 and sunny actually feels warm compared to rain and 45. Not only that but airfare to FLorida is cheap and in 2 hours you can be in 80 degree weather. I love the people who say "summers uses to be hot around here" that is a bunch off bullshit. My husband lied to get me to sell my house and move here - actually he didn't lie, he didn't know any different. He thought wake boarding in a wet suit is what everybody did. Well guess what, he knows now and we are buying a 2nd home near lake michigan so we can enjoy summer. One more thing, people say housing is cheap here , no its not, compared to what, LA? I am shocked that people pay 300K or more to live in a dump in a neighborhood like Hawthorne or Woodstock, next to a neighbor who can't even use a lawn mower, are you kidding me.
I never thought I'd be itching to get out of Portland but I am! I moved here from Illinois to live my outdoor-loving lifestyle and because of the promise of more mild weather. I knew there was supposed to be quite a bit of rain, but I was not prepared to have 10 months of the year be totally cloudy and drizzly. I am looking to move asap and find this city to be very overrated. Yes, it's a great location because of proximity to outdoor escapes, but I feel like the combination of awful weather, substantial increase in prices of apts (Currently paying 815 for a damn studio!!!) and the abundance of hipsters make this a place I no longer wish to call home =(
LoL I lived in portland most of my life and though it sucks how much rain there is, you can't really say it sucks. It is the way it is - and for those who are getting out, good for you. For those who are living there and complaining about it. suck it up or do something about it - seriously.
Anonymous from November 7th..u obviously are part of the rose-colored glasses ignorant that tries to think it is COOL here! get over it---if you could get a job in southern california--you would be OUT of here! And yes--we are moving to San Diego NEXT year for good! loveugodblesstj
Yeah, do something about it. Like become God and change the weather. Derp...
The weather sucks balls, but it is by far the best quality of life I've encountered, in the Hawthorne/Belmont District that is. If you can bare the shitty weather, it will be the best place you've ever lived. I could not deal with the shitty weather.
yeah, next week is going to be a last week of June, but it's still rain, cloudy and gloomy. All I can say is the weather so sucks, can't wait to get out of here.
Perfect solution for this entire blog: move.
I can agree with most of the posts on here. I moved from detroit to portland thinking I'd love the rainy weather. My first year I loved it very much, but now I'm in my 3rd year out here I've found that I think I'm gonna pass on this crappy weather. Portland's location and scenery is amazing, Mts. an hour east, ocean an hour west...but the weather is only fun for 3 months of the year. Like the previous posts, I'd recommend it for people that are prepared to live in hellish weather for most of the time!
I find it funny when people complain about a city's weather. I agree that Portland is not my cup of tea... but, I would never, ever, move there. The same I'd never move to the upper midwest again. I know I hate it, but I left. Some people hate Florida or Texas weather also... but I don't mind it, doesn't bother me at all. I'd rather not live anywhere north of Virginia or California.
jeeez! Shut up assholes. move if you dont fancy portland. ranting here is like screaming into your pillow, it never does much good
all of oregon sucks... this state has one of the higher unemployment rates, low wages (even for those with skills and higher degrees), a ridiculous number of high school drop outs (one of the highest rates in the nation), mold issues, and meth addicts... who the fuck would want to deal with that just for some pretty scenery? and that scenery takes up gas and money to get to because it's all outside of the "cities" here... there's also very little diversity here and the KKK has strong roots... moved here because i heard it was "liberal" and "awesome"... such a joke... once i can find work somewhere else i'm out!
I can't wait to get the hell out of Oregon, moving here was the worst decision of my life!
Im from Portland and it sucks there .portshiters are dumb down that think there smart Obama loving retards who votes anyways the Democrat and Republican Are old and obsolete Just like the portskins master degree That's pretty much Obsolete I know people that was born n raised In Portland and got there masters and make 10hr wow that's embarrassing .an portlanders hate out of towners because they know Portland is a run through between California An Seattle an people just stop here to take a shat .and that woman are Gross and got diseases From were all them out of town sailors I bet you didn't about that ?? And the only time port was ever cool was when the native Indian's were here before the portlaners came and killed them all and took there land .pirtlanders are racist Just not on the surface