We need a new ethic of place, one that has room for salmon and skyscrapers, suburbs and wilderness, Mount Rainier and the Space Needle, one grounded in history.

~ Matthew Klingle

Matthew Klingle Future History Pacific Northwest Salmon Seattle Sustainability

The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.

~ Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland Comfort Pacific Northwest Rain

I miss it if I’m not in it for any length of time, I don’t feel comfortable. I want trees and I want frequent rain.

~ Murray Morgan

Murray Morgan Pacific Northwest Rain

Rain in the Northwest is not the pounding, flashing performance enjoyed by the eastern part of the nation. Nor is it the festive annual soaking I'd been used to in Southern California. Rather, it's a seven-month drizzle that darkens the sky, mildews the bath towels, and propels those already prone to depression into the dim comforts of antihistamines and a flask.

~ Melissa Hart

Melissa Hart Oregon Pacific Northwest Rain Weather

Though it was mid-July, the morning was brisk, the sky a gray cotton of clouds, and Puget Sound a steely, cold blue. Most of Seattle grumbled, worn with winterish weather, impatient for the elusive summer sun. With umbrellas tucked away in the trunks of cars, sunglasses lost and separated from their original purchasers, the Pacific Northwest was a bastion of misty air and pale, complaining residents.

~ Courtney Kirchoff

Courtney Kirchoff Pacific Northwest Summer