Live Images of Portland, Oregon U.S.A.
— The Rose City —(formerly known as "Stumptown")
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Although it is true Portland's annual rainfall (36"/year) is about the same as Chicago's and less than
Of course, Portland does have clear, sunny days: On average, sixty-eight of them per year – usually July and August, and some of June. However, this leaves September through May, during which we typically experience 74 days of partly cloudy and 222 days of fully cloudy weather.
Hence, this is a very productive environment: Plants do just great here. And in this land of inventive pioneering-types, the people are usually hard at work – mainly indoors. (Sadly, our major public policy issues are the drainage and overflow of rainwater and sewage, plus assisted suicide.)
As an aside, on our last trip to Jamaica, we visited a parish where the annual rainfall exceeds 300"/year! Appropriately, its name was Portland.
On the whole, this is a great place – full of nice people – and a wonderful place to work on preserving wax cylinder recordings.
