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Sequim gives $5000 to Hurricane Ridge Road effort

SEQUIM — A $5,000 donation the City Council approved from lodging tax reserve dollars brought regional tourism partners to within $10,000 of meeting a $75,000 fundraising goal to continue to keep Hurricane Ridge Road open year-round.

The council voted 5-0 Monday night, with Mayor Ken Hays and Council woman Susan Lorenzen on vacation, to extend its $5,000 donation a second year.

“You guys always step up and make it happen,” said Cherie Kidd, a Port Angeles council member who has led the fundraising campaign, as she thanked the Sequim City Council.

Community donations of $75,000 are needed to meet the gap funding to match a $250,000 federal Department of Interior pledge to keep the road open daily, weather permitting, from late fall through the beginning of spring.

In the past

In the past, the park kept the road to the recreation area south of Port Angeles open only Fridays through Sundays and holidays during the snowiest months, with the road open daily the rest of the year.

Last year, the U.S. Department of the Interior agreed to provide $250,000 annually for two or three years to keep the road open seven days a week, weather permitting, from late November through March — if the community raised $75,000 each year during the trial period.

That goal was met last summer.

The deadline for the community funds for the pilot project this year is Aug. 8.

Interior wants to determine if keeping the road open leads to greater revenue in winter months for area hotels and other businesses.

Barbara Hanna, city of Sequim communications and marketing director, said she believed it would take two years to get the word out that the road to Hurricane Ridge was open throughout the winter months.

Articles 20VN | What is the Secret of the Weather in Sequim WA ...

Talk to an outsider and you are led to believe that the Pacific Northwest in Washington State and Annual Rainfall are synonymous.  Despite the reputation, a review of the facts reveals a whole different perspective.

Although, the mountains, water and lowlands all contribute to the most diverse weather in North America, you might be surprised to learn that Seattle ranks 54th in metro cities (100,000+ Population) with an average rainfall of about 38" a year.  (Winner is Mobile, AL. with 65 inches).  So let us put that rumor to bed.

However, holding the record for the lower 48 states is the small town of Forks, Washington (pop 7000) with an average annual rainfall of a whopping 120 inches.  That is 10 feet a year!  The locals joke that if you see someone with an umbrella; they are a tourist.  Amazingly, the annual rainfall decreases one-half inch for every mile you travel east.  

Keep heading east and you will find yourself in the "Blue Hole or Rain Shadow" known as Sequim, WA.  One of Sequim's claims to fame is the average annual rainfall of only 16" a year.  That is equal to Hollywood, California.  If that isn't dry enough for you, head another 7 miles north to the Dungeness Spit and you lose 5 to 7 inches more per year.      

How is it possible to go from the wettest area in the nation to an area that matches Southern California by driving only 70 miles?

The secret is Sequim's proximity to the Olympic Mountain range.  As most of our rainy weather blows in from the southwest, the wet air starts rising up the southwest corner of the Olympics becoming heavy as it rises dumping a good portion of it's goods on the lucky folks living in Forks.  By the time it reaches the summit, most of the moisture is gone.  The air sinks down the Northeast side of the Olympics right over Sunny Sequim.

What does this mean to the residents and why is everyone interested in Sequim Real Estate ?

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