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Hmmmm... his name is vaguely familiar but I don't think I know him. He's right about the weather here for a good chunk of the winter, though. We get about as much rain as Virginia does, maybe even less, but it's spread out over a much larger number of days, hence the drizzly stuff. I actually don't mind the '30% rain' - once you get used to it and buy a decent jacket, you just go about your life and do whatever you'd do outside anyway. It does get old after a while, but most of the time it's kind of nice. (Take my current opinion with a grain of salt - it's still summer, so rain is a rarity. In March I'll probably be tired of the drizzle.)

The other way to look at weather forecasts in Seattle (for much of the year, anyway) is to figure that they're always right for at least 30 minutes of the day, because everything changes so quickly. I really like those days - sun, clouds, drizzle, sun, rain showers, rainbows, crazy clouds flying across the sky, sun, etc, etc. :) We have really awesome sky and clouds here.

Anyway... I'm sounding a bit like a commercial for Seattle or something, which is silly. My point is just that the weather here is often a lot more interesting than the stereotypes. I think you said you'll be here in October... it's really anybody's guess what the weather will be like then.