A summary of Portland and Seattle weather this week:

SIX different hashtags describing Portland and Seattle weather.  #snOMG and #PDXtst are the most popular. Seattle gets the award for the more creative tag with #snOMG.

Attitude toward SNOW is trending positive. 41% of comments on Twitter are positive  and 20% negative.

At 10 p.m. Twitter is averaging FORTY FIVE tweets per minute about snow.

ONE false rumor of a plane sliding off a runway.

HUNDREDS of hours of extra airtime for meteorologists.

TWO HUNDRED plus coworkers working from home or on vacation.

TWO HUNDRED Seattle buses stuck in the snow.

1/2 inch of snow so far in the Portland hills.