The one thing all Northwesterners--rich, poor, old, young, newcomers, and lifelong residents--can agree on is that winters here are long and dark. This spunky little book will guide you out of your winter funk with equal parts humor, advice, and panache. Weather got you down? Worried you're going to spend yet another winter overeating, catching colds, and feeling depressed? Don't move to Los Angeles or check yourself into a sanatorium just yet, because darling, we're here to help. Read Don't Jump! to find out whether you're a Prisoner of Weather (POW) and discover how the whipped cream on your mocha can forecast the weather better than any hack on TV. Soon you too will be asking your loved ones the all-important question: why give me a bathrobe when you can get me a Dawn Simulator? Traci Vogel is associate editor for The Stranger. When Novella Carpenter isnt bitching about the rain, she can be found making fun of hippies and writing for The Stranger. Both authors live in Seattle.