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Spring is here! Share your Instagram photos

The start of spring in Seattle brought clouds and scattered showers, some mixed with snow. But the first weekend of spring is expected to bring some sunshine, with a forecast that calls for sunny skies and temperatures that hit the 50s on Friday. A sunny Saturday is also expected, with a high near 56, according to the National Weather Service.

How are you enjoying the first weekend of spring? Share your photos through the iPhone app Instagram by tagging them with the hashtag #springinseattle. If you want to tag a photo you’ve already uploaded to Instagram, just include the hashtag in a comment on your photo. We’ll publish some of our favorites in this blog. If you share your photo with us, it means you give us permission to use your photo on our web site and/or other social networks.

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Social media reaction to strong winds in Seattle

Flags waved, stop lights swayed, trees toppled and trash cans rolled as strong winds hit Seattle Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, causing temporary power outages in some areas. Many followers described the wind as “howling” when we asked on Twitter and Facebook about neighborhood conditions.

“In Auburn, the wind and rain sound like a hurricane,” one reader tweeted. ”Coming from a Florida native.”

More reactions are captured below.

The NOAA extended the wind advisory until 4 a.m. for Seattle, Tacoma and Bremerton, warning that more power outages are possible.

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What Seattle Times readers are thankful for this Thanksgiving

We asked our readers to tell us to sum up, in one word, what they’re thankful for this year. Below, reader submissions are visualized as a word cloud. See a bigger version of the word cloud here. (Note: Your submission won’t appear immediately. The word cloud is updated every hour or so).

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What are you thankful for?

We’re asking readers to tell us to sum up, in one word, what they’re thankful for this year. Fill out the form below to submit your word. See a bigger version of the word cloud here (updated at 11:30 a.m. Thursday).

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Tweets and photos from Occupy Seattle

About 100 people gathered at Seattle Central Community College this afternoon as part of the Occupy Seattle movement to speak out against banks and to share their views about the economy. Later, about 200 protesters marched about a half mile down to a Chase bank branch, where a handful were arrested.

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Thursday's arrival of 'Viadoom,' told through Twitter

Viadoom congestion caused by the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct finally lived up to the hype during the evening commute on Day 7, Oct. 27, 2011. Below are a few tweets from commuters.

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