Open Thread – Termination Dust
2 10 2009
It’s been here for over a week, but I’ve been trying to ignore it. Termination dust. That’s the name for the snow that settles on the very tops of the mountains, and then slowly, steadily, it inches its way down past the reddened tundra, down past tree line, to civilization, and blam. Winter is here.
It’s October, so it could happen any time now. As a matter of fact, as I write this, there is a light drizzle pattering against the windows, getting louder and softer as the wind blows in gusts. If the temperature goes down much more, we could wake up to whiteness. Frankly, I’m just not ready. The studded snow tires sit in plastic bags. I went out tonight and forgot to bring a jacket. The mind desperately clings to summer, despite the steady advance of the white stuff.
Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for just one more week…
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Typically there are approximately 200 fender benders and/or vehicles in the ditches on the first day of new snow (Anchorage), so its good to plan on not driving if possible.
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Wow.. You’re not kidding either.. Everytime I’ve been in Anchorage and there has been even a little snow it looks like a demolition derby going on. I grew up in Denver where it snows far more than Anchorage and I never saw cars just flying off the road left and right.. Upside down, backwards. It’s like a bunch of 7 year olds cut loose on the streets. I was headed there from Valdez once last winter and there were some 240 cars off the road between Chugiak and Muldoon. I mean how do you explain the complete lack of driving skills associated with that city?
I guess Anchorage isn’t much better in the summer though. You can rarely drive more than 6 blocks without coming across a Tbone or a rear end collision. I’m amazed anyone can get insurance in that city
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 AM
So people in the media, including Dan Rather, who knew Halderman are ’shocked’ that he did this extortion deal with Letterman. Odd. Oh he’s also referred to as a rogue, lol. Apparently he was bankrupt and desperate.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-02/blackmailing-letterman/
“Stunned colleagues Friday described veteran CBS News producer Joe Halderman—who was arrested outside the network’s West 57th Street offices Thursday in the alleged scheme to blackmail David Letterman—as a rogue and a womanizer, a lover of literature, a “smart frat boy,” a swashbuckling journalist, and an occasional barroom brawler who distinguished himself in dangerous war zones and occasionally displayed a certain reckless streak.”
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:07 AM
This is what McCain said about Scarah’s book, lol. Oh boy.
“The part I”m looking forward to most is the part where it energised our campaign and her selection put us ahead in the polls. The part I am looking forward to least is some of the disagreements that took place within the campaign,” he told NBC.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 AM
They moved up publication of Sarah Palins’ book, now her supporters only have two months to learn to read.
(read that on another blog)
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 AM
After living thirty-three years in the Pacific Northwest, most of that in northern Idaho, all the reminiscences of Fall and first snows, mixed with an overcast sky and drizzly rain here this morning, make me a bit homesick for the distinct changes of season that occur further north. Here in southern AZ, we were stirred into the anticipation of Fall when the highs dropped to the mid-nineties and the lows slipped into the sixties for a couple weeks. Then we spent this week with triple-digit highs and lows back up into the seventies again. {weary sigh} With the humidity of the monsoon gone and being as acclimated as we are by this time of year, 100°+ temps are no big deal, but still, it’s sure nice when they go away.
Then yesterday morning I awoke early, shivering and with my teeth chattering! My initial still-sleepy flash-thought, “What’s happening to my body?!?,” quickly passed, and I became aware there was a light breeze coming in the open window and the thermometer was showing 60°. Is this for real or another tease? We don’t know yet, but October does bring the promise of a fifteen degree drop in temps, the biggest change of any single month. After twenty-five years in the desert, I’m now watching for the true and trustworthy sign that Fall has pushed Summer aside – the desert’s own subtle equivalent of Termination Dust – when the ants resume working the Day Shift.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Here in CA we only need rain to start the fender benders. Because it rains so little the oil from cars is on the street. When we get a little moisture it creates a really slick surface. Might as well be ice. I learned to drive in my Mom’s 64 Malibu and that car would spin it wheels with any water.
#44 BBHounds — do a google search “CA dog parks”. Lot’s of lists turn up. I’ve found that you need to look at several to find all the parks for were you are going. You can also get a long rope with a clip and then just drive up to the snow and let them romp. I have a 100′ line and found a 15′ leash someplace like Big Lots. It comes in handy when we are out and about but I don’t want her to run off. She is an mini Aussie and will herd anything that moves. We have deer by the house and she has run off into the oak forest to give chase on a few occasions.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I also love seeing the white stuff – once in awhile, especially around the holidays. I’m a native Vermonter who spent 3+ years in Anchorage, plus other places that had snow, but now we are in Kentucky and rarely see any. We had unreal cold and ice storms in January that devastated the area as bad as the last tornado that went through. We were NINE days without power and I hope to never experience that again.
The best part of a fresh snowfall for me is to see all the animal and bird prints and being amazed at how they survive such rugged weather. Don’t forget to feed the birds!
As for accidents in Anchorage and other areas where there are military bases/posts – you have many people who have never driven in snow then they get there and whammy…..
Polly – how about writing something about plugging in your vehicles for all those who haven’t a clue what you are referring to. I remember the *hitching posts* outside each set of Army housing at Ft. Richardson – thank goodness they had them!
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Yep. Termination dust and small town politics. Scary.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Brrrr!!!! I’m cold already, lol.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=183962&provider=top
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Americans, you might want to check on their sweaters and shovels — the Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a cold winter for many of you.
“The venerable almanac’s 2010 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, says numbing cold will predominate in the country’s midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East.
Managing Editor Sandi Duncan says it’s going to be an “ice cold sandwich.”
“We feel the middle part of the country’s really going to be cold — very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot of snow,” she said. “On the East and West coasts, it’s going to be a little milder. Not to say it’s going to be a mild short winter, but it’ll be milder compared to the middle of the country.”
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 AM
I was born and raised in New Orleans. I moved to Colorado as a young adult and lived there for 3 years. I was awestruck by the changing autumn leaves, it is beautiful! Winters are cold and rainy just about everywhere in the lower 48, so I didn’t have a problem with the cold months. As a matter of fact, it was fun to have snow on the ground during the holidays. I must say that the rocky mountain spring season gave me the blues. Spring conditions (i.e. warm days, soft rain, etc.) come early in New Orleans and are very mild, by comparison, spring season in Colorado is long, very cold and snowy. I would go into a deep depression during springtime and I could not shake it. I eventually relocated to Northern California and have lived in the Bay Area for over 20 years. I guess I am a lightweight when it comes to snow!
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 AM
What does it say about Alaska?
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:42 AM
@A fan from CA
Thanks, I can’t believe I didn’t think of using a line. I have one, I just need to get a couple more.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:45 AM
It’s snowing in the lower 48 right now.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=1
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 AM
LOL, since this thread seems to be about New Brunswick weather at least as much as about Alaska weather, I will just say that we are in no great danger of snowfall that “sticks” before the end of October. And most of it is gone by the end of April. I count our winters as only about 5 months, which is still too long!
But for now, it is a beautiful warm fall day and I am enjoying outside with my cats on the deck.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 AM
I agree with the dreary springtime in CO, mostly snowy/rainy, cool, overcast, then one day early June pow, all of a sudden it’s summer. It seems like there is no spring season.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Oh yes, time to get those “happy lights out” here in Alaska also too!
Actually Southeast Alaska (Juneau) is more like the banana belt – our winters are pretty mild compared to the rest of the country.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Weather outlook for Albuquerque, NM…
Warm and sunny with hundreds of HOT AIR BALLOONS!!!
Gorgeous turquoise skies with fluffy white clouds too.
The Internation Balloon Fiesta kicked off this morning with the mass ascension of approximately 600 balloons from all over the world. If you have never made this event, you should put it on your calendar for next year. It really is something to see.
Also, too…our winters are quite mild. I love the weather here with 320 days of sun.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 AM
62 the problem child Says:
But for now, it is a beautiful warm fall day and I am enjoying outside with my cats on the deck.
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that is true…our fall weather has been beautiful (just some rain here and there )
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 AM
I just noticed that on Regina’s blog they have started a little
Photo-Shopping Contest ( with animation ) and have been retouching
the Front Cover of the Rogue book.
Too bad someone can’t call a Press Conference and say ” STOP that “!!…or call up some Fleabag Attorney and threaten to Sue someone.
Regina’s might be one of the early ones to get in on it but I am sure there will be MANY more ‘ modifications ‘ of this book cover down the road.
Since certain Conservatives were quite eager to cheer when Chicago was turned down yesterday… in reference to the Photo-Shopping I say in response with that American Olympic Spirit…. ” Let The Games Begin!!” All to you $arah.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Honesty– Wonkette is all over the book cover, with blingies even. They had a contest.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:30 AM
http://wonkette.com/411426/look-at-all-of-the-funny-sarah-palin-book-cover-blingees#more-411426
If you haven’t been over to Wonkette to view the winner(s) of the Sarah P book cover blingee contest, you must visit. Hilarious.
One changed book title to, Going Rogue, Also.
Another one: Going Diva
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 AM
# 48 re the fuel barges. keep checking anonymous bloggers site to right on the menu bar->
there will be a post up re the fuel barges or lack thereof.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 AM
LilyBart:
“They moved up publication of Sarah Palins’ book, now her supporters only have two months to learn to read.”
Nah, they don’t have to bother. Just as Sarah had her ghost writer, they’ll have their ghost reader-Faux News will tell them all they need to know from that trashy novel.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:40 AM
I have entered Regina’s competition. The blingee thing is a hoot. I have never done it before….and it shows!
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 AM
I just had a thought about the 400 page tome. Imagine, if you will, the world’s longest stickman movie at the edge of the pages.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA I used to do this with old Reader’s Digest books I found in the attic when I was a kid.. they were good and long and I could get the stickman up out of bed, make toast, walk the cat and get hit by a car in 250 pages. Imagining 400 pages of this boggles the mind!!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 AM
From Newsweek, regarding Schmidt’s recent comments about Palin.
UPDATE, 1:43 p.m.: Meg Stapleton, Palin’s spokeswoman, responds via e-mail: “The Governor will write about all of this in her book. There will be plenty of time to talk about it then.”
Is she throwing him under the bus? If so, I bet he has some really good stories to tell. He has actually been pretty restrained until now.
Also, Meg refers to Palin as “the Governor”….is that title appropriate if she didn’t even finish one term. Even if she can use the title, Governor, wouldn’t it more appropriate to say, Gov Palin? We don’t call President Clinton, “The President”, so why is Meg referring to Palin as “the Governor”. “The governor” would refer to the present governor, wouldn’t it? Doesn’t Alaska have a new governor since Palin quit.
Besides, I thought Palin didnt’ need titles?
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I never heard the term, Termination Dust. I like having the four Seasons. Autumn is still my favorite. I enjoy the winter, especially the snow, because of the sense of peace it seems to give. Most of all, I love snow for Xmas!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 AM
But the nice thing about CO front range is that the snow melts within days of falling, I always liked that, all it took was for the storm to pass and the sun
come out. We’d like to move back to CO. But I’ll sure miss MO trees, greenery and long garden season.
BTW, I transplanted two small tomato plants into pots a few weeks ago, they came up late in the season from seeds the birds had carried to odd places, lol, and today I’m going to transplant one or two bell pepper plants into pots to bring in this winter. We have large south facing windows that bring in lots of warm sun all winter. I’ve never tried this but thought what the heck, give it a shot. The tomatoes may get a bit big, but we’ll see what happens. I read all you have to do is give them a few shakes when flowering to pollinate.
We haven’t had frost yet. I’m still harvesting tomatoes, bell peppers and cucs, kinda sick of cucs, lol. I bought the as seen on TV Valadia wizard chopper to make fast work of cutting for freezing.
I just wanted to mention the transplanting thing in case anyone else would like to try it. I’m going to try some mixed lettuce inside too.
And do the freezing thing for bell and jalapeno peppers, reg.onions and green onions, no blanching needed, even if you have to buy them, they’re cheaper now than come January. We use lot of bells in stir fry, so I just chunk cut all those and I had the luxury of letting the green stay on the plant till they became the beautiful more expensive red color. I’ve had onions go bad before getting used, so I’m going to start cutting and freezing big store bought bags, we didn’t grow onions this year.
This guy’s you tube videos inspired me. Oops, you tube is down for maintenance, here is his web site. Wow, what a neat guy, he gardens and harvests on a BIG scale. If you have some time watch some of his videos, they’re great. He has a cool bayou accent too, lol.
http://www.thebayougardener.com/vegetable-garden-videos.htm
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Hrre in far southeastern Arizona, we’re also having the regional equivalent of termination dust today: our first winter rain. Our summer rainstorms, which the Navajos call “Male Rain” are brief, intense, and heavy, with thunder, lightning and arroyo flooding. “Female Rains”, which come in winter, are light, gentle, and sometimes can last all day. Perfect weather for walking, then coming home and drinking hot tea. Rain is so uncommon here that it is really treasured.
I always dreaded the first snowfall of winter in Alaska. It was like EVERYONE panicked and forgot how to drive in it. (And it wasn’t just the newcomers either!) And although everyone knew it was coming, no one had their snow tires on. After about two or three days, thogh, it all calmed down.
Welcome autumn, however we find it!
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Frank LI NY Says:
The only problem is we live on Long Island.
A couple of inches turns into a nightmare of auto accidents.
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I was born and raised on LI and, when I moved to western NY 11 years ago, my friends thought I was crazy for moving to the ‘frozen north’. However, we deal with it SOOO much better here that 10 inches of snow has less of an impact than 2 inches on LI.
I live 4 miles from Lake Ontario so I’ve become quite familiar with the term “lake effect”. I get really irritated when the official snowfall total for Rochester (measured 13 MILES from the lake!) is half of what I get in my yard! A few years ago my suburb got 160-180 inches for the season…and my school district didn’t call any snow days, which completely floored all of my LI friends! I’m one of those odd people who’s actually a little sad when the last of the snow piles at the end of my driveway melt in the spring!
Goalie in NM – My nephew and his wife moved to Albequerque a few years ago when their daughter was about 3. She got a little confused when she first heard about Balloon Fiesta and started calling it “Balloon-iesta”. The name stuck and has become a family tradition!
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Gryphen had the audio tapes from Media Matters where Beskster and limbaugh were laughing once Chicago was no longer in the running yesterday. I am sure that the Beskster will not be reliving or reminding his listeners of the role HIS Church ( and Mitt Romney ) played in the ‘02′ Salt lake Games.
( replay the tape Glenn ) ” Crooks & Liars ” has a post up as a reminder.
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Olympic Flashback: ‘02 Salt Lake Games Tainted By Scandal, Bribery and Glenn Beck’s Church
Lost down the memory hole was the shame and scandal that tainted the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Eventually led by Republican Mitt Romney and his cronies, the 2002 games were plagued by fundraising woes, bribery scandals — and the committee was also heavily infiltrated by Glenn Beck’s Mormon Church:
http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/olympic-flashback-2002-salt-lake-game
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 AM
#57 Say No to Palin….
Thanks for the Farmer’s Almanac bad news: Wisconsin gets to be the ‘ filling
in the ice sandwich’…UGH. The first frost inland from Lake MIchigan a couple
days ago is my ‘terminiation dust’.
Although the Almanac was somewhat off last year, I am glad of the prediction.
Trying to not turn on the heat till November 1st, I am freezing in the 55 degree
house. So the prediction will inspire holding out a little longer in hope of
toughening up for the long haul.
I am one of the ones who suffer most from the darkness, so once the snow falls
and the daylight bounces around on it, I am okay.
Also, MDs here on the supplement bandwagon, 35 years after Adele Davis,
and recommend anyone living about the latitude of about Chicago to take
50K mg of Vitamin D Sept-April or May.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 AM
About the Olympic bid…. ( for those conservative Nut-baggers )
Lynnrockets pointed out yesterday on his blog that is was president Bush that had signed and addressed a letter last year encouraging and asking the Olympic Committee to consider Chicago .( the letter is posted on the blog )
Bush said all kinds of nice things about Chicago in this letter. So President Obama was merely following up on something that Bush did FIRST.
Therefore… when Limbaugh/Beck starts crying and rejoicing on the air it all started with Bush. It was Bush’s Plan and it failed. That’s the facts… based on their way of thinking. Bush FAILED to get the Olympics …. all of the groundwork and Committees were already set up when Obama took over.
{ Of course in rational REALITY thinking… it was neither of their’s fault. There is a LOT more that goes into it } Thinking like THEM though… it’s Bush’s fault.
One of Lynnrockets quotes ( about the Rogue book )was also mentioned in
“The New Yorker ” magazine as was previously mentioned by ‘ nswfm CA ‘ earlier. { link to The New Yorker in the comments section }
http://lynnrockets.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/lynnrockets-vs-republicans/#comments
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 AM
That’s an interesting term: “termination dust.” So up there you go directly from summer to winter? Down here in Florida it’s the opposite. We go from winter directly to summer. If you can really call it winter. The last time we got “snow” was like in 1989 I think. Right now it’s 86.
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Getting back to the topic of termination dust in Alaska, and how it compares with the onset of fall and winter in the lower 48….
I’m surprised that so far, here on the Oregon coast, most of our trees are still quite green, and very few have lost very few leaves. The nights have gotten quite a bit colder than just a month ago, but apparently not to the point where it’s frosty, else we would see those tree leaf changes.
Quite often November can be very pleasant out here, warm up into the 70s, then around Thanksgiving fall ends with a sudden leaf-fall that clogs all the storm drains in town all at once, and we have to rake up the birch and cherry tree leaves before they get soggy.
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 AM
@80 InterestedPerson – Where are you in WI ?
In the old days, Buffalo sure got whalloped with snow but it hasn’t been as bad, the past years. We still get hit with our share and, like Leenie17 says, we can deal with a foot or two and not bat an eye. Back in the 70s I remember drifts that would have us stuck in our homes until we could dig out , only after having to take the outward swinging outer door off the hinges!
This thread reminded me that it was almost 3 years ago that we got hit with a MAJOR ice storm that left many of us with no electricity or heat for 2 weeks. We lost a huge number of our old trees that Buffalo is noted for. Very sad. Our area was a disaster area for quite awhile. It’s not unusual for us to have snow by Halloween so my internal clock is already gearing up. Have already made my first big pot of stew. I’m ready !
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 PM
It’s a beautiful Fall day here in Upstate NY..up into the 70’s but it won’t last long. Most of the leaves have changed and are starting to fall. Fall has always been my favorite time of year. I’m not a hot weather person and the Fall feels like a welcome relief from summer heat. I can’t imagine living without the four seasons, or snow for Christmas. We usually get about 130 inches, but the Tug Hill Plateau near where I gets about 300 inches. People come from all over the NE to ski and snowmobile there.
We have the distinction of being the snowiest city in the US (maybe they never counted Alaska before?) .
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I just took the first apple pie of the season out of the oven. MMMMmmmmmMM! Home made crust and everything! I almost wish it was chilly out today, instead of warm and rainy, but I’ll take it. Still haven’t turned the heat on!
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:24 PM
The problem child: Guess we are in the same corner of North America. I think you mentioned once where you live. I’m south of there – 60 miles, so you know what I mean. Glad to know a Mudpup so close. Have lived up your way until recently.
Funny how Alaska seems to make me feel at home. Same kind of weather, lots of moose, lots of open uninhabited land, sand dunes on the coast, rocky coasts, except for the Alaskan high peaks.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:51 PM
#84 BuffaloGal
My sister lives in the Buffalo area & I rememeber the blizzard of 1977. They live in Hamburg & the ice storm was incredible. We used to always go back at Christmas & one year they hadn’t any snow….Christmas morning we woke up to the first snow of the year. It was great!
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Periodically I check NASA camera shots of Mt. Redoubt to see how the dome is doing.
I was amused and somewhat surprised several weeks ago when the top the mountain was white with frozen mist.
Then again it is a “white capped” mountain. For a flatlander from the south it is interesting. between the NASA shots and your to watch such a vastly different kind of seasonal changing.
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Wow, snow! Something we don’t see much of here in NC (except in the mountains). The leaves are just beginning to turn (we had lots of rain, so it will be slow this year). Will be in the mid- to high 70s all next week, low 50s, and we probably won’t have our first hard frost until the end of the month or early Nov. Next month I’ll plant pansies, those wonderful fragile-looking little flowers that can freeze and still come back perky! I’ve actually had them live from late fall until July in past years.
Lived in Buffalo in the late 40s, early 50s as a southern transplant kid. And we walked to school in 3 ft snowdrifts, I swear to the Great Spaghetti Monster! It’s true, it’s true! Schools did NOT close, no matter–and since it was parochial school, we were expected to be at Mass, too!
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 PM
#90Grandma68
I grew up in Chapel Hill in the 50’s & early 60’s & we had snow about once a year. The schools all closed & we spent the day playing in the snow. I don’t remember it snowing very often at all then. Fall in NC was really something.
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Honesty in Gov, Leah Burton of God’s Own Party (previously Theopalinism) was also quoted in The New Yorker:
“Remember how I have been warning that she was going to be free to roll around the country like a loose cannon? Well, that time has come upon us, just in time for the 2010 campaign stumping.”—God’s Own Party?
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/
Didn’t she come forward against that idiot $P tried to appoint as Attorney General, WAR?
Congratulations and keep up the expose’, bloggers !
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:50 PM
messed up the link above:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/09/bytes-sarah-palin-a-pail-of-water-from-a-shallow-well.html
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Nothing like the first snow of the season. It has a certain “smell’ to it that is hard to explain. I love to sit on the front porch during that first snow – it’s dark; the snow is gently wafting to the ground, sticking to the fallen leaves; and then I take several deep breaths. The smell is clean, crisp, almost like the snow is cleansing the air as it falls.
Nothing like it.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Way back when I was a spry 19 yr old, I volunteered to help with the fall Hot Air Balloon Festival in Crested Butte, CO. I got a free balloon ride for my early morning efforts. What fun.
I lived on the outskirts of Crested Butte, elev. 8900′ for 3 yrs, talk about short lived and awesome summers, but they were nothing close to what Alaska has with it’s extra sunlight. In the winter snow buried windows as it slid off roofs, if you didn’t keep them dug out you’d look at a wall of snow all winter, ugh talk about dark and dreary, I did that one year thinking it was good for insulating. I hated it.
All that deep snow also created high walled walkways and eventually slippery walk over humps, ya know, it gets hard to throw snow over head height. Seriously, it’s hard on your back to keep up with hundreds of inches of snow, that’s when a sauna comes in handy.
And goodness, it takes forever to melt! People would drive very long 1 x 2 measuring sticks into the snow, marked in feet, just to watch it go lower and lower until finally, ah green grass! Oh yuck, mud season is not pretty and gets old real fast. One winter we had a record 24′ of snow, the town ran out of places to put it. I tried to find pics for a visual but didn’t have much luck online. Mine a buried somewhere in a box. And nope, I never want to shovel snow like that again, no way!
But, ah, the fond memories, lol.
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Does anyone else think that the publishers may be playin with public response? in order to quench those very queries in publication? eh?