Waiting For The Snow

Got all the way to the end of the driveway and turned back. I now know that a blizzard involves a very tangible wind component.

And thunder. And lightning.

Got to have strong winds and poor visibility, but especially strong wind.

https://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Blizzard

We definitely met all those conditions, and it was sustained for 4-5 hours. Amazingly, power/cable never went it out--it generally does for much less.

The guy plowing my side-street (10 houses, 45 degree incline) got stuck halfway and had to go back for a different vehicle. I could hear Robert Shaw chiding him: "You're going to need a bigger plow."

Lowest winter snowfall totals in NYC since record keeping began: 2.3 inches, breaking the previous record of 2.8 inches in 1972-73 (Central Park totals).

Today marks one full year since NYC got as much as 1.5 inches of snow in one day. This appears to be rare.

Get used to it. We had zero snow in DC this year, which is very rare (but will be increasingly common until snow is a distant memory). The first five months of 2023 have been the warmest ever in DC history, akin to Memphis, TN.

https://i.ibb.co/P1QG7JK/IMG-20240116-131824094-HDR.jpg

good ol' American craftsmanship

sad snowman at pilgrim hill an hour ago
https://i.ibb.co/DfB4wHw/IMG-20240116-133039519.jpg

two little girls came and made it a friend
https://i.ibb.co/4mGMc5R/IMG-20240116-141201286.jpg

We got nearly 10 inches yesterday, biggest single snowfall in Knoxville in 28 years. It has basically just shut down everything for the week, which is fine by me. It's very pretty.

random stuff i saw teenagers sledding in or on today:

-the drawer of a filing cabinet (didn't work)

-a kitty litter box (not bad, but looked impossible to steer)

-a flattened cardboard box (fell apart the instant it hit the snow)

Back in my day, they made cardboard boxes sturdy enough to sled on!

Lol

I cannot resist singing this thread title in a Jim Morrison Doors vpice

Frosty, I’ve come to melt you
Santa, I’ve come to ….