The pictures are from my tree just outside my window from
the last storm. As you might see from the second picture it had a lot of ice.
So much ice that the tree is no more. It split in half and now instead of
having a few of a flowering cherry tree in the spring and summer I get an
uninterrupted view of the parking lot. Yippee! At least I got awesome pictures
before it died.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Snow!
Snow is in the air! As the weather report has been
constantly reminding us, this is a very cold winter. It’s especially fun for
the east coast where no one knows how to deal with it. The city of Philadelphia
has voluntarily shut itself down twice in the past few weeks. First the polar
vortex, then just regular winter storms. It’s been pretty cold out here.
What’s hilarious about this is that I moved away from the
polar north (i.e. Wyoming) to get away from cold winters. They seemed to have
followed me. For a while I was pretending that it wasn’t that cold for the
purposes of justifying my exodus. Now that reality caught up with me I’m just
going to wallow.
On top of that the city has so many streets that plows just
can’t make it. Mammoth Hot Springs, where I grew up, has ninja plowpeople who
get the snow off the streets sometimes before it’s even fallen. The six Philly
plows currently in operation are a little behind when it comes to blizzards.
Some of the back roads are clogged for days until someone can get to them.
Where it’s personally inconvenient is when I want to go out walking I’m having
to wade through ankle deep snow with cars that are sliding in every direction.
I always wanted to risk my life for exercise!
Anyhow, other then that the snow is beautiful
and I’m just enjoying bundling up through another winter. Luckily it isn’t
-1,000,000 like it is in my hometown so I can still go outside. I’m thinking
positive thoughts people!
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Well at least it looks pretty :) Everything looks dead and grey and muddy here.
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