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Ice In (All of My) Space (damnit..)!
After my year in Australia, I was spoiled. Upon arrival back in Wisconsin last week, reality dealt me a harsh cold and icy smack on the chops.
This is what my house looks like here. We've received 2 meters of snow this year - with an interval thaw, thank the stars - and another 6-8" due tonight... And THIS is all "old" snow, being more than 10 days old.
Observing? Hah. Not bloody likely, when the temperature a few weeks back was...well, did you know that at -44 degrees the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales 'meet' so to speak? An unhappily true fact... I think the speed of light is even a bit slower thru this air.
Cheers from The North: boring sky, non-boring weather.
Awww.. I miss it. Pictures like that Scott remind me of our upstate NY house in Poughkeepsie. It's funny, but many people here have never seen snow like you get there - and will always claim "I hate snow - give me my tropical weather any day". How boring! LOL! It's a different life and I'd like to do it again some day.
Funny thing I have never seen snow and only experianced frost on my car windscreen a few years back ( didn't get why the wipers wern't working)I told somone once about never having seen snow and he said ..you know your not missing much ,think of white mud that you invariably have to walk through or move out of the way .
Awww.. I miss it. Pictures like that Scott remind me of our upstate NY house in Poughkeepsie. It's funny, but many people here have never seen snow like you get there - and will always claim "I hate snow - give me my tropical weather any day". How boring! LOL! It's a different life and I'd like to do it again some day.
Until you have to shovel cold sticky snow which I had to for a few days one cold winter in Swansea, South Wales. I very quickly lost my (ex-Queenslander) fascination with snow!
Glad to see you are home safe and sound, Scott! We look forward to lots of reports!
How are you going to cope - how close are the nearest ocean waves
I feel for you, Scott. I spent most of my first 25 years in Alberta, which has a very similar climate to the cooler parts of Minnesota (even colder than Wisconsin!). Astronomy there consisted of hauling the refractor out into the snowdrift and observing for 5 minutes until the objective and eyepiece both froze up. I can't imagine drift aligning in that. I get cold just thinking about it.
Until you have to shovel cold sticky snow which I had to for a few days one cold winter in Swansea, South Wales. I very quickly lost my (ex-Queenslander) fascination with snow!
Glad to see you are home safe and sound, Scott! We look forward to lots of reports!
How are you going to cope - how close are the nearest ocean waves
LOL! At one stage (1998) in NY we were baled up for two weeks because we had 2 metres of white stuff outside. We'd dig the 20m driveway out and by the time you got 2 metres in the part you shovelled was a foot under again. We loved it. We went through 3 winters like this and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. We had a ski area literally up the road (Bear Mtn) and skating on the pond in the next back yard. There were white roofs with fairy lights for Christmas - just a magical atmosphere. Crisp, fresh and invigorating! I'd much rather the snow than a hot beach. Yuk.
It was the first shovel load that taught me a hard truth. Cold snow is sticky, not like the sloshy stuff we sometimes see. Scoop up a shovel full, throw it to the side - shovel comes back with half the snow still there!
Good to hear that you made it home safely Scott and thanks for pics and the snow report.
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Originally Posted by Omaroo
We went through 3 winters like this and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. We had a ski area literally up the road (Bear Mtn) and skating on the pond in the next back yard. There were white roofs with fairy lights for Christmas - just a magical atmosphere. Crisp, fresh and invigorating! I'd much rather the snow than a hot beach. Yuk.
Chris I couldn't agree more.
I wish it'd snow here, I've only ever seen snow once and I'd much rather that than the heat any day.
Sounds like a winter wonderland in Upstate NY.
I'd really love to spend a Christmas actually in New York City, now that would be nice.
I wish it'd snow here, I've only ever seen snow once
I've seen snow perhaps ten times, but only seen it falling once - Thredbo, Christmas Day, 2006. We decided it was such a novelty we'd catch the Kossy Express chairlift to the top. It stopped half way up for about 10 minutes. Dressed for summer, stopped in a chairlift, and getting slapped sideways by gale force snow isn't recommended. We were this colour when we got off ...
LOL! At one stage (1998) in NY we were baled up for two weeks because we had 2 metres of white stuff outside. We'd dig the 20m driveway out and by the time you got 2 metres in the part you shovelled was a foot under again. We loved it. We went through 3 winters like this and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. We had a ski area literally up the road (Bear Mtn) and skating on the pond in the next back yard. There were white roofs with fairy lights for Christmas - just a magical atmosphere. Crisp, fresh and invigorating! I'd much rather the snow than a hot beach. Yuk.
I'm with you, Chris.
Having grown up in England, I was fortunate enough to experience a few very cold and snowy winters. They were magical, and as you point out they make everything look so picturesque.
Even though I've now been in Australia 25 years...I still miss the 'magic' of snow and the fun you can have when everything's buried under a big blanket of white.
I even enjoyed the trudge through it on the way to school...and how much fun it was to go about your daily routine while snow was falling all around. You certainly do feel more alive when the temp never rises above zero degrees Celsius ...during the day!
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Brass Monkeys
I'm moving to Arizona. I've enjoyed snow for 40 years here. I like winter and snow and such in the abstract, but not on the concrete....at least not this much.
Just need....to...[puff puff]...survive....few.....more....weeks ....
I very quickly lost my (ex-Queenslander) fascination with snow!
