White Christmas!
Dec 19th, 2005, 12:34 PM
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White Christmas!
Anyone coming up to the mountains of northern New England for the holidays is almost guaranteed a white Christmas. We have a nice covering of about 10" of snow here in central NH, with perhaps a little more on the way.
Dec 19th, 2005, 04:45 PM
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We had a teaspoon full of snow falling on Portland yesterday! Then some lovely ice fell on top of that and the city stopped for a while.
Today is rain. Somehow, I think we will not have a White Christmas
Today is rain. Somehow, I think we will not have a White Christmas
Dec 19th, 2005, 05:13 PM
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It is VERY white in WI, and will be for some time. It usually melts in March or April. The snow on the sides of my driveway is about 4ft tall already (from shoveling).
Snow is here to stay, I promise (sigh).
Snow is here to stay, I promise (sigh).
Dec 19th, 2005, 05:21 PM
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You all are so lucky! We will be in the 60's for Christmas! Wacky weather. We had snow today and more tomorrow but will be in the 60's on Thursday.
I lived in Michigan as a child and I remember my father building us an igloo. Sure would like all that snow right now!!
I lived in Michigan as a child and I remember my father building us an igloo. Sure would like all that snow right now!!
Dec 19th, 2005, 05:46 PM
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Have about 4 inches of that glorious white stuff on the ground here in the valleys of Northwest Montana though the mountains have LOTS more. 18 below zero (F) last night but warming quickly with rain expected tommorow. BLAH, rain!!!
Dec 21st, 2005, 06:40 AM
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We have been white for weeks and will continue to be white in Chicagoland.
For most recent years we have had late winters, but not this year. There is about 6 inches on the ground area that is my lawn and much, much deeper where I mounded.
The departing students have built an entire snow family on campus before leaving for the holidays. The wind has been so brutal at times that it has whipped away some of the eyes and mouth attachments.
I'm bringing my skates to MI and am going to try again to clear an area on the lake to skate. Don't know how smooth it is under there yet?? I hear that they have had over a foot, but that some of it has settled.
My Bradford Pear still has its leaves and is also covered in heavy snow. That tree holds its leaves until Feb. or longer. Buds for blossoms appear soon after.
For most recent years we have had late winters, but not this year. There is about 6 inches on the ground area that is my lawn and much, much deeper where I mounded.
The departing students have built an entire snow family on campus before leaving for the holidays. The wind has been so brutal at times that it has whipped away some of the eyes and mouth attachments.
I'm bringing my skates to MI and am going to try again to clear an area on the lake to skate. Don't know how smooth it is under there yet?? I hear that they have had over a foot, but that some of it has settled.
My Bradford Pear still has its leaves and is also covered in heavy snow. That tree holds its leaves until Feb. or longer. Buds for blossoms appear soon after.
Dec 21st, 2005, 08:42 AM
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We're leaving the 'white' of Chicago for the sun/70s of Lake Jackson, Texas, on the Gulf - which, ironically (and freakishly), did have 2" of snow on Christmas morning last year. Don't think that will be the case this year.
Dec 21st, 2005, 10:27 AM
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dusty56438--thanks for the update on HI. I will be there in 14 days. And I will be happy to leave the snow behind me in WI.
Don't get me wrong, I like the snow for a bit, but right after New Years is over so is my "let it snow" frame of mind.
Don't get me wrong, I like the snow for a bit, but right after New Years is over so is my "let it snow" frame of mind.
Dec 22nd, 2005, 06:59 AM
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I just had to bring this one up. This morning I passed one of the most beautiful scenes I have seen in IL in many years.
Every morning I go over the I & M canal in Lockport IL. It's a tremendous ravine and quarry area which is bottomed by a mile wide man-made canal/river which connects many rivers in Northern IL to Lake Michigan and other bodies of water as well.
It was a total mist, you couldn't see the water at all, and it looked like all the treess were structures, totally flocked with sparkling snow and icicles-rounded shapes coming out of that mist. And you saw 1000s (not an exaggeration) of geese in the visible marshes on either side. All this from 100s of feet above. If I had had a camera I think I would have stopped. The quarries look totally black and white as well.
I expected something from Tim Burton's latest to come out of the mists. It was just awesome.
Every morning I go over the I & M canal in Lockport IL. It's a tremendous ravine and quarry area which is bottomed by a mile wide man-made canal/river which connects many rivers in Northern IL to Lake Michigan and other bodies of water as well.
It was a total mist, you couldn't see the water at all, and it looked like all the treess were structures, totally flocked with sparkling snow and icicles-rounded shapes coming out of that mist. And you saw 1000s (not an exaggeration) of geese in the visible marshes on either side. All this from 100s of feet above. If I had had a camera I think I would have stopped. The quarries look totally black and white as well.
I expected something from Tim Burton's latest to come out of the mists. It was just awesome.
Dec 22nd, 2005, 11:06 AM
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I can't resist - maybe all of you snow-bunnies will warm up at the thought - but they have forecast 67 degrees for Christmas Day here in Sin City.
Hopefully we'll get our "token" snowfall (all one or two inches of it!) by January like we did last year. It always looks so pretty, it's always a big surprise and we all act like fools - out there taking pictures and trying to make snowballs out of the meager snow, but it sure is fun. And then it melts and goes away.
Hopefully we'll get our "token" snowfall (all one or two inches of it!) by January like we did last year. It always looks so pretty, it's always a big surprise and we all act like fools - out there taking pictures and trying to make snowballs out of the meager snow, but it sure is fun. And then it melts and goes away.
