And You Think You Have Snow?
Posted by Kirk M on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Interesting Stuff, Times a changing
Washington State Department of Transportation
In this photo released by the Washington State Department of Transportation, a large plow tries to clear the snow after an avalanche fell from the east on Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Periodic heavy snow began falling in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho over the weekend, and no relief was in sight.
Source: The State.com
I lived my first formidable 10 years of my life in upstate New York, my folks living exactly 10 miles south of Lake Ontario and 37.5 miles north of Lake Erie. Now ask me if we got snow. Everything from snow measured in yards (almost) and ice storms that would bring down branches nearly a foot in diameter or sometimes even the whole tree when the winds got up around 70-80 miles an hour. I remember my Grandfather showing us slides he took of some of the bad winter storms he and my grandmother had been through living on the outskirts of Syracuse, NY during the 50’s. Unbelievable.
We may get the severe cold here in Vermont but I can tell you for certain–we don’t get these kind of snows. Can’t say as I’d want to either.
Of course there’s always the effects of global warming to contend with so who knows what the future might bring.
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