Interesting Facts About Winters. .

Writers do their best writing in winter. (And that's a fact.)

 

not really

isnt the first day of winter the solstice?...and from then on the days get longer

so the daylight/night ratio is technically the same as autumn

 

Kids handed out flyers for that in my parent's neighborhood this year. A lot of Colorado days are pretty sunny though so sometimes it's better to wait then spend $20.

 

New video illustrates Friday's 40-car pileup

 

I have never liked the cold---makes me wonder sometimes why I left Hawaii. Eternal springtime.

 

I rode to the gym yesterday with the top down on my convertible. It's warm around here.

I wish we could get some of that east coast snow right about now. The ski mountain is closed since theirs not enough snow. It's frustrating as hell

 

The North remembers.

 

Just issued by the National Weather Service ................

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Plan on difficult travel conditions.
Total snow accumulations of 5 to 7 inches are possible.

* WHERE...Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts except for Cape
Cod and the Islands.

* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through late Thursday night.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Significant reductions in visibility are
possible as well as blowing and drifting snowfall.

 

i'm actually glad i don't live in the tropics.
summer i would never miss, but winter, well i suppose it over does things sometimes too.
seven inches? that's not snow, 20 FEET, that's snow.
winter isn't the only reason cars in cities are a bad idea. but it is one of them.
snow plows are fun to watch. especially the rotary kind.

 

It’s all relative, 20 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada’s or in the Cascades is manageable, welcome, and even necessary in order to provide water for drinking and irrigation,
but 7 inches in snow in a metropolis with 3 million people, most of whom are driving cars can sometimes be a nightmare.

 

well that's kind of the point; no one who lives in a city should ever have to drive a car
(other then to make their attempted escape from it)
of course if they're masochists, well to each their own.
(well yes, i know about 'should', but public transit is the whole point of cities, and if it isn't adiquite, that's usually because a whole lot of not very smart people voted against it)

 

^^^...Are You Saying Snow Does Not Stop Public Transport...???



Cheers Glen.

 

This video from 3 years ago should answer that question....

 

I heard years back some advice that in places with snow that it's a good idea to wear sunglasses on sunny days because the Sun can reflect off the snow and be harsh to one's eyes.

 

Necrophilia?

 

Scooter slides all over on snow.
Plus -47 to cold to ride.

 

Snow Blindness

 

Its going to be 37C/98F here on Sunday apparently