Overnight, in Central New York

[thisnewday]

Woke up this morning to a strange, bright light illuminating the windows of the house and the sound of traffic strangely muffled as it passed by out on the street. There was, of course, a logical explanation for both. If you can call 2 to 3 inches of snow on the 5th day of April "logical."

Because that's what we got, overnight, here in Central New York State. That was following a day of hurricane-force winds that tore through here yesterday from the early afternoon to the late evening. Not much damage, on this property, aside from a decorative shutter torn off the front of the house and shattered on the ground next to it. But across Upstate NY, over 100,000 homes and businesses had lost power due to the high winds.

All of which makes about as much sense, in terms of weather history, logic, and known facts, as that orange-haired blowhard in the White House. But which is still, despite blacking out significant portions of the power grid, much less dangerous...

LPK
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4.5.2018 

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[rosegardenfae]

Weather here is nonsensical, snow predicted again for tomorrow, but just a couple of inches. Got out yesterday and loaded up all the acorns I had raked up in the front yard and almost froze my butt off..lol

Sounds much worse out your way. Surely spring will come, won't it?

[thisnewday]

I'm hoping it will, but this is pretty crazy. I can remember a couple of springtimes when we had late snows, but nothing as persistently bitter and nasty as this one.

The old timers, of course, would often tell stories about the legendary storms they'd seen, blowing in off of Lake Erie, and I was around for a couple of record-setting ones myself--one in the mid-fifties and another in 1966, I think.

But this has been just weird, with a week of 60-degree weather in January and now this. I'm sure it has more to do with our failure to build the border wall or allowing transgender folks in the military than it does with global climate change though...

[bluecatartist]

Endless. Be careful when you're shoveling and getting about. Orange-haired blow hard... how does each day, each threat get worse? I vaguely remember reading someone talking about there being a social and economic collapse, and Orange being the demagogue he is...
I know it's bad when the kids of friend who live UP are crying bc it has snowed yet again. Kids who usually are out so much the parents have to make them come in from time to time to warm up.
We had that brief brush w. too warm Spring, now it is Blackberry Winter - actually an unpleasantly, cold, clammy day. I don't think ice/snow could save it either bc it'd be wet snow. And a step back after so much has budded and bloomed and the peach tree farm will have to keep fires going all night or lose their crops.

[thisnewday]

Yes, I hear you about the peach trees. I grew up on the lake plain adjacent to Lake Erie, where there are a lot of apple and cherry orchards as well as grape vineyards, and I understand those concerns.

On the other topic, my old man was a lifelong Republican, and a donor to the Republican party, and I think he's probably turning in his grave over what they're doing to the country that he and my uncles fought to defend.

LOL, he used to get a Christmas card from the White House, when the first George Bush was President, and one year he sent it back because he was so disgusted that George H.W. had gotten us into the war in Iraq...