Tag: storm

ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

CWWC:  Which way on a cloudy or stormy day Every cloud doesn't mean a storm, but today we had a storm with wind and rain so hard it was tropical. Intense. The sound of the bending oak trees sounded like the roar of a big truck. It wasn't the small oaks in motion. It was the … Continue reading ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

A DARK, RAINY DAY

Every cloud doesn't mean a storm, but today we had a huge storm. Three or more inches of rain with 60 mile per hour winds with rain so hard it was tropical. Intense. It's not over yet, but they (the TV meteorologists) are saying it should be over by morning. Just as well since I … Continue reading A DARK, RAINY DAY

ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

CWWC:  Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day Every cloud doesn't mean a storm, but today we had a huge storm with wind and rain so hard it was tropical. Intense. The sound of the bending oak trees sounded like the roar of a big truck. It wasn't the small oaks in motion. It was … Continue reading ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

THE QUICK CHAT

If you looked outside about an hour ago, it was as dark as the middle of night. Garry said: "It's gotten awfully dark awfully fast." "It's going to rain," I said. "I was raining when I came in before," he responded. "Yes," I said, "But now it's REALLY going to rain." It looked like midnight … Continue reading THE QUICK CHAT

THE CHANGING SEASONS – MARCH 2018 – GARRY & MARILYN ARMSTRONG

February ended and we all thought -- especially me! -- that spring was just around the corner. We'd had a lot of snow in January -- with warm weeks in between. We had considerable snow in February -- with even warmer weeks in between. This being March, I was waiting for the song of the … Continue reading THE CHANGING SEASONS – MARCH 2018 – GARRY & MARILYN ARMSTRONG

I’D RATHER BE IN HOBBITON, BUT I’D SETTLE FOR SAN DIEGO

I'D RATHER BE ANYWHERE IT DOES NOT SNOW I LOVE THE SOUND OF SNOW PLOWS We finished watching the third 4-1/2 hour piece of "The Lord of the Rings," extended version last night. Given the weather, I pointed out that we could be trying to climb Caradhras, but Sauron was totally against it and we never … Continue reading I’D RATHER BE IN HOBBITON, BUT I’D SETTLE FOR SAN DIEGO

THE STORM ENDS AND CLEANUP BEGINS

MORE THEN MERELY MESSY All that drenching rain came pouring out of the skies -- and it wasn't the first time in the past couple of weeks, either. What had remained of grass in the front of the house  was just dried or almost dried mud. When these rains came, it washed the mud down … Continue reading THE STORM ENDS AND CLEANUP BEGINS

ABOVE US, THE HOWLING WIND AND SWAYING OAKS

The weather guys promised us a major storm. We've got one. It probably isn't as dangerous here as it will be along the coast, where massive erosion and possible earth slides are anticipate (three consecutive astronomic high tides and the storm together), but it's pouring rain. Our big oak trees are swaying like saplings in … Continue reading ABOVE US, THE HOWLING WIND AND SWAYING OAKS

Weekly Photo Challenge: Snow Sky and the Day After

Mid afternoon, the day before the biggest snow in 20 years -- 29 inches fell that night in the valley, but more in other places not far away including Boston which got more than 30 inches -- the sky had that peculiar luminosity that we call "a snow sky" in New England. Probably everywhere. There … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Snow Sky and the Day After