As of this morning the Fox model shows very little except some good rain in Florida.
Meanwhile, in Canada . . .
3 days a year, in the deep south, along the US border, we see something green. SometimesWait do you guys even know what grass is or is that a blue screen?
3 days? Sometimes? When I was a kid it was only 1 day and only occasionally. Then we had over 4.4 meters of snow (not an exaggeration, about 14 1/2 feet) so now... we're talking quite the heat wave.3 days a year, in the deep south, along the US border, we see something green. Sometimes
If you like this kind of stuff, here is some stuff you may like:There is a tropical storm coming ahsore in Texas atm at Freeport. Flash flooding dangers but its supposed to peter out by Thursday.
Jesus Murphy, where the hell did you live? I think I recall something about Northern Ontario, but I think I recall many things, haha.3 days? Sometimes? When I was a kid it was only 1 day and only occasionally. Then we had over 4.4 meters of snow (not an exaggeration, about 14 1/2 feet) so now... we're talking quite the heat wave.
Eastern Ontario, actually that was Ottawa. It was 1971... was an exceptional year. There was a similar snowfall... hmm, sometime between 2006 or 8? I don't remember which year. These are signs of something else though but it wasn't really well understood. But put the ice storm of 1998 into the picture and you can tell something changed. A kind of line in the snow as it were.Jesus Murphy, where the hell did you live? I think I recall something about Northern Ontario, but I think I recall many things, haha.
See, global warming is a good thing!Over time since the winter storms of the 1970's, the weather patterns have been changing. Things are now markedly different. Used to be winter was November to April, now it's Christmas to the end of Feb or middle of March at the latest, and it's warmer in winter... I mean used to be we wore boots we called skidoo boots ... you know the type...You wore them for months every year as a kid. Now you can wear shoes on your way to work most of the winter. Yes we still get -20, but never for as long as it was.
I remember the ice storms. I was almost 20 when that happened. There are some pretty cool pictures from my old unit (1 Combat Engineer Regiment) of the boys out with the Badger AEVs doing cleanup around the downed power lines.Eastern Ontario, actually that was Ottawa. It was 1971... was an exceptional year. There was a similar snowfall... hmm, sometime between 2006 or 8? I don't remember which year. These are signs of something else though but it wasn't really well understood. But put the ice storm of 1998 into the picture and you can tell something changed. A kind of line in the snow as it were.
In January 98, the middle of the winter, in Eastern Canada, and North Eastern US, it rained for 3 days. Then it froze solid overnight. From Eastern Ontario, to western Nova Scotia in Canada, and New York, to Main in the US. Hydro pylons north of Montreal, and between Ottawa and Montreal collapsed due to the weight of ice. Millions of people were without power, in the middle of the winter. 35 people (both countries) froze to death in their houses. The US and Canadian Armies responded fast though, and saved hundreds of thousands from a similar fate. I don't know the specifics, something like 16,000 troops in Canada alone. Electrical grid repair crews from as far away as Texas came within days to help put things back together. The railways delivered locomotives to the worst hit areas to help get power to run furnaces and heaters. It was surreal.
Over time since the winter storms of the 1970's, the weather patterns have been changing. Things are now markedly different. Used to be winter was November to April, now it's Christmas to the end of Feb or middle of March at the latest, and it's warmer in winter... I mean used to be we wore boots we called skidoo boots ... you know the type...You wore them for months every year as a kid. Now you can wear shoes on your way to work most of the winter. Yes we still get -20, but never for as long as it was.
There's a festival called Winterlude held in Ottawa. It used to be in March. It's now held the end of January to the middle of February, and most in Eastern Ontario wouldn't go into the Rideau Canal after March, and even in February they test the canal every day for ice thickness. That was unheard of up to when I graduated from high school.
This is also part of the backdrop for why Canadians honored our war dead from Afghanistan the way we did. We have a debt to pay, to our troops. They were in many cases, from the same units, and often the same troops that voluntarily responded just a few years before.
I loved skiing too, when I was younger. When I was 18, I did both downhill and cross country skiing. lol. Not what you think. We skied mountains with cross country skis, and we could go over 200 to 300 km over a long weekend, through mountains. That was fun.Too bad I love skiing :(