Subj : Re: National Anthem
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Jan 29 2025 09:43:00

> MP>I was reading something today that warned the US areas south and east of
>   >you (across Lakes Erie and Ontario) to expect a lot of snow so I wondered
>   >if you might also be in for it.  Sounds like probably so.

> I guess to earn being called a Blizzard requires higher winds.

I had forgotten that but, yes, I am pretty sure that is correct.

> Walking around is precarious since you can walk on top of a lot of
> the snow, but not all of it, so you find yourself suddenly breaking
> through into 10 or 15 inches of loose snow under the crust. That's
> where there was already a fair amount of old snow. The drifts by
> my car were almost shovel breaking hard right down to the ground.

We had something similar, but less dangerous, a week or so ago.  It snowed
several inches, then we got a layer of freezing rain on top of it.
Compacted the snow down and also melted some of it, leaving voids.  There
were not many nature-made drifts and the ones that we had were not near
that tall.  So you might break through some ice that was about the depth of
your shoe, and maybe twist an ankle, but nothing you might get stuck in.

Wild that those drifts got so hard.  Was there any melting and refreezing
involved?

Mike


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