A Reason to Blog

Because a new car and the holidays weren't enough...

Several times this winter, the weather people have forecasted snow, but have never delivered. Until now. Wednesday and Thursday were so nice last week. Almost 70 degrees nice. Friday we had a really bad storm, with tornadoes and all. Saturday morning was a little dreary then it started getting really cold. Sunday we woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow. It always amazes me how quiet everything is when it's snowing. These are pictures from Oak Mountain. I got there around noon, and 2 hours later there was almost no snow to be seen.

Effects of the Storm

See this big Tree? See the tiny little red arrow? Well, we lost a couple of little branches from somewhere around the arrow. This was last Sunday, before Wildlife, so I got to work.
And, of course I forgot the before pictures.

Turns out, this is a really big tree.

And the truck was full. But the creatures will appreciate it.

Observations on the Storm

We've got a killer storm going on here in AL. We're sitting here eating ice cream and watching the weather and the lightning and rotation look very sinister on the radar. The sirens are screaming, but it's not really raining. The storm is getting really bad about 40 miles north-northwest of us.

We spent the evening with my mom at dinner, and working on a new skill/craft. About 10 minutes from home, the clouds thickened and the cloud to cloud lightning really picked up. I made an interesting observation from the lightning that can be applied to life.

When lightning strikes in the dark, you see absolutely everything for a split second. Then you see absolutely nothing for another split second. Then, everything suddenly comes back into focus.

Brrrr, again

We don't get this very often, and I know you guys in Wisconsin and Utah are probably scoffing at us, but every little bit counts. We had more, but it melted.

Brrrr

This is Alabama.

It shouldn't be 17 degrees at 7 am.

It was only 29 at 5 pm yesterday.