I know it is not the Helne in the Mountains severity
But I lived in the Triangle during Fran-and it took me a LOT of years to not freak out when we had strong wing gusts
the dern trees falling...........
There is very small "brook" which catches the storm water and flows down the edge of my property down to a creek in the woods
It is flowing
Been a long while..... Grandaughter calls it "Blue Water"
It trickled when our 3 inches of snow melted a while back in Southern Wake
But is really flowing for the first time in I guess many weeks
Lovely sight!
My Central NC daffodils started sprouting in this past December's late warm up They are still alive-about 5 inches
Despite the cold ,ice, snow the last couple weeks I have several tulip sprouts this morning
Lived in NE Wisconsin a few years
it could be 15 degrees and the fluff snow would "evaporate" when it was 15 degrees but sunny
There is a fancy word for this process lol
I use to hitchhike in the 70s-fairly long distances
Inevitably a Vet would pick me -Get to talking about me being from NC
"Ohhhh-yea I spent some time there before going to Vietnam.. you know where