Very pretty at MMU. Maybe a touch more than Tuesday, when we had about 2”. Maybe 3”, but it’s cold and looks nice. Of course will melt on Monday, but good for my trees and the reservoirs. .
Would have annoyed me thirty-two years ago in middle school. But there have been great storms before and will be great ones again; we just have to remind ourselves every time we track them that they’re going to do whatever they want and however we feel won’t impact the outcome, for better or worse. .
Eyeballing my deck gives me about an inch of snow and sleet. (Sleet is much slicker than snow for sledding) Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. .
So I just saw this thread for the first time in 300 replies… Regardless, been around long enough to know it doesn’t always go to forecast and neat to see a sleetstorm. Always the best sledding conditions: sleet packed snow. .
They need a snowstorm protocol to put into effect; not everything requires State of Emergency declarations. There’s a reason the boy who cried wolf has guided civilization for millennia. .
Thanks! Christmas and Fourth of July are my personal favorite holidays. Thankfully, this tree is a Costco special 7’ for my 1950 ranch home with 8’ ceilings. .