tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post8507242306639412210..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: So, after several days of WINTER STORM! UpdatedFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-12134020003233097532012-12-26T18:14:07.337-08:002012-12-26T18:14:07.337-08:00I was hoping for 4-6 inches of snow; would've ...I was hoping for 4-6 inches of snow; would've been a lot easier on the roads, and a decent amount of water into the soil. It's been seriously dry here.<br /><br />Damn, Ian, looks like parts of your islands are about to wash into the sea<br />Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-13842853339511700942012-12-26T15:37:39.931-08:002012-12-26T15:37:39.931-08:00I got snowed on the first time in october (it only...I got snowed on the first time in october (it only left an inch or so) and had freezing rain about 10 days back.<br /><br />What we are getting a lot of this year is rain and sleet. the ground is completely saturated. we've still got a lot of round bales of hay out in fields that were too wet to take a trailer into.<br /><br />here's the rainfall radar<br /><br />http://www.raintoday.co.uk/Luton Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-69853334549738159372012-12-26T05:45:16.429-08:002012-12-26T05:45:16.429-08:00Usually we are getting the first permanent snow ar...Usually we are getting the first permanent snow around now where I live (southern Finland). Now we have, already, half a meter. Very white Christmas. And that probably means there will be a lot before it starts to melt again. Spring floods, anyone? Well, no direct concern of mine since I live in an apartment building on high ground and well away from any rivers or such, but since it will mean, among other things, that the best farming lands of the country will probably become lakes around that time I can't say I like it. Sorry for the farmers, and besides in this country stuff like that has a tendency to end up in our taxes.<br /><br />Well, maybe I should dig out the snowshoes I own. Or finally get a new pair of skis. I have an old and still completely usable pair, except for the fact that they have very old fashioned bindings which would require shoes old fashioned enough that you can't find them in stores anymore, and my old ones gave up the ghost several years ago. And since proper snow winters like this are not an every year occurrence in this part of the country I haven't felt any pressing need to get new ones, considering I'd get to ski only a few weeks, if that, most winters.<br /><br />Well, since Christmas is well on its way maybe I'll just say happy last days of the year, and better next year.Marjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-46047839007223699842012-12-25T19:45:58.779-08:002012-12-25T19:45:58.779-08:00And to you, ladyAnd to you, ladyFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-25480538825428524992012-12-25T19:00:29.484-08:002012-12-25T19:00:29.484-08:00We're supposed to get 9-10 inches tonight, mix...We're supposed to get 9-10 inches tonight, mixed with sleet.<br /><br />Stay safe and warm and keep up the good fight.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.com