Re: Weather
- Subject: Re: Weather
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:22:48 EST
In a message dated 1/19/03 2:29:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
> Chances are you will lose a few things. I know I would if the temps you
> mention came suddenly here. I don't think anything in my garden is
> dormant.
> We have only had one or two nights of barely freezing weather. The
> Hellebores are blooming and the Daffs are up about 4." If February is
> cold,
> we will lose a lot.
So we have an advantage in that we will not thaw out until late March or even
into April. We are below zero nearly every night now which is not unusual
for this part of the country. Last year we did not fall much below 20
degrees with not too much snow. I just read that eight of the ten warmest
years on record in the US were from 1990 until now. I don't seem to remember
all eight of them. Some species are advancing north, though, according to
that article.
Whoever wanted some snow, remember that snow has to be removed from walks,
driveways, roads, roofs sometimes, and it ruins your shoes. If someone
appeared and did those chores for you, snow would not be all that bad. Also
it makes for dangerous driving conditions so sometimes you have to change
your schedule. This winter it has snowed here every week with another inch
yesterday morning. Some of the snow fell, melted and attached itself to
conifers and other shrubs. Then more fell on top of that, the temps fell and
you cannot clear the plants without breaking branches. The result of this is
bent over shrubbery that takes all summer to straighten up. More reason to
pull the shades and head for the conservatory.
More people leave the North and settle in the Southern states to get away
from snow, not cold. It is the dumb labor thing. You do have to get out and
remove it although if you wait long enough it would melt and go away on it's
own. Since most of us cannot wait a few months to move the car, you shovel
and are possessed of this thought constantly. Moving around stuff that you
may move two or three times as the plows will return some to you as they
clean up. This year there are snowbanks on intersections impossible to see
over so you have to creep out into the intersection carefully watching for
oncoming cars. Yesterday, I watched some equipment I have never seen before
cutting down these snowbanks and blowing the chopped up ice and snow into
dump trucks to haul away. They used to dump snow in the Hudson River here
but that is environmentally unsound now so there is endless argument as to
where to put it.
On year Buffalo loaded snow on railroad cars and sent it somewhere. There
was, that year, no other option. Another reason for Southern state
migrations. We pay higher taxes here as snow removal is a large budget item.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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