Re: Weather news
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- Subject: Re: Weather news
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:18:47 -0500
Well, sad to say but the daff flowers are likely history. Anything
like Bloodroot, just starting top poke up a nose would be amply
protected by the snow. Anything whose buds are just about ready to
burst will suffer. The daffs won't be hurt as far as bulbs or even
foliage are concerned, although leaf ends could burn....but blooms
are not going to be worth much when all thaws out :-( Primroses, if
under the snow, may come out just fine. Snowdrops will weather snow
just fine and emerge as they went under. Hellebores in bloom will
also be OK.
I had this sinking feeling that Ma Nature was going to pull a good
one when she turned on the heat way too soon...
Mid-Atlantic is cooling down with rain, but no real freezes (maybe in
mountain areas)...but I fully expect at least one more hard one, if
not more before March is gone. In like a lamb - out like a lion as
the old saying goes.
Local weather stations here have it that this has been the warmest
winter throughout the country since records were kept.....we haven't
set records here, but it's been a mild one except for a few weeks and
a pile of snow. Do not like it to warm up too early.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 5:02 PM
>
> I didn't make any preparations, but here in East Central Illinois
we're
> under about 3 inches of snow. The daffodils that were blooming all
look
> pretty unhappy (the blooms are kind of "melted") and I don't know
what
> became of the primroses that were blooming. I'm really worried
about
> some of the plants that were just starting to come up, like the
shooting
> stars and bloodroot.
>
> Temperature here is currently 32 with a windchill of 14, and we're
supposed
> to expect two more inches of snow before tomorrow. And to think
that
> three days ago the high temperature was in the upper 70s!
>
> It looks like things won't warm up until Wednesday:
>
> http://www.wunderground.com/forecasts/CMI.html
>
> Chris
>
>
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