Hi Mark,

>> hehe.. well, this past week it has snowed every single day.. "snow
>> showers"
>> though, the type that don't amount to anything.. but some days was coming
>> down fast and furious :)

> It seems we have just been unlucky with snow this winter.  It snows to our
> north, it snows to our south - and we get nothing!

Oh poor you Lol.. just kidding really.  If we had a winter like the one we had
a few years back with hardly any snow (I don't think we even had a White
Christmas that year IIRC), I'd be complaining for sure.

This year was strange (I'm using the past tense so Murphy doesn't decide to
drop another foot here ).  I think we had two real "snow storms" in the
area, but what those storms deposited for snow was essentially gone soon
after.. either warm temps and sun, or rain aftewards.

Winters up here in the Ithaca area are generally pretty mild now compared to
the "old days".  That's ok, I don't mind :)

>> We're supposed to have a heatwave coming up in a few days.. precursor to
>> that will be a high of 36 tommorrow.. with temps hitting 39F (gasp) on
>> Sunday 

Now they've changed that to 50F on Sat. and Sunday.. yay :)

> We were forecasted to receive 6-12" of snow yesterday.  All schools were
> closed, state offices closed, and we got nothing!  That is the 4th time this
> winter that schools have closed for rain (starting with the hurricane).

That's insane.. I really think forecasters have been playing it "safe" since
Katrina.. Maybe they haven't but it sure seems that way to me.

> I was very disappointed.  I know that forecasting the weather isn't an exact
> science (nothing is), but they should never use the "100% change of" wording.

No kidding.. 100% chance of snow is incredible if that what they said, and
then you got nada..

> Just like in technology, we use 99.9% uptime.  Gives you a .1% out.  :)

Definitely :)

>> boy can I just not wait for Spring this year!

>I agree.  Two winters with nothing, so it might as well move on to spring.  I'
> ready to get the bike out and do some riding..

Just cold air would drive me crazy, that's for sure.. not that I get out and
play in snow anymore like I did when I was a kid :) :)  It just wouldn't seem
fair though.

Take care,
Janis

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