Last night, instead of the 12″ of snow we were expecting, we got 1.5″ of rain. It poured all night. My neighbor texted me that she has never seen rain in January here in all her years (almost 70 of them). The snow line was about 300′ above us:
Bummer! Now, instead of sledding and xc skiing, we have a bumpy ice rink for miles. The pre-existing snow of about 6″ has shrunk to 2″. In addition, there’s been solid cloud cover for 8 days now, also a record. I get antsy after about 2. I’m like the solar array, I need a constant sunlight to keep my batteries charged. That said, the solar arrays have been doing ok (better than me!) throughout, meaning we’ve had plenty of power to keep the Christmas tree lit. And the new kitchen lights burning.
As I took this picture, grousing about the gray skies, the sun came out. It won’t last; there’s more weather coming, but it must have heard my whining!
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