Happy Winter Solstice

[Red Squirrel]

Been warm here too and hardly no snow. At this rate we might have a green Christmas, we have like maybe 1-2 inches of snow, that's it, and it's suppose to be in the positives on the weekend. Last time that happened was in the 90's.

 

[nakedfrog]

I lit a fire, we opened presents and played with them, ate our traditional cake, and watched the first half of Hogfather.

 

[VirtualLarry]

How to Celebrate the New Year in Greenland? Terrify Everyone

Masked figures chase people throughout Mitaarfik.

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Greenland, anyone?

 

[Paperdoc]

Update in the weather here on the North shore of Lake Superior. We had NO snow through the Christmas holiday, even on the shaded north-facing side of a nearby low mountain.I do NOT remember that ever before, although I have seen reports that it did and I forgot. We did finally get about 1½" snow in a few hours late in the evening of Dec. 30, so I did a bit of shovel and sweeping work today. If I'm lucky and this keeps up for a short time, I have to replace an exhaust system Cat Converter when it arrives in less than 2 weeks. I have a good spot outside my garage with patio tiles as a base to work on.

 

[Charmonium]

@Paperdoc - since the winds from Canuckistan tend to move East or South, I'm guessing you don't get much in the way of lake effect snow. Although it seems a little insulting to call them "lakes." I'd be OK with inland sea though.

 

[Paperdoc]

Oddly, sometimes we do get Lake Effect.One common process is what we call a "Colorado Low" that originates in the southwest USA and carries wet air northward. Often but not always the path sweeps north-north-east just to the west of Lake Superior, running up along the western shore. As it cools, and especially when it meets colder air from the Canadian prairies and north-west, we get a big snow dump. Some of us wish for a Trumpian "Border Wall" to prevent this, but making a wall strong enough and many miles high seems even more impractical than the original idea on the Mexican border.

 

[Charmonium]

That's interesting about the weather patterns. You get our warm air and we get your cold air.

BTW, you can't keep us out. We'll just tunnel under the border like the vermin we are.

 

[skyking]

I missed the thread. The same thing I do every winter solstice.

 

[IronWing]

 

[Muse]

Looked up the weather today, already intent to go to the gym on my bicycle (5 miles each way). Looked like a risk of getting caught in a shower as rain develops but went anyway. 1/2 way home light rain off and on and I peddled harder trying to get home before getting soaked. The last 2 blocks it started raining decent. I was 1/2 way to being soaked! But, I got my workout in... then changed clothes.

 

[Muse]

I missed the thread. The same thing I do every winter solstice.

My favorite band ever, and there are many. The Beatles had so many great songs... around 250 songs at least I think.