by Paul Douglas | Dec 15, 2020 | Weather
Unsafe icePaul Douglas Smaller Snow Events Loom Larger Now ”Paul, back in my day we called an inch or two of snow FLURRIES!” I’ve seen variations of that theme over the years and I can’t disagree. The paradox: as winters shrink, Decembers warm, snowfall becomes more...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 11, 2020 | Weather
Santa Not Intimidated By A Mild December ”I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year” wrote Charles Dickens in “A Christmas Carol”. Neither Hanukah nor Christmas has been cancelled, but a blizzard of infection will make this a holiday season...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 10, 2020 | Weather
Mid-December or early October?Paul Douglas What a Wondrously Troubling December Go with the flow, roll with the punches. Someone should set that to music in 2020. My December gardening is not going well. I keep watering the hydrangea, but so far no sprouts. Mow the...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 8, 2020 | Weather
Tracking Inversions, Not Snowstorms Truth be told, I have an aversion to inversions. They annoy meteorologists and anyone else hoping to glimpse a little blue sky. Normally temperatures cool with altitude, but when the sun is low in the sky, feeble and ineffective,...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 4, 2020 | Weather
Just Over 3 Weeks Until Daylight Increases “Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for foregiveness, or else forgiving another” wrote Jean Paul Richter in the 18th century. As we head into the darkest months of winter and the pandemic I’m...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 3, 2020 | Weather
It’s Much Too Early To Write Off Winter “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love” wrote 19th century American essayist Hamilton Wright Mabie. Well-worn traditions will look different this year but the love story...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 2, 2020 | Weather
Blue Sky December Coping Skills Coping skills are getting a stress-test this year. For me it’s a streaming-TV coccoon every evening and Frosted Mini Wheats for lunch. No judging. That, and an empty Doppler screen. I have a strange, irrational urge to ski...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 27, 2020 | Weather
Winter Remains On Indefinite Pause Have you noticed that most disaster movies start out with people ignoring warnings from scientists? I have a respect for science – and faith in something more. God gave us experts. This Thanksgiving season I’m grateful...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 26, 2020 | Weather
Giving Thanks For Quiet Weather “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself” wrote Tecumseh, a 19th century Shawnee Native American leader. In...
by Paul Douglas | Nov 25, 2020 | Weather
No Prolonged Winter Spells In Sight There is a bright (vaccinated) light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. Health experts believe the next few months will be better than the next few weeks. Which leaves us all in viral limbo this holiday season. Personally,...
