Here is what it looked like the other morning after I came home from work.
It is that time of year… it snows one day and then the next it is 50 degree farenheit. Then the next day it clouds up and snows again. This week finished up with a storm. The snow started early Thursday evening and when I went home Friday morning I had to sweep at least six inches of snow off of the car. I shoveled the walks when I came home and a few hours later the neighbors came by again with a four-wheeler that had a plow on the front, clearing off all the walks. The snow continued for part of the day but it warmed up and the plows were out, to the snow on the street didn’t last too long.
A Lot of snow in the road near Deep Creek Reservoir in Western Maryland
Now mind you I am not complaining about it, heaven forbid we get even a small taste of the humongous storms that have plauged the eastern states for the past month! However it is interesting that in the west we have had relatively small snow amounts (remember the Olympics in the northwest? Not enough snow!) but the east has really been pounded. The picture at the left is from my siter-in-law and was taken by someone to show how much snow is on the ground in Maryland. We still have snow on the grass here, but the afternoon was fairly warm. The low temperature last night was below freezing. Not only was there snow left on the ground but heavy frost on the windows this morning. A nice contrast to the last few days. Last April after a few weeks of spring weather we had a huge snowstorm that left almost a foot in our front yard and hundreds of trees in the city with broken branches. Hopefully we will get more snow and rain this spring; we really need the moisture. Northern Utah is currently only at about 65 percent of normal for precipitation while southern Utah is about 130 percent of normal. They may have flooding again in that part of the state. All we can hope and pray for is enough moisture because with the population increase here and the demands of the western and soutwestern states for more of the water we are already supplying, we need all we can handle.
