accumulations and severity seem to fluctuate with the hour's change - and personally, i don't think anyone really knows for sure - kind of like the office football pool; you increase your chance of winning by the amount of blocks you buy - maybe ...
fact is, after barely being dug out from the last mess, two weeks ago - we're going to have to go through the same unpleasantries again - its all very pretty, but the expense and inconvenience are getting a bit tiresome ...
the jet stream usually doesn't call attention to itself - but a few times throughout the year, i hear a distant, low resonating and steady howl - similar to a not too distant jet engine, with sustained winds of 30 m.p.h., gusting at 60 ... for some reason, i don't recall ever hearing it while living in cities - which might be a result of it echoing through the valleys and mountains - a little un-nerving, and certainly humbling and even a little scary, since i'm surrounded by a forest of old deciduous trees - many that just don't have the strength to resist the constant assault of unstoppable winds ... they often submit; leaning on power lines, house roofs, and almost anything else they can get their branches on - and sometimes they just lay down under duress in the most inconvenient places - even the deer look a little bewildered by it all as they navigate their routine paths, but deer usually look a little surprised by life in general - what a way to be ...
