Cotton fluffs and fluffy snow

[altivo]

I've described a breakthrough in the puzzling business of spinning cotton on a flyer wheel over here.

We've watched the weather service going up and down with its predictions all day. At about 3:30 am this morning I heard the weather radio alarm go off so I got up to see what the warning was. It was a blizzard warning, but for the next two counties north of us. We had only a winter storm warning. The two counties south of us had an ice storm warning. Oh goody.

Sometime today, they apparently upgraded us to a blizzard warning, and then backed off again. We're on the winter storm warning from 6 pm until 6 am tomorrow. While we were feeding critters, the snow started. It was very abrupt, the way a summer thunderstorm can come on from calm and clear to raging cold wind and driving rain in a matter of minutes. Apparently these storms are similar in their makeup. The wind went instantly from nothing to howling. It's getting dark now so it's harder to see, but the snow is falling pretty hard.

Made some progress on the weaving too. I estimate that I'm around halfway through the full length I wanted to finish, and that's right on schedule. Hopefully I'll get another big chunk done tomorrow.

Comments

[octatonic.livejournal.com]

Well stay warm. It sounds like a perfect evening
for domestic pursuits.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Or sleeping. I passed out before 9. Of course I was up at 4:30 ;p

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

We had rain/ice overnight and enough wind to make for some interesting ice formations. More freezing rain in the morning left the power rather glitchy for a good part of the day. It was just overcast most of the afternoon here, but in last hour or two it has started snowing. The forecast claims overnight accumulations of from 6 to 10 or 8 to 12 inches depending on the source. That's a bit questionable though as while it is possible, Fairmont seems to generally get passed - on both sides - and only get the edge of the things. Generally. We do get hit at times, just like everyone else.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

More often than not, these things seem to miss us as well. This time we only caught the edge, about two inches.

[brokkentwolf.livejournal.com]

And to think that here I am trying to find a place with snow. :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I suspect anywhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota would do very well today.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Snow is falling pretty hard?

Is that possible? :D

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is, actually. There are times when you can hear the snow falling, just as you can hear rain falling. The sound is rather like the static hiss you hear between stations on the radio.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Wow, O.O is it soothing to sleep to like rain? Or not really?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It might be, but it is rarely loud enough to hear indoors. That's especially true since normally you wouldn't have the window open when it's snowing.

[corelog.livejournal.com]

Gad, you have a weather radio alarm? Damn skippy, sounds like one of those early warning systems the coastal areas have for tsunamis and such. :) Though the only permanently mounted early warning system is at Port Alberni.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Sure. Most of the US is covered by a network of VHF broadcast stations that transmit continuous weather information, including hazard alerts. Special receivers only cost about $30 and are activated automatically by the kinds of warnings you select, for the geographic area you choose.

It's no more accurate than the weather forecast ever is, but it does give you an immediate warning of approaching severe weather. For those of us who never turn on television or broadcast radio, it's a good thing to have.