[elky] Re: That "w" word
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:17:05 -0500
Very nice view.
Cindy and I were looking online for homes in Salt Lake City the other day.
We are always dreaming.
JC
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John Christensen
Saint Charles, IL
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Larry Wright <lranch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ray'
> That looks very nice.
> Larry
>
> Ray Buck wrote:
>
> Here's a shot of the mountains looking down my street (Taylorsville, Ut.)
> The snow level is around 5000 feet, give or take a few. (I'm at 4200.) The
> photo shows a hazy condition, which is exactly what we got. And the
> deciduous trees are still very green. All we need is a cold, wet front to
> move from the northwest to the southeast across the Great Salt Lake and it's
> lake effect time. Just what we need. But it's happened before, and much
> earlier than this.
>
> The temperature was 36F when I shot the photo, around 8 am Thursday.
> (Where did the week go?)
>
> World Finals on the salt is a week away. Supposedly the storm that dumped
> this on us (and is still piddling here and there) missed the salt flats.
> At least that's what the SCTA Prez sed.
>
> But there's another storm coming in Saturday nite and continuing thru
> Tuesday. I've made plans (and motel reservations) for WF on Wednesday the
> 6th thru the 10th. It's gonna be interesting.
>
> I'm predicting a long, cold and snowy winter based on the number and height
> of sunflowers over the past few months. There's a bumper crop of very tall
> plants and has been since late July. According to some Indian folklore, the
> more/bigger the sunflowers are, the harsher the winter. Can't say as I like
> it, but it'll give me time to get back into music again.
>
> Usually we have a lousy spring and a very nice long autumn. This year
> spring was non-existent. We went from late winter right into summer. That
> happened some time in June. One day it was 40-ish and raining, the next it
> was sunny and around 90. Last week I was sweating my butt of on the salt
> with temps in the high 80s and low 90s and yesterday when I went out to get
> some photos printed, it was in the 30s and the wind was bitterly cold...and
> there were some snow grains/pellets (graupel as my friend Jim calls it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel ) falling, mixed with rain.
>
> I don't like this at all. But then again, I've missed the music.
>
> Ray
>
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