I didn't move south for this

[Caroluna]

Be careful out there, Em! They blend in really well.


And with all the muscle-building you are doing, I'm sure they would find you delicious!

[emmline]

Yes, to avoid excessive pain I must toss all snow to my right, which means turning around to do the other side of the driveway.

[emmline]

Be careful out there, Em! They blend in really well.


And with all the muscle-building you are doing, I'm sure they would find you delicious!

Wonderful! Actually, my neighbors' dog blends in just like that. But she's a little Westie, and doesn't seem inclined to eat me.

[Caroluna]

As of 6:30 it seems to have stopped accumulating!
Here's how it looked at 4:30.
Note the "path within a path" effect.

[emmline]

This morning (Thursday) the sun is out and the icicles are enormous.

[Denny]

and it is gonna be warm enough to start melting today
and refreeze tonight

always fun.....got ice skates?

[Caroluna]

http://mythbustersresults.com/special1

MYTH: A falling icicle can kill a person.

-------------confirmed--------------

An icicle over 1.5 feet (45 cm) in length falling from about 15 feet completely
penetrated a steak, showing that it is possible for an icicle to kill a person.

[Caroluna]

Kind of off topic, but I thought this was cute.

[RonKiley]

Well we have a little up here too. This is the front of my place.



These are my front windows. They are 72 inch windows that start 12 inches from the ground.

[mutepointe]

[dwest]

This is what I would be doing if we had enough snow:

One of my neighbors has a 10ft igloo made from packed snow blocks. He has it covered with tarps in hopes it will last until the snow tomorrow.

[Caroluna]

These are my front windows. They are 72 inch windows that start 12 inches from the ground.

Whoa! That must look weird from the inside.

[Caroluna]

We don't usually have a bird feeder, but we've been putting seed out
ever since we got the heavy snowfall. Yesterday I saw one of these.


(This is not my pic, found it on a birdwatching site)

It had an inky black head and bib, bright white belly and strikingly bright
rusty sidestripes. I'd never seen one before. When I looked it up it
(it meaning the book, not the bird) said "Oregon Junco"-apparently no longer
considered a separate species from the "usual" junco,because there's
intergrading forms.

Here's what Peterson's guide says.

East: a rare straggler, but occasional birds turn up nearly every winter
at feeding trays as far east as the Atlantic seaboard.

This must have been the one they were talking about

[Denny]

"Oregon Junco Goes To Washington" doesn't strike me as a good movie title

but what the .... let's see the script

[dwest]

These storms have moved a number of species further east. There is a Varied Thrush in Fairfax Co., VA. Unfortunately the storms have also taken a toll on the Great Horned Owl nestings, destroying nests and freezing nestlings. We currently have both Juncos here plus Chewinks.