I’m “told” less worry for forest areas...heavy snowpack helping trees that have been stressed by the drought. I live in a chaparral environment...there’s always fire danger. And yes, still cool around here for this time of year. Me thinks summer will arrive suddenly and with a vengeance.
It is Spring, Yes!
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Posted 04 May 2019 - 03:02 PM
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Posted 04 May 2019 - 03:31 PM
First night sleeping with the window open. Bad news is a lot of folks are still using their wood stoves.
Many nights now and oh the joy of the continuous barking through the night of all the neighbors' dogs. Last night I dreamed of a method to laser tag them for the new mountain lion in town. It worked. I drifted off into happy slumber. 
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Posted 04 May 2019 - 05:25 PM
"Bend had the second wettest April on record"
Kyle Spurr, Bend Bulletin, 2 May 2019
And what was that record amount of deluge?? 
2.26 inches 
(1.48 inches above normal)
Yeah, we live at the edge of the high desert. That's why I've never regularly recorded rainfall when I was recording weather at my house -- the absolute numbers are just not that interesting!
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I still haven't slept with the windows open this year. Lows in the 40s, and I don't want the house to cool down that much -- yet. Maybe I could open the bedroom window and keep the br door closed -- that might be the ticket.
I have had windows open during the day -- and looks like I will be for the next 10 days, at least.
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Posted 04 May 2019 - 10:42 PM
Spring has arrived in Southern Minnesota; lawnmowers are out in force.
Windows have been open on warm days (72º today), nights still too cold.
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Posted 05 May 2019 - 02:46 PM
still snowing in Calgary!
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Posted 05 May 2019 - 03:09 PM
still snowing in Calgary!
Yeah!!!!!
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Posted 05 May 2019 - 05:28 PM
Boy, they are saying we got 180% or so of our normal snow pack this year and the drought is over !! Now we just we just have to watch all that grass grow as the land dries out and with it the rodent and snake populations explode this year, ::
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Posted 06 May 2019 - 03:45 PM
Yup. Jill (my wife) had to dispatch an uncooperative rattler in the horse stall yesterday. Willow (a Kiger Mustang) instinctively knew to keep her distance. Jill is brave, Willow is smart, I’m a big chicken. I hate snakes. Good thing I wasn’t there. LOL
Richard
1996 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4, lightly lifted, ARB bumper/Warn winch, BFG AT/KO2, Snugtop shell. SOLD! But not forgotten!
2002 Chevy 2500HD XC LB 6.0L 4X4, Leer Hi-Rise shell, completely stock...for now!
1996 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4, lightly lifted, ARB bumper/Warn winch, BFG AT/KO2, Snugtop shell. SOLD! But not forgotten!
2002 Chevy 2500HD XC LB 6.0L 4X4, Leer Hi-Rise shell, completely stock...for now!
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Posted 06 May 2019 - 06:05 PM
Was up exercising my sawyer card on a trail clearing weekend on the Superior Hiking Trail along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Had fun dealing with the 12" of fresh snow, old snow drifts and a packed snowshoe trail that would let you post hole at any moment. Where there wasn't any snow there was mud. It was a fantastic weekend!! Felt so good to get out on the trail.
Happy Spring, Bigfoot Dave
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Posted 10 May 2019 - 10:28 AM
55 deg F and socked in as of 0600 at 4,000' in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Blowing Rock, NC. Local weather tracker says we had 62.2" of snow from 11/3/18 through 3/31/19, almost exactly the normal amounts from my college years here at Appalachian State 40-45 years ago. Here for a niece's graduation from ASU. She was born just a few months ago, or so it seems. How did this happen?
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