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White, Wet, Wild Taterland
R. Alex Whitlock
When there isn't much to talk about, there's always the weather.
They said that it might snow. I can only give them half-credit because saying it may or may not snow is going to be right 100% of the time.
They said that if it did snow, that it would not accumulate.
Five inches of snow on my car this morning = no credit.
I was commenting at work that this may be my last Idaho snow. They said that I shouldn't bet on it. I clarified that I meant that it could be the last major dump. They said that I shouldn't bet on it.
I am officially in violation of Idaho law. The law states that if you have studded tires you have to take them off the road by April 15th. I meant to over the weekend but I forgot. Never have I been so rewarded for breaking the law. I think I might break the law a bit longer -- maybe until May.
One year ago today I arrived in Idaho, safe and sound. It was raining then, but not snowing.
Even the rain in April is a pretty big deal. We've had a whopping two inches of precipitation this month -- usually it's 2/3 or so. They're saying that the drought they've been having up here may finally be at an end.
Figures that it would be so as I plan to leave.
There's a lake in Blackfoot (halfway between hometown Pocatello and worktown Idaho Falls) that has a lake that they only fill with water a couple months of the year. It was about three months in 2004 but only six weeks or so last year. I'm really hoping they fill it soon.
Having lived in Houston for as long as I did, I never thought that rain and filled bodies of water would be such a big deal.
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Damn your rain and snow. It's hot here. They say that things should cool off later this week, but I'm not holding my breath. No records for heat yet, but we have tied the record at least once. Not to mention that the unexpected heat is playing havoc with the Texas power grid. Summer is here too early to cope with the spring cleaning.
YES! Send some of your weather this way.
And what the devil is up with the freaking rolling blackouts in Sugar Land???
We've been having power outages, too, actually. Moreso in Idaho Falls than Pocatello.
Andromina-
I guess we've been lucky in Richmond. No blackouts yet.
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