storms

the wind is howling wildly, taking down trees and whipping blankets of snow.
Mother Earth is shaking out her snow rugs, crack crack crack she whips them up and down
and the sound is heard from all angles around her.
our first real storm since october!
I was watching out the windows at work, and the lake disappeared in a matter of minutes, all you could see was white out there, then the buildings across the street could not be seen.
I was sitting at a table, drinking coffee, nice and cozy, nice and warm, feeling sorry for the ones
out there caught in it, watching the cars slowly make their way as the drivers cautiously strained to see anything at all.
A few minutes later, the ambulance siren rang a blasting shrill by the window as they raced through the blizzard to save some soul out there who didn't pay attention to the weather warnings.
Thats something that you really have to do up here. The weather, it is not just a passing conversational topic. it is IMPORTANT!
The helicopters and ambulance were out on the ice the other night.
but i guess someone just ran out of gas out there on the way to mackinac island!
well, better that nothing happened!
Yeah, winter hasn't been too bad this year, pretty mild, save for the month of subzero temps.
with the north wind, we were making it around in 25 below weather. when it finally hit thirty degrees , everyone was outside, some silly people were even wearing shorts .
Everyone goes crazy here, every winter. It is just a certainty, thats all.
LONG dark dreary days....too many of them.
Remember that saying from Jaws? ......Still water, White death?
up here we say:
Still Winter.....White death.
The highlight of the week of course is to read the police reports.
Which are hilarious comparitively speaking.
Police were called to so and so's house because their dog was barking all night.
that kind of thing.