Erie PA made news for the big snow storm ( 50+") they got for Christmas, but TPP is a native of the upstate NY snow belt and you simply would not believe what can happen. A long time ago like when TPP was starting college at the SUNY college in Oswego NY, the city got a 104" snow fall in 48 hrs. When you hear something like that is possible, you go out and buy a week's worth of supplies, and in those days that would have been beer, milk, bread, eggs, Ping-Pong balls, pinochle cards, and not necessarily in that order. And you parked your car where it could be dug out and was safe from snow plows that don't stop for anything.
You'd tie an old fishing rod with a flag at the top to the front bumper so people could see you at intersections. So the news from Erie brought back some memories. Wow, glad that was when TPP was young.
Right now here in the upper Midwest, a few inches of snow covers the ground, but the snow was followed by a high pressure front that brought along really cold temps. The night time lows are hitting a few degrees below zero, but remember on the goofy temperature scale here in the USA zero is well below freezing, out -4 F is equivalent to -20 C. The only solution for this kind of weather is avoidance, to leave, and that's what the Phactors are doing. (You didn't think we'd go to Florida did you?) Just after Jan. 1st the Phactors are heading for the southern hemisphere, New Zealand to be exact. And all the really cold weather should happen while we are inverted. TPP wants to see some Nothofagus, the southern beech, no matter what the scientific name means, in the wild. It's on his bucket list.
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The Southern Beech forests around Milford are just amazing. So is Milford. Wherever you go, though, I recommend a good insect repellent. Blackfly (aka sandfly) are common around our streams, rivers, and lakes.
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