Welcome to Nowhere » snow http://www.the-jdh.com So rambles a geek in training. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Winter tries to say hello to Rochester. Finally. http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/12/winter-tries-to-say-hello-to-rochester-finally/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-tries-to-say-hello-to-rochester-finally http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/12/winter-tries-to-say-hello-to-rochester-finally/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:14:23 +0000 James http://www.the-jdh.com/?p=162 There’s about a 6-hour drive between Ottawa and Rochester, where I’ve been spending the last few weeks, which one would think wouldn’t amount to a whole lot of difference weather-wise–when we’re freezing, they’re usually freezing. But there’s been a winter trend that, until just yesterday and today, has been trying to buck the usual tradition. Winter has been playing head games with us. It teased us near to the beginning of November. And just when I thought we might escape the month snow free, not quite. And now, well into the month of December, we finally get serious about winter.

Ottawa got hammered yesterday with its first major snow storm of the year, as did the Pembroke area. And, surprising the hell out of me, as did Rochester. We’re still catching it good out there right now, and I’d be laying money on roads not being very fun to drive on this morning. It played with Ottawa and Pembroke, teased us up there, then finally decided to have at it. It didn’t once touch Rochester all month, but when it finally did, I do believe it made up for the teasing. Ladies and gentlemen, fans of Christmas everywhere can now relax. Winter has screwed your travel plans.

]]> http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/12/winter-tries-to-say-hello-to-rochester-finally/feed/ 0 Winter drops in at home, while I’m out of the country. http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/winter-drops-in-at-home-while-im-out-of-the-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-drops-in-at-home-while-im-out-of-the-country http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/winter-drops-in-at-home-while-im-out-of-the-country/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:36 +0000 James http://www.the-jdh.com/?p=120 Shortly after I revived this blog in its third reincarnation, we were teased with just a small sampling of wintery weather, which ended up not actually sticking around. We were well on our way to the first snow-free November I can remember having in the Ottawa valley area. Temperatures were still well above freezing, the most threatening of weather we ever had to hear about was the odd patch of fog at 6:30 in the morning, and layers were most asuredly not required. Flash forward to this morning. It’s dipped below freezing, and at last report, was still snowing north of the border. And, also at last report, it’s supposed to dip just a little farther into the below freezing end of the spectrum, at somewhere around -4 C (31 F for those of you reading from the comfort of your US locations). Winter’s definitely moving in. And, like the relative you don’t want showing up but who’ll show up anyway, it waited until I wasn’t home to do so.

]]> http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/winter-drops-in-at-home-while-im-out-of-the-country/feed/ 0 Well hello there, winter. http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/well-hello-there-winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-hello-there-winter http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/well-hello-there-winter/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:12 +0000 James http://www.the-jdh.com/?p=10 I got the distinct impression when I got up this morning something was up. It wasn’t forecast to get all that cold last night, but I definitely needed to add some heat to the mix. Now, I know why. Apparently, at some point before I got around to actually getting out of bed, we were on the receiving end of a little dusting of snow. Hardly enough to do anything except make people reconsider road travel at breakneck speeds, but still an indication. Winter, in all her uh, glory, has returned to the great white north. Now, which box is my winter gear in?

]]> http://www.the-jdh.com/2009/11/well-hello-there-winter/feed/ 0 We have snow? And, um, what is he doing…? http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/11/we-have-snow-and-um-what-is-he-doing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-have-snow-and-um-what-is-he-doing http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/11/we-have-snow-and-um-what-is-he-doing/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:42:00 +0000 James http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/11/we-have-snow-and-um-what-is-he-doing/ I got up about 9:00 this morning. And there was 4 inches of that white
crap on our front lawn. In November. The middle of freaking November.
Mother nature and I are apparently going to need to start having our
series of less than friendly conversations again. This aughta be…
well, um, fun. I still maintain snow should be here on December 23rd,
and gone by the 26th. And that’s if it must make an appearance at all.
Don’t get me wrong; I loves me some serious snow. Just not in the middle
of bloody November when literally 2 days ago I could and did walk
outside to Trish’s car to come here in a t-shirt. That’s just not cool.
In completely unrelated news, there are currently pieces of floorboard
strune about outside the computer room as I type. Apparently at some
point a couple weeks ago, dad decided to replace the carpetting we had
in our hallway with hardwood instead. So this weekend he’s decided to
finish the job. Naturally, that makes walking in spots a trick. But,
small issues. It’s actually more amusing than one might think. Mostly
because he’s getting frustrated to no end over a couple of less than
cooperative boards. If ever you wanted to hear someone curse up a
storm…
ETA: I just had to go help him try to lock down one of said less than
cooperative boards. It’s more amusing when you’re right there.
ETA 2: Now I think he’s just getting frustrated for getting frustrated’s
sake. Freaking hillarious.

]]> http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/11/we-have-snow-and-um-what-is-he-doing/feed/ 2 Should this amuse me half as much as it does? http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/03/should-this-amuse-me-half-as-much-as-it-does/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-this-amuse-me-half-as-much-as-it-does http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/03/should-this-amuse-me-half-as-much-as-it-does/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:28:00 +0000 James http://www.the-jdh.com/2008/03/should-this-amuse-me-half-as-much-as-it-does/

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE IN THE UPPER OTTAWA VALLEY AND

NORTHUMBERLAND HAVE RESORTED TO SNOWMOBILES FOR TRANSPORTATION.

It’s official. We have way, way, way too much snow around here. Someone south of the border should just come on over and nab half of it. I wouldn’t complain.

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