Imminent sudden stratospheric warming to occur, bringing increased risk of snow over coming weeks
today’s SSW is potentially the most dangerous kind, where the polar vortex splits into two smaller ‘child’ vortices.”
I’ll omit the otherwise irresistibly tempting joke about “child vortices.”
Daily gratitude: Today I’m grateful that the snow on the sidewalk melted before I had to shovel it.
Snowflakes are drifting past, hanging in the air like giant virus particles.
The snow is inadvisable (according to the National Weather Service).
Chilly rain on the last of the snow is kinda cool. 📷 #mbfeb
Bitterly cold today, but a nice blue sky. (The opposite of warmth? I ask in a lame attempt to touch on the micro.blog photo prompt for the day.) 📷 #mbfeb
I continue to be impressed with Android’s night sight functionality. Plus, I liked this view of the snow out the study window. 📷 #mbfeb
I don’t play around with b&w photography much, but this subject seemed to lend itself to this treatment. (This could qualify for either the “above” or the “contrast” prompt for 📷 #mbfeb )
This post exists purely for the purpose of unlocking the Halloween pin on micro.blog. I apologize for the bandwidth consumed. Oh, and here’s a picture of our Halloween weather:
So this is great and all, but how lame is it that we need a volunteer program to clear sidewalks? Isn’t this something that the land owners should have been doing right along?
C-U Safe Routes to School Project is launching a volunteer snow removal program with the support of MTD and the Urbana School District. When snow remains on sidewalks and builds up to block sidewalks, ramps, and intersections, the daily journeys of students and other community members become more dangerous as they must move into the street to find a clear path. This includes our riders.
Source: Volunteer Snow Removal Program | The Inside Lane
