Wednesday, February 2, 2011

the snowpocolypse


What a fantastic blizzard that was! Still, it did not seem nearly as bad as they made it out to be. I suppose other areas may have gotten it worse. It seems like this winter we haven't been able to get a break between the melting of snow and the coming of even more. Here's a great satellite photo taken by NASA of yesterday's storm:
NASA images 

At work on Monday (with international students whose home countries include quite a range of environments), we had to make sure the students understood just how much snow there could possibly be. Of course the five students from Tibet (a.k.a. the Land of Snows) seemed unfazed, whereas some of the others were in disbelief. At times I wonder if some of these students have any idea what Kansas is really like before they come here. We had to warn them of the wind chill, and frostbite, and what shoes to wear, good socks, etc. I hope they all came out of it alright.

After shoveling the snow in front of the house this morning, I went on a much-needed snow hike, about 6 miles, which felt wonderful after being shut in all day yesterday. It's too bad I don't have cross country skis, because the fields would have been perfect for it! As it was though, the drifts made it somewhat difficult to discern deep and shallow snow. It wasn't uncomfortably cold though, and everything sure was beautiful!

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  1. twebsterarmstrongFebruary 3, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    That's a great photo.

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  2. Claire HilaryFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    That reminds me of my student helper at the last campus--she came to DC last fall. Right before they had their huge snow storm where it practically shut everything down.

    She planned correcdtly this year, and took off school in winter and will be back in spring. The poor girl had no clue what she was getting into!

    ...On another note, some people over here know that KS is the mixing pot of bad weather extremes, while others this way have no clue that you can get -10 or 110. Its kind of funny how few people from here have ventured off of the east coast and onto the planes.

    Last night,Gay and I were talking about you and the slippery hills in Lawrence. We were laughing. :)

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  3. GillianFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Thanks mom!

    Claire, you wouldn't be laughing if you were on the bus ride this morning when the bus couldn't get up the snowy hill! Hahaha, you could hear the "...wwwwWWWHHHOOOAAAAA!!!" from all the people on the bus who thought we were going to slide right back down!

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  4. GillianFebruary 3, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    Or, I suppose I should ask: were you talking about my photo, or NASA's?

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