The California Drought

[Jarlaxle]

Meanwhile, after getting pummeled two winters ago, We of the Northeast remain in drought conditions and We of the East of Massachusetts remain in severe drought.

And it was 47 in Boston today.

Still severe drought after the snow and rain?

[wesw]

go north young man.

I ve tried to tell my son that the future lies in the north.

[Lord Jim]

go north young man.

I think that's an excellent idea for you wes...

You should move north to Boston...

Then maybe you and Guin could go bar hopping , or perhaps sign up for ball room dancing lessons together...

I'm sure she'd be delighted...

[wesw]

bar hopping is sooooo 1980 s.......

[wesw]

more appropriate for me would be...

Go south old man!

I hear the eastern shore of Virginia calling me back to my roots........

wooden ships upon the water.....

crabs for everyone!!!!!

[Bicycle Bill]

I hear the eastern shore of Virginia calling me back to my roots........

wooden ships upon the water.....

I don't normally respond amiably to a post by wesw, but apparently he and I both share a love for tall ships.


(note — even though Steve Romanov of 'Schooner Fare' wrote the song, Glenn Yarbrough did a much better version of it)

-"BB"-

[wesw]

thanks bill

I have boat builders and skipjack captains in my not too distant ancestry...

perhaps I still have family building and sailing boats down there, I don t know... all the people that did know died before i thought to ask them....

I really should find out.

my life ain t over yet tho....

i still hope to build a local type of dinghy one day

but i just seem to sit around on my ass......

[Joe Guy]

but i just seem to sit around on my ass......

[wesw]

priceless.

that isn t Honduras by any chance, is it?

[Joe Guy]

The photo was taken in Turkey.

Don't you remember?...

[wesw]

ok, so let s say that that is me...., or us.....

that would make that a picture of...

an ass sitting on his ass, on the ass of his ass?

did I get that right?

[wesw]

you can carry a lot of weed on a donkey.

[Joe Guy]

In that case an ass can be an asset.

[wesw]

it s worth muling over.....

[Long Run]

California knows how to end a drought:

South Shore ski resorts reported as much as 2 feet of snow in 24 hours Saturday morning as a winter storm warning remains in effect in the Tahoe Basin.

Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain reported 2 feet of snow, while Heavenly Mountain Resort reported 18 inches of snow.

A winter storm warning remains in effect until 4 a.m. Monday. According to an advisory issued by the National Weather Service just before 5 a.m. Saturday, snow accumulation between now and Monday morning could range between 3 and 6 feet above 7,000 feet while lake level could see 2 to 4 feet of new snow.

Wind gusts at lower elevations could be as strong as 40 mph. Sierra ridge winds are expected to increase from 70 mph to 100 mph on Sunday.

The NWS recommends avoiding travel if possible.

[oldr_n_wsr]

We got a nor'easter comin' today.
Windy now, no rain yet. The clouds are blowing in from the northeast. That's the front of the storm.

Generator is at the ready in case the power goes out.

Too bad there is no snow coming. Just wind and rain.
No biggie. We get a couple of these every year.

Fair well wesw, BSG, Guin, Jarl, SueU and Big RR and anyone else in the northeast I forgot to mention.

[BoSoxGal]

I'm ok with rain, I wish it would rain for days and days and days - weeks, even! It's already dreary being winter and the first 100 days of Drumpffuhrer, we might as well bust our drought! Very worried about next summer if we don't . . .

[wesw]

alls well here, but I d better move my trucks from beneath the old maple tree......

[Big RR]

BSG--I'm not sure if that sort of rains busts any drought or just runs off and the drought continues--my guess is the latter. Sow would probably be better.

oldr--we'll see what comes--I heard possible snow inland.

[oldr_n_wsr]

BSG--I'm not sure if that sort of rains busts any drought or just runs off and the drought continues--my guess is the latter. Sow would probably be better.

oldr--we'll see what comes--I heard possible snow inland.

I can only hope. The lake house is in Beach Lake Pa (closer to Narrowburg NY though) which is "inland" but it doesn't look good for snow there either.
so far it's a bust winter as far as snow is concerned.
I hope it gets better, didn't get to snowmobile at all last winter either.