What Are the Intricacies of Snow Flurries and Logging Tales?

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The discussion revolves around observations and experiences with recent snow flurries, highlighting the unique behavior of snowflakes and their impact on daily life, particularly driving conditions. Participants note that even light snow can cause significant traffic disruptions, prompting questions about why people panic at the sight of snowflakes. Various locations are mentioned, with some sharing their winter experiences, including heavy snowfall, freezing rain, and the challenges of navigating icy roads. There is a humorous exchange about the peculiarities of snowflakes and their motion, with references to scientific concepts like Brownian motion and discussions about using technology to study snowflake dynamics. The conversation also touches on personal anecdotes related to winter weather and the joys and frustrations it brings, culminating in a light-hearted tone about the unpredictability of winter conditions.
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Moonbear said:
:smile: Excellent! I take it you've been to WVU, or know people who have, that you are familiar with the Mountain Lair? :biggrin:

Yeah, I'm originally from Jersey, but had the good sense to get out! :biggrin: :-p
Just looked up WVU, and I must say you've upgraded big-time (location-wise). That's a really pretty area. I used to do consulting work at the Westvaco mill in Luke MD, and stayed in Keyser WV. If I had to stay over a weekend, I'd spend time driving around the area. Some of those roads could be "exciting" if they were slippery with ice.
 
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  • #32
Moonbear said:
I take it you've been to WVU, or know people who have, that you are familiar with the Mountain Lair?
This question wasn't directed at me, but I'll answer it anyway. I am not familiar with either of these, but I spent a delightful long weekend camping along Skyline Highway a few years ago. I saw a few bears scampering hither and yon, but the best was a doe and her fawn that wandered right into our campsite. She must have gotten used to people. When she saw me, even though she was slightly startled, she just situated herself twixt me and the fawn and ambled off.
 
  • #33
jimmysnyder said:
Now why would anyone leave a state that is so convenient to NY, PA, and DE?
I'm still conveniently close to PA...the pretty end of the state. :biggrin: Close enough to the others to visit, far enough not to be overrun with their bad drivers.

turbo-1 said:
Just looked up WVU, and I must say you've upgraded big-time (location-wise). That's a really pretty area. I used to do consulting work at the Westvaco mill in Luke MD, and stayed in Keyser WV. If I had to stay over a weekend, I'd spend time driving around the area. Some of those roads could be "exciting" if they were slippery with ice.

Definitely. Though, the local area is now sprouting up with strip malls and chain restaurants, but you don't have to drive far to get back into pretty country again.
 
  • #34
Moonbear said:
I'm still conveniently close to PA...the pretty end of the state. :biggrin: Close enough to the others to visit, far enough not to be overrun with their bad drivers.

Definitely. Though, the local area is now sprouting up with strip malls and chain restaurants, but you don't have to drive far to get back into pretty country again.
You are very close to the "pretty end" of PA. Sometimes when I worked at Luke, I'd fly into Pittsburgh and drive down instead of flying into Baltimore. I had more flight options if I flew into Baltimore, but the drive out of Pittsburgh was LOTS prettier and there were fewer bad drivers to contend with.
 
  • #35
Moonbear said:
but you don't have to drive far to get back into pretty country again.
So you left the smells of NJ for the sights of nature. Just be careful, most people die of natural causes.
 
  • #36
jimmysnyder said:
So you left the smells of NJ for the sights of nature. Just be careful, most people die of natural causes.

:smile: I lived in NJ long enough that there's still a chance I'll die the usual way...of cancer. :rolleyes: Every time I talk to anyone back in NJ, they know another 3 or 4 more people diagnosed with cancer.
 
  • #37
Yesterday, I woke up to another 10 cm (4 inches) of fresh snow.

No new snow today, but the temperature was -19 C (-2 F) when I left for work.
 
  • #38
George Jones said:
Yesterday, I woke up to another 10 cm (4 inches) of fresh snow.

No new snow today, but the temperature was -19 C (-2 F) when I left for work.
I hope you remembered to button up your vest.

I don't know who said:
As I set down one evening in a timber town cafe
A six foot-seven waitress, to me these words did say
"I see you are a logger and not a common bum
For no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb

"My lover was a logger, there's none like him today
If you'd sprinkle whisky on it, he'd eat a bale of hay
He never shaved the whiskers from off his horny hide
But he'd pound 'em in with a hammer, then bite 'em off inside

"My lover came to see me one freezing winter day
He held me in a fond embrace that broke three vertebrae
He kissed me when we parted so hard it broke my jaw
And I could not speak to tell him he'd forgot his mackinaw

"I watched my logger lover going through the snow
A-sauntering gaily homeward at forty eight below
The weather tried to freeze him, it tried it's level best
At a hundred degrees below zero, he buttoned up his vest

"It froze clean down to China, it froze to the stars above
At one thousand degrees below zero it froze my logger love
They tried in vain to thaw him and if you'll believe me, sir
They made him into ax blades to chop the Douglas fir

"That's how I lost my lover and to this caffay I come
And here I wait till someone stirs his coffee with his thumb
And then I tell my story of my love they could not thaw
Who kissed me when we parted so hard he broke my jaw"
 
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